1 00:00:00,190 --> 00:00:02,690 For six months, I, I didn't play Padel. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,540 I was playing tennis. 3 00:00:03,540 --> 00:00:04,770 I joined a USTA league. 4 00:00:04,780 --> 00:00:05,600 I was super into it. 5 00:00:05,610 --> 00:00:06,820 Someone invited me to play. 6 00:00:07,230 --> 00:00:07,960 And I was like, no, no, no. 7 00:00:07,970 --> 00:00:09,009 The courts look small. 8 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:11,150 It doesn't look like it's aerobic. 9 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:13,260 And then finally a buddy was like, come play, come play. 10 00:00:13,270 --> 00:00:14,580 And I stepped on the court. 11 00:00:14,949 --> 00:00:18,829 I hit one ball and felt something in my soul that like I've never felt in my life. 12 00:00:18,830 --> 00:00:20,670 And we are All Things Padel. 13 00:00:21,030 --> 00:00:21,670 Hello, everyone. 14 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:24,810 Welcome to another exciting episode of Padel Smash Academy. 15 00:00:25,140 --> 00:00:29,135 And today we're so excited to have Uh, he's been called the Fred 16 00:00:29,135 --> 00:00:32,805 Astaire of Padel for, because the way he moves on the Padel court. 17 00:00:33,135 --> 00:00:37,665 And not only that, he has the most sexy looking hair dude 18 00:00:37,685 --> 00:00:39,295 in the entire Padel world. 19 00:00:39,415 --> 00:00:40,884 His name is Jared Filkenstein. 20 00:00:40,884 --> 00:00:43,105 Please, Jared, welcome to the, to the podcast. 21 00:00:43,115 --> 00:00:44,135 Thank you for having me. 22 00:00:44,145 --> 00:00:44,605 Good. 23 00:00:44,964 --> 00:00:48,635 So tell us, uh, who's Jared Finkelstein and how did you get involved in Padel? 24 00:00:48,675 --> 00:00:49,304 Yeah, sure. 25 00:00:49,305 --> 00:00:52,355 So Jared Finkelstein is a New York transplant that came down 26 00:00:52,355 --> 00:00:55,624 during COVID, uh, had never heard of the game in his life, right? 27 00:00:55,644 --> 00:00:59,565 Living in New York city, the access to tennis is incredibly difficult. 28 00:00:59,594 --> 00:01:05,024 And so was a mildly skilled high school tennis player, but the 15 years 29 00:01:05,035 --> 00:01:06,294 after that really didn't play much. 30 00:01:06,294 --> 00:01:10,994 And so it came to Miami, the idea of being able to get back into competitive sports 31 00:01:11,005 --> 00:01:13,085 and, and really excel in some sort of way. 32 00:01:13,475 --> 00:01:18,419 And so, uh, For six months, I, I, I didn't play Padel, I was playing tennis, I 33 00:01:18,419 --> 00:01:22,289 joined a USTA league, I was super into it, someone invited me to play, and I was 34 00:01:22,289 --> 00:01:26,289 like, no, no, no, the courts look small, doesn't look like it's aerobic, and then 35 00:01:26,289 --> 00:01:29,339 finally a buddy was like, come play, come play, and I stepped on the court. 36 00:01:29,759 --> 00:01:33,670 I hit one ball and felt something in my soul that like I've never felt in my life. 37 00:01:33,679 --> 00:01:34,759 So who is, who was that? 38 00:01:34,820 --> 00:01:35,230 Who was that? 39 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:35,910 It was my buddy. 40 00:01:35,910 --> 00:01:36,940 His name is David Greenberg. 41 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:38,619 He actually doesn't play that much anymore. 42 00:01:38,679 --> 00:01:41,330 Uh, but he was kind of my, my entree to Padel. 43 00:01:41,380 --> 00:01:42,759 And what, what club was that? 44 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:43,759 Wynwood. 45 00:01:43,759 --> 00:01:44,039 Wow. 46 00:01:44,380 --> 00:01:45,270 Everyone, right? 47 00:01:45,289 --> 00:01:45,599 That's where you start. 48 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,190 Everybody starts at Wynwood or Real, right? 49 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:50,550 It's the epicenter to start, start your Padel journey. 