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Hello everyone.
Today we're reviewing Padel
MBA coaches certification.
I believe is one of the biggest, uh,
Padel coaches certifications worldwide.
Um, there are pretty much
in all over Europe and now
they're in the United States.
And, uh, now the panel of MBA
certifications had the honor and
pleasure to certify my dear co host Seth.
So tell us, how was your experience?
I mean, I think it was,
it was pretty awesome.
They have a two part, you know, um,
one is online and one is in person.
Okay.
So the online is.
I think it's great for everybody.
I mean, not if you want to be a coach,
uh, just if you just want to learn
more, or if you do want to be a coach,
uh, the online is very thorough.
Like I said, it's very long.
There's tests there.
I've learned a lot, um, things that I.
Kind of did know, but didn't know the
details of things I didn't even know.
Um, and then of course there's a
lot of education on, on coaching.
Um, so it was, I thought it was
very thorough and very, very good.
I mean, uh, it was, it was done
very well, you know, online.
And then there's an in person
you're going to go over theory and
you're going to go over methodology.
Um, and we were fortunate enough to,
to, uh, listen to, you know, Marcus's
inspirational and motivated motivational,
uh, speeches, which is, uh, a bonus,
a plus, uh, it's very priceless.
When you're outside, you're going
to focus on, uh, training, uh, you
know, ball feeding and your skills.
And that's pretty much
what they grade you on.
Um, if you, you know, they, they
input it in, they send it to Spain.
Uh, and then they, they, they,
you come back and they give you
rather a, a coach's certificate
or professional certifications.
Um, I thought it was really
great, um, the whole weekend.
It was a lot of fun.
Again, I learned a lot.
Uh, you know, I'm not really a coach.
But, but, but let me ask you, you
know, how, how the whole process.
So you said you want to become a coach.
So you go online.
You register online.
Yep.
You paid, what was the cost?
Okay, so the cost is about 5.
50 in the U.
S.
Okay, and that includes the online
and the in person certification.
And you can always get online,
you can always go back to it.
Okay, and do they give you that for a
certain amount of time or it's forever?
Forever.
I mean, for years, it's not
a one year type of thing.
Uh, they didn't say, but I mean, I think
you have access to it all the time.
Okay.
So, and the online process where
like there are stages that you
have to take past level one,
level three, how does that work?
Like you can't just, you know, run,
you just can't pass through everything.
So you have to watch the videos.
It's like they force you
to, which is great anyways.
I mean, you don't, you don't think
you just want to not, not pay 5.
50 and not educate yourself, you know?
So you have to go through the videos
and then you have to take these
tests and you got to pass them.
If you don't pass them,
you can't move forward.
Okay.
Can you retake the test?
Yeah.
Okay.
It's for people like you that have
issues, you can take the test as many
times as you like 12 times each day.
So, so it's very long.
I mean, it took me like a whole week.
It took me three hours, you know,
almost per day for the whole week, you
know, um, after that, I just couldn't
be like, it's too much, you know, for
me and I have other things to do, you
know, like the length of the videos is
that, uh, do you have their video for
like 45 minutes or they're very short.
Some are like.
20 minutes, some are like 45, some of
the, it all depends, you know, uh, like
60, 70 percent of it are basic things
like they kind of knew maybe 75 percent
and there's the other 25 percent that I
really learned that, you know, I, I didn't
know certain things, you know, um, or
other things were more clarified to me.
And then obviously the coaching
stuff, I, you know, I'm not a coach,
so I learned, I learned a lot there.
So I, I, I think it was,
I think that's great.
I mean, even if you just want
to be a better player, yeah.
You know, understand the game more.
Um, I mean, it's, it's a
pretty good, um, course.
So, so you, you pass those tests
and then you, you're qualified
to go into it in person?
Yeah.
So once you get that, you get like
the first, like a certificate, like
you first, uh, you finish that.
Okay, now the online process.
Mm-Hmm.
. Now you can go ahead and do the
in person, you know, so they have
'em, I think, you know, every
other month or, or every month.
And it's over there in Orlando,
the USTA, uh, national campus.
Um, so I headed over there and, and
I did the, you know, year in class.
Maybe for a couple hours.
Um, it's Saturday and Sunday, and
they talk a little bit about, you
know, methodology, um, you know,
and coaching and their way they,
they, they, they want to coach.
Um, and then they also talked
a little bit about training.
And then, you know, we had
Marcus, uh, Pilar there.
And we're very fortunate to listen to some
inspiration for his inspirational and, you
know, a motor, motivational, uh, you know,
uh, speeches, uh, which is priceless.