50 00:01:50,789 --> 00:01:52,140 And that's how the journey starts. 51 00:01:52,524 --> 00:01:54,774 The journey started and I make the joke, right? 52 00:01:54,774 --> 00:01:55,825 So I'm a single guy. 53 00:01:55,875 --> 00:01:58,634 I make the joke that like, I felt something in my soul that day 54 00:01:58,675 --> 00:02:00,175 that like I've never felt before. 55 00:02:00,384 --> 00:02:03,835 And, and if I ever get married, I hope I feel that when I meet that 56 00:02:03,835 --> 00:02:05,634 woman, because it was, it was real. 57 00:02:05,754 --> 00:02:07,104 Well, right now you're married to Padel. 58 00:02:07,185 --> 00:02:07,984 I'm married to Padel. 59 00:02:08,134 --> 00:02:12,025 So let me ask you from one to 10, what is your addiction level? 60 00:02:12,295 --> 00:02:13,605 10 being super addicted. 61 00:02:13,685 --> 00:02:14,245 I'm 10. 62 00:02:14,475 --> 00:02:14,845 Really? 63 00:02:14,894 --> 00:02:15,304 Yeah. 64 00:02:15,334 --> 00:02:17,964 I, I play only three to four days a week and the only reason 65 00:02:17,964 --> 00:02:20,644 I don't play seven days a week is physically it's a demanding game. 66 00:02:20,885 --> 00:02:21,065 Yeah. 67 00:02:21,065 --> 00:02:23,845 And, and I, I am, I'm about to turn 40 years old. 68 00:02:23,845 --> 00:02:28,524 I'm very aware of the fact if I got injured, my, my lifestyle and so 69 00:02:28,524 --> 00:02:30,204 much joy I get in life goes away. 70 00:02:30,474 --> 00:02:34,625 And so the other three days I'm training on mobility and flexibility to make 71 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:37,394 sure that I'm in a position where I don't get injured on the Padelboard. 72 00:02:37,394 --> 00:02:37,744 Very smart. 73 00:02:37,755 --> 00:02:38,334 Very smart. 74 00:02:38,334 --> 00:02:39,054 I didn't do that. 75 00:02:39,105 --> 00:02:40,654 And once you hit that, you're 40. 76 00:02:40,704 --> 00:02:43,515 So once you hit that 50, you, you're prone to get more injured. 77 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:46,400 And you can't play as much you need recovery. 78 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:51,260 You need to you know, do other types of workout At best at three probably a week. 79 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:55,169 So you're pretty smart in that respect but for me the passion was so much that 80 00:02:55,695 --> 00:02:59,445 I was playing almost every day, you know, it was, uh, it was, it was too crazy. 81 00:02:59,525 --> 00:02:59,825 Yeah. 82 00:03:00,065 --> 00:03:01,675 And it's tough to say no to games, right? 83 00:03:01,865 --> 00:03:05,825 The beauty of the community that we have in Miami is we're in 35 group chats. 84 00:03:06,215 --> 00:03:08,125 And so there's always a game to be played. 85 00:03:08,225 --> 00:03:09,114 It's like a date, right? 86 00:03:09,114 --> 00:03:09,394 Yeah. 87 00:03:09,395 --> 00:03:11,214 Somebody asks you, you don't want to say no. 88 00:03:11,215 --> 00:03:12,745 You feel like you're going to reject them. 89 00:03:12,745 --> 00:03:13,254 You know what I'm saying? 90 00:03:13,254 --> 00:03:13,544 For sure. 91 00:03:13,825 --> 00:03:15,334 How many times have you done? 92 00:03:15,425 --> 00:03:18,445 Double sessions within the same day, like double get matches. 93 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:21,155 I try not to do it once again because of fear of injury, 94 00:03:21,155 --> 00:03:22,425 but it happens all the time. 95 00:03:22,625 --> 00:03:27,525 Um, and so, you know, I, maybe, maybe once a month, but I, I really shy away. 96 00:03:27,525 --> 00:03:30,235 And then look, tournament play, it happens all the time, right? 97 00:03:30,245 --> 00:03:33,325 And so when we're playing in tournaments and I travel for tournaments and I 98 00:03:33,325 --> 00:03:36,325 love that aspect of Padel, you know, a lot of times you're playing two 99 00:03:36,325 --> 00:03:38,205 matches in a day, Saturday, right? 100 00:03:38,205 --> 00:03:39,325 There's a red Padel tournament. 101 00:03:39,325 --> 00:03:42,305 I already know my matches are 12 and if I win that it's five 102 00:03:42,485 --> 00:03:44,184 and like I'm already trying to. 103 00:03:44,435 --> 00:03:45,835 To strategize, what am I doing? 104 00:03:45,835 --> 00:03:47,705 Am I going home to stretch and recover? 105 00:03:47,865 --> 00:03:49,755 Am I staying there and just waiting it out? 106 00:03:49,755 --> 00:03:52,495 And I haven't come to, uh, a solution on that yet. 107 00:03:52,705 --> 00:03:55,984 So now that you mentioned, uh, Red Padel, I know you're involved with 108 00:03:55,985 --> 00:03:57,935 Red Padel in many different ways. 109 00:03:57,985 --> 00:04:01,995 Let's talk about what's coming up with Red Padel and, and what is your, 110 00:04:02,095 --> 00:04:03,405 your, what is that you're doing there? 111 00:04:03,425 --> 00:04:03,955 Yeah, sure. 112 00:04:03,955 --> 00:04:07,535 So, so Red Padel, an organization that, that hosts tournaments around the 113 00:04:07,535 --> 00:04:09,385 country and really around the Americas. 114 00:04:09,735 --> 00:04:13,225 Um, And, and last year they hosted something called the America's Cup 115 00:04:13,225 --> 00:04:18,635 where we had 12 teams come around from Canada, uh, and, and South America 116 00:04:18,635 --> 00:04:21,825 and obviously teams in the States that compete, uh, different levels. 117 00:04:21,834 --> 00:04:24,855 So it was division one, division two, division three. 118 00:04:25,225 --> 00:04:29,445 Um, and it was each club or each community built a team and then traveled. 119 00:04:29,445 --> 00:04:32,505 And so this year, actually the, the tournament is in Mexico. 120 00:04:32,675 --> 00:04:35,255 I think they have 16 teams signed up for it. 121 00:04:35,285 --> 00:04:38,884 And, and, and the Mexican facility is that, it's like a crazy resort. 122 00:04:39,165 --> 00:04:42,805 And the idea that they're trying to create there is, their, their tagline 123 00:04:42,805 --> 00:04:45,645 is something like trying to make amateurs feel like professionals. 124 00:04:45,924 --> 00:04:48,375 And so what Charles from Red Palette has explained to me is, 125 00:04:48,385 --> 00:04:50,174 it is gonna be like a first class. 126 00:04:50,845 --> 00:04:53,635 Event where you feel like you're a professional athlete 127 00:04:53,715 --> 00:04:55,245 in an amateur activity. 128 00:04:55,255 --> 00:04:58,105 So this seems like the 3rd organization that is kind of doing that. 129 00:04:58,105 --> 00:05:02,124 You have the PPL, you have the Hexagon Cup and then you have now, 130 00:05:02,124 --> 00:05:04,265 the Rep Padel creating like, teams. 131 00:05:04,735 --> 00:05:06,485 Like some type of franchise things. 132 00:05:06,485 --> 00:05:08,804 Is that what Rep Padel is going to create? 133 00:05:08,804 --> 00:05:12,370 Create kind of like These franchises like PPL and Hexagon. 134 00:05:12,370 --> 00:05:13,440 I don't think that's the goal. 135 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:16,390 Miami is a different beast than the rest, right? 136 00:05:16,390 --> 00:05:17,850 And so let's just talk this out, right? 137 00:05:17,909 --> 00:05:20,090 I assume Padel House is going to send a team, right? 138 00:05:20,090 --> 00:05:21,290 They're super involved in everything. 139 00:05:21,650 --> 00:05:23,200 Padel House is a real community, right? 140 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,590 The guys that play there only play at Padel House. 141 00:05:25,719 --> 00:05:28,039 And so them going as a team, they're a real team. 142 00:05:28,330 --> 00:05:28,840 Yeah, right. 143 00:05:29,039 --> 00:05:30,859 The Miami community is challenging, right? 144 00:05:30,859 --> 00:05:32,809 Because we all play at all the clubs. 