I mean, I look up to him as a
business person, not just a Padel
player, uh, and then you go outside.
So, and, and, and outside
what type of drills do you do?
So, they focus on training,
you know, their own, you
know, methodology of training.
Um, so that's on one court.
Um, and you have to create
your own training, like a plan,
you know, at that by Sunday.
You have to turn that in, in
writing, and then you actually have
to demonstrate it in front of them.
You know, Marcus and the other
coaches, and then the other, the
other, the other side, you have more
ball feeding, you know, that was
kind of like, uh, one of the testing
and then the other side is skills.
So we'll make sure you know how to play,
what level you are, make sure you're,
you know, you're teaching correctly.
And then they want to make sure
you know how to train correctly,
like they're again, methodology.
And then obviously you want to make
sure you, you know, the ball feed.
You know, because again, if, if you
are going to be a coach and you're
going to charge somebody, you know,
a hundred, 200 an hour and you can't
feed them the ball, you know, then
they're going to be a little upset.
That's one of the, that
was my next question.
I mean, the feeding part, it's crucial.
I mean, in Padel compared to, let's
say tennis, you know, you have a
big margin of error in tennis that
you can feed it one feet out, one
feet in and still a good shot.
In Padel, you're talking
about inches, inches, meaning.
Yeah.
If you want to feed that shot, side wall,
back wall, back wall, you know, side wall,
it's, do you, do they test you in that?
Yeah.
And as a player, you're not accustomed
to giving the ball nicely to the person.
Yeah.
You're accustomed to put it
in a more difficult situation.
So it goes against everything that
a player really thinks, you know.
Um, so that was the most
difficult thing for me.
You know, um, all the other parts
were, you know, pretty, pretty easy,
but you have to kind of, they put like
these plastic things down and you have
to get them in the spots and they're
very, very, very small, you know, and
you have to put them in the corners,
you know, um, so it's a pretty big
test and you have to get three in.
Um, if you don't get three in, then
you're discounted, uh, you know,
your grade goes down or whatever.
So it's, it's not easy.
That's the most, I think that's where
most people have the most difficult time.
The other ones, there's no problem.
Um, but that's where
everybody had, had issues.
And how many people were there?
I think there was about, uh, 18
to 20 people there, you know, and,
uh, you know, and the instructor.
So let's talk a little
bit about instructors.
Um, you had Luis Estrada Estrada there,
your number one player here in the U.
S.
Uh, Diego Leal and Marcos Del Pilar.
So you had some really
good instructors there.
Uh, the, you know, the, the
environment was really cool.
Everybody was very nice.
Um, everybody was into Padel.
You had some tennis players converting
into Padel coaches that are,
you know, now that they say their
facility now is having Padel courts.
So now they're going to
be in charge of that.
Uh, there are people opening up, you
know, clubs, you know, other people
just want to focus on, on being coaches.
So yeah, you know, uh,
all walks of people there.
That's excellent.
I mean, I mean, that's very positive.
I mean, one of the major things that
we need here in the United States,
we have, you know, over more than
probably 200 courts right now in
the United States, which is nothing
compared to the rest of the world.
But we don't have 200 coaches
that work or have make Padel as a
life, you know, uh, career career.
So we need more and more coaches, and I
think Padel will be a great way to start.
Yeah, I think it's, I think
it's the best, uh, you know,
uh, course, uh, you can take.
It's thorough, like I said, and it's
going to take up your time, but so
if you just want the one certificate,
that's just not the place to go.
If you want to learn, you want, you know,
you be thorough and kind of do it the
right way, that that's the place to be.
Yeah.
And remember, you know, they don't.
Give you a certificate there.
I mean, they give you a certificate
that you did the first part, second
part, but they put all the information
in, uh, uh, you know, online.
So it's, it's a web based and that's
get sent over to Padel MBA in Spain.
They go off through everything,
meaning what you submitted
when it comes to your training.
Um, you're, you're testing and all
the three areas, you know, the skills,
the training and, uh, the ball feeding
and after, and there's a test, there's
another test that you have to take
the email, you like a 30 question
test, you fill that out, you send that
back and now you wait, uh, and then
they, you know, send you a certificate
rather being a co certificate or a pro.
And if you don't make it a pro, you can
always kind of take one part again, you
know, and to get to that pro there's
also a second level of coaching.
Um, there's no tasks or anything
like that, but I think it's more of
like, uh, updates and like, uh, new,
you know, new items, new things.
And, um, and I, I want to
try to probably take that.
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