145 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:33,080 Yeah. 146 00:05:33,109 --> 00:05:35,999 And the reality is, is like, we don't have an allegiance to a club. 147 00:05:36,010 --> 00:05:39,450 We all have a club that we like more than another, but we're going to play where 148 00:05:39,450 --> 00:05:42,659 the games are, where we're invited to, and kind of where the opportunity is. 149 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:43,319 We have options. 150 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:43,909 We have options. 151 00:05:44,309 --> 00:05:47,679 And so, so for this, it's, we're hosting a tournament this weekend to Kanyas. 152 00:05:48,679 --> 00:05:53,490 Um, Uh, four or five different divisions and the winners of, uh, men's division 153 00:05:53,490 --> 00:05:58,359 one and men's division two and women's division one, uh, earn qualification to 154 00:05:58,359 --> 00:06:01,060 play on the red Padel Miami United team. 155 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,409 That's going to go to Mexico. 156 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:02,900 Good. 157 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,539 So, so I was going to ask you about that. 158 00:06:04,539 --> 00:06:05,399 So it's men and women. 159 00:06:05,695 --> 00:06:06,674 It's men and women this time. 160 00:06:06,674 --> 00:06:07,885 Yeah, they're not mixed. 161 00:06:07,945 --> 00:06:08,344 Not mixed. 162 00:06:08,344 --> 00:06:09,674 So, you know, you play women. 163 00:06:09,765 --> 00:06:10,025 Okay. 164 00:06:10,174 --> 00:06:13,025 There, there is part of the bigger tournament this weekend is there is 165 00:06:13,025 --> 00:06:17,234 a mixed category, but in terms of America's Cup, it is, it's split. 166 00:06:17,275 --> 00:06:20,684 It's, and how do you define the levels by red Padel ratings? 167 00:06:20,854 --> 00:06:25,715 And so in this, it is, um, I think the, the cutoff was 168 00:06:25,744 --> 00:06:28,184 over 12 was, was division one. 169 00:06:28,385 --> 00:06:31,284 And so you, as your part, you and your partner have to have a combined 170 00:06:31,294 --> 00:06:33,614 red Padel ranking of less than 24. 171 00:06:34,145 --> 00:06:37,035 Uh, to be in division two, anything above that would be in division one. 172 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,280 24. 173 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:42,840 So if you're, okay, so if the, the two of us are 12, that will be division one. 174 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:43,650 That would be division one. 175 00:06:43,655 --> 00:06:47,880 If, if one of you was 12 and one was 1199, then you'd be division two. 176 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:48,000 Okay. 177 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,100 So, and how do, do I sign up? 178 00:06:50,105 --> 00:06:54,300 I mean, if, if I wanna play with, let's say with sets, I mean we're 12, we're 24. 179 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:57,570 So the captain decides to put us on the team or we should sign 180 00:06:57,570 --> 00:06:58,560 up and we're a part of the team. 181 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:01,620 Yeah, this was open, this was open invite and so you can sign 182 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:02,610 up through the Red Padel site. 183 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:06,615 Um, and the way that it works is Red Padel has designated coaches that, 184 00:07:06,645 --> 00:07:08,465 that are at different clubs in Miami. 185 00:07:08,465 --> 00:07:10,775 And so if there's someone new that signs up and they don't have a 186 00:07:10,775 --> 00:07:14,214 rating, uh, Red Padel actually reach out to their designated coaches 187 00:07:14,214 --> 00:07:17,674 and find a coach that knows the player to give an initial rating. 188 00:07:17,834 --> 00:07:18,364 That's smart. 189 00:07:18,445 --> 00:07:18,835 Yeah. 190 00:07:18,945 --> 00:07:23,625 It's one, it's one of the difficulties of the start of a new rating system, right? 191 00:07:23,625 --> 00:07:26,845 Because at the beginning people are, they could be over. 192 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:31,020 Overranked or underranked and then over time that'll kind of play out. 193 00:07:31,020 --> 00:07:32,450 But at the beginning, you never know. 194 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,340 I really don't see a solution yet for the rating system. 195 00:07:36,340 --> 00:07:38,679 I mean, there's a few different, you know, variants. 196 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,310 You know, one being, um, uh, the clubs doing it. 197 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:42,999 You know, you know. 198 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:43,569 The coaches. 199 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:44,060 Coaches. 200 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:44,949 Coaches doing it. 201 00:07:45,330 --> 00:07:49,270 And then the other one being, um, uh, what's that, uh, Playtomic. 202 00:07:49,419 --> 00:07:50,140 Playtomic. 203 00:07:50,159 --> 00:07:50,439 Yeah. 204 00:07:50,450 --> 00:07:52,520 Well, Red Padel is similar to Playtomic, right? 205 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,449 The more matches you play, the, the, the algorithm will bring you a higher ranking. 206 00:07:56,450 --> 00:07:57,510 Is that the way it works or not? 207 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:57,559 Correct. 208 00:07:57,559 --> 00:07:57,969 Correct. 209 00:07:57,979 --> 00:08:00,239 In the sense of, I mean, your ranking can go lower if you're 210 00:08:00,239 --> 00:08:01,119 losing all those matches. 211 00:08:01,119 --> 00:08:01,260 Yeah. 212 00:08:01,269 --> 00:08:04,449 But the idea is, and, and they have, uh, there's an element to, 213 00:08:04,509 --> 00:08:08,479 um, um, how accurate your rating is. 214 00:08:08,479 --> 00:08:12,059 And the accuracy of the rating is based upon how many matches that you've played. 215 00:08:12,380 --> 00:08:16,200 And so there, there's two different elements working at it and it's real 216 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,120 time and it's always updating based upon the guys that you played in their new 217 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,250 rankings and they're trying to work out the kinks, as you said, it's a really 218 00:08:22,250 --> 00:08:23,929 difficult thing to get at the beginning. 219 00:08:24,130 --> 00:08:26,879 And that's just pretty much in the Red Padel organization. 220 00:08:27,109 --> 00:08:27,390 Correct. 221 00:08:27,479 --> 00:08:28,470 That's, that's the thing, right? 222 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:29,080 Yeah. 223 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,860 My understanding and it hasn't, and it hasn't rolled out yet. 224 00:08:31,870 --> 00:08:35,690 My understanding was USPA was moving to Red Padel rankings. 225 00:08:36,185 --> 00:08:38,924 That's what I read on the website and what's happening with that. 226 00:08:38,995 --> 00:08:41,215 I don't know where we are in the process and I don't know if 227 00:08:41,215 --> 00:08:42,775 that's going to update next year. 228 00:08:42,804 --> 00:08:46,055 Um, or how it's playing out, but that was my understanding is that at some point 229 00:08:46,074 --> 00:08:49,374 that's going to happen, which would be great in the sense of look in, in USPA 230 00:08:49,375 --> 00:08:53,725 tournaments right now, you pick and choose which category you want to play in. 231 00:08:53,785 --> 00:08:57,924 The nice part about Red Padel is like you're playing where you're supposed 232 00:08:57,944 --> 00:08:59,595 to play based upon your rankings. 233 00:08:59,895 --> 00:09:02,905 Um, and so it creates a more fair playing field for everyone. 234 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:07,725 Yeah, I mean, that's one of the biggest things that, um, I think I'm, I'm 235 00:09:07,725 --> 00:09:10,585 probably correct me if I'm wrong, but people think they're better than they 236 00:09:10,585 --> 00:09:13,944 are because they have a tennis background and it's a complete different ball. 237 00:09:13,985 --> 00:09:14,305 Yeah. 238 00:09:14,335 --> 00:09:16,295 You know, because that's make a difference. 239 00:09:16,315 --> 00:09:19,735 If even if you have a tennis background, that Padel court Padel is different. 240 00:09:19,754 --> 00:09:20,644 Yeah, for sure. 241 00:09:20,715 --> 00:09:20,975 Yeah. 242 00:09:21,195 --> 00:09:25,025 Well, you know, sometimes they do well in the rankings because they're 243 00:09:25,889 --> 00:09:28,689 smashing or they're athletic and then they're pretty, pretty well. 244 00:09:28,689 --> 00:09:32,060 But once they play with a real Padel players, they have 245 00:09:32,060 --> 00:09:33,410 difficulty, you know, for sure. 246 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:33,730 Yeah. 247 00:09:34,150 --> 00:09:38,500 So where do you see now you're an avid player, you're involved with 248 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:39,489 these tournaments and all that. 249 00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:44,314 And tell us a little bit about your I know you've been winning, kicking 250 00:09:44,314 --> 00:09:46,574 some butt with some great partners. 251 00:09:46,604 --> 00:09:51,505 I mean, tell, tell, tell us a little bit about, uh, your winning, uh, trophies. 252 00:09:51,574 --> 00:09:51,954 Sure. 253 00:09:51,984 --> 00:09:54,535 So, so my journey has been a good one, right? 254 00:09:54,535 --> 00:09:58,925 So I view it as I started playing almost three years ago, it'll be my anniversary. 255 00:09:59,064 --> 00:09:59,284 Right. 256 00:09:59,284 --> 00:10:02,915 And as I said, hadn't really played racket sports for the 15 years before that. 257 00:10:03,295 --> 00:10:05,834 I've never held anything in my hand continental grip. 258 00:10:05,874 --> 00:10:12,274 And so like, I'm still like, I'm a now pretty competitive player and 259 00:10:12,275 --> 00:10:15,295 I'm still learning to, I'm like making an adjustment right now to 260 00:10:15,304 --> 00:10:16,884 hold the racket properly, right? 261 00:10:16,884 --> 00:10:20,224 So my learning curve is, is pretty vast in terms of learning 262 00:10:20,224 --> 00:10:21,324 how to play Padel properly. 263 00:10:21,324 --> 00:10:21,974 And so. 264 00:10:22,014 --> 00:10:24,954 When I first started, I was a low end division four player. 265 00:10:24,974 --> 00:10:27,744 And for me, as I said, like this game touched my soul. 266 00:10:27,944 --> 00:10:31,024 And so I have a lot of passion and commit to something when I'm into it. 267 00:10:31,055 --> 00:10:35,175 And so I've been training with coaches for the last, you know, three years 268 00:10:35,354 --> 00:10:36,474 and really putting in the work. 269 00:10:36,474 --> 00:10:40,214 And I went from being a low end division four player to the best player in division 270 00:10:40,214 --> 00:10:44,124 four to a low end division three player to the best player in division three. 271 00:10:44,425 --> 00:10:46,784 And I'm proud to say at this point, like I'm a middle of the road 272 00:10:46,795 --> 00:10:49,034 division two player, which is amazing. 273 00:10:49,210 --> 00:10:51,729 I've, I've, I've seen your progress in the past couple of years. 274 00:10:51,729 --> 00:10:53,650 I'm, I'm very, very impressed what you have done. 275 00:10:53,689 --> 00:10:55,160 I mean, kudos to you, man. 276 00:10:55,189 --> 00:10:55,569 Thank you. 277 00:10:55,589 --> 00:10:56,069 Well done. 278 00:10:56,109 --> 00:10:57,189 Going back to your grip. 279 00:10:57,219 --> 00:10:58,529 Uh, so do you use. 280 00:10:58,990 --> 00:11:02,849 All continental grip now or do you change it up depending on the shot 281 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,010 depending on the shot now I'm finally getting to the point where I can do 282 00:11:06,010 --> 00:11:10,259 that Um, I I struggle the most with like simple normal ground strokes once 283 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:15,205 the ball goes off the wall Like I feel great and and our our Our tendency is 284 00:11:15,205 --> 00:11:17,325 to not let balls go off the wall, right? 285 00:11:17,435 --> 00:11:20,425 I guess it's the tennis background in me that I want to play balls early. 286 00:11:20,745 --> 00:11:24,695 But like getting that patience and letting balls play slow and, 287 00:11:24,715 --> 00:11:26,105 and get off walls, then I'm great. 288 00:11:26,135 --> 00:11:27,475 I think that's a great point. 289 00:11:27,475 --> 00:11:30,655 I think a lot of me coming from tennis as well is you're used to 290 00:11:30,674 --> 00:11:33,485 like a Western, Eastern, is it? 291 00:11:33,504 --> 00:11:33,835 Let me see. 292 00:11:34,255 --> 00:11:34,645 Western. 293 00:11:34,655 --> 00:11:35,205 Western grip. 294 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,050 And because you're hitting the ball a little too high, you know what I'm saying? 295 00:11:39,079 --> 00:11:42,500 Uh, and you're hitting it too much power and a little bit of topspin 296 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,069 and that's what you're accustomed to. 297 00:11:44,079 --> 00:11:48,159 So, you know, hitting the forehand with a continental grip gets, 298 00:11:48,339 --> 00:11:49,500 takes some getting used to. 299 00:11:49,530 --> 00:11:49,810 Yeah. 300 00:11:49,849 --> 00:11:50,560 You know what I'm saying? 301 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:50,589 Yeah. 302 00:11:50,589 --> 00:11:54,379 And, uh, cause it's definitely a different stroke than, than, 303 00:11:54,379 --> 00:11:55,619 than tennis without a doubt. 304 00:11:55,729 --> 00:11:59,089 Yeah, and the higher the level, now you gotta, it's about, I 305 00:11:59,089 --> 00:12:00,189 call it two millimeter rule. 306 00:12:00,189 --> 00:12:02,839 But you're changing the grip two millimeter one way or the other. 307 00:12:02,839 --> 00:12:05,589 One is making the difference in between going the ball deep. 308 00:12:06,084 --> 00:12:12,115 Or not, but I always make the joke, right? 309 00:12:12,115 --> 00:12:15,105 Division one, two, three, four, they're four different sports. 310 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:15,344 Yeah. 311 00:12:15,375 --> 00:12:15,645 Right. 312 00:12:15,645 --> 00:12:18,134 The, the, the play of division four is different than the play of 313 00:12:18,134 --> 00:12:20,235 division three, which is different than the play of division two. 314 00:12:20,235 --> 00:12:22,214 And then division one is a whole different universe. 315 00:12:22,704 --> 00:12:24,944 And so you can kind of get away with. 316 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,020 You know, inefficiencies or, you know, not holding the racket the 317 00:12:29,020 --> 00:12:30,870 right way in the lower divisions. 318 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:31,740 And you can do well too. 319 00:12:31,770 --> 00:12:32,560 And you can do well. 320 00:12:32,570 --> 00:12:35,339 But as you get up to real Padel players that know how to 321 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:36,900 play, they, they eat you alive. 322 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:39,340 And so at some point you have to almost take a step back, 323 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:40,789 which is really difficult. 324 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:43,540 And so it's, it's willing to, to sacrifice. 325 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:44,740 You've got to unlearn what you've learned. 326 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:45,100 Yeah. 327 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,650 And play worse before play better. 328 00:12:46,650 --> 00:12:46,980 Yeah. 329 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:48,850 You know, especially if you come from a different racket sport. 330 00:12:48,850 --> 00:12:50,050 And that is so true. 331 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:50,980 For sure. 332 00:12:51,010 --> 00:12:53,779 So Alex, you were at the pad in Toronto. 333 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:54,260 Yes. 334 00:12:54,270 --> 00:12:54,709 Yes. 335 00:12:54,710 --> 00:12:54,799 Yes. 336 00:12:54,959 --> 00:12:57,709 And I saw some great pictures and you made it to the final. 337 00:12:57,740 --> 00:12:58,290 You won that tournament. 338 00:12:58,290 --> 00:12:59,650 I, I lost in the finals. 339 00:12:59,670 --> 00:13:03,469 And so I had, uh, I played with Charles, who is the owner of Red Padel and 340 00:13:03,469 --> 00:13:05,109 also the world famous Charles Messer. 341 00:13:05,250 --> 00:13:05,680 Yes. 342 00:13:05,689 --> 00:13:06,329 Wow. 343 00:13:06,390 --> 00:13:08,919 And, and he opened with his buddies that the pad. 344 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,240 And so I felt a lot of pressure actually going there. 345 00:13:11,870 --> 00:13:14,839 Our first match was, was the toughest match of the tournament for us. 346 00:13:14,849 --> 00:13:15,760 So whose fault was it? 347 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:16,740 That was Charles. 348 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:18,560 I'll definitely take the blame. 349 00:13:19,435 --> 00:13:22,094 We played, we played, we played the coach there and we played 350 00:13:22,094 --> 00:13:23,224 another owner of the pad. 351 00:13:23,224 --> 00:13:25,724 And before we went on the court, I told Charles, like, this match 352 00:13:25,724 --> 00:13:26,984 is for his ownership stake. 353 00:13:27,005 --> 00:13:28,525 Like, this is everything. 354 00:13:28,984 --> 00:13:30,045 This is for blood. 355 00:13:30,094 --> 00:13:32,884 Actually, funny story, match one, we played two guys from Padel 356 00:13:32,885 --> 00:13:34,295 House that are awesome players. 357 00:13:34,364 --> 00:13:37,395 Um, and, and it was like the opening night of the pad. 358 00:13:37,655 --> 00:13:40,185 So Charles has like all of his high school buddies there. 359 00:13:40,244 --> 00:13:42,935 And like cheering on, you know, drinking a lot. 360 00:13:42,944 --> 00:13:43,665 Very vocal. 361 00:13:43,665 --> 00:13:44,484 Brought the kegs over. 362 00:13:44,484 --> 00:13:44,994 Oh yeah. 363 00:13:46,145 --> 00:13:47,454 Set one I didn't play that well. 364 00:13:47,665 --> 00:13:50,944 And, uh, and we went down and we lost the first set and I got, once again, 365 00:13:50,944 --> 00:13:53,704 I felt the pressure and then I settled in and then we ended up winning in 366 00:13:53,704 --> 00:13:58,495 a super breaker, but it was a super intense, super fun match against really 367 00:13:58,495 --> 00:13:59,904 good competitors from Padel house. 368 00:13:59,904 --> 00:14:01,255 And it was, it was a special night. 369 00:14:01,395 --> 00:14:02,505 So don't tell us about the club. 370 00:14:02,625 --> 00:14:03,814 It's coming along. 371 00:14:03,905 --> 00:14:04,704 Yeah, it's beautiful. 372 00:14:04,704 --> 00:14:06,384 I mean, look, I just was talking to them yesterday. 373 00:14:06,385 --> 00:14:08,165 They, they just closed for the season, right? 374 00:14:08,165 --> 00:14:10,675 So that's one of the things that sucks it's outdoors. 375 00:14:10,704 --> 00:14:14,515 Um, it's in an amazing area, like right outside the main city. 376 00:14:14,694 --> 00:14:15,654 Um, one. 377 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,480 Six courts, um, and beautiful. 378 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,860 I thought there were only three. 379 00:14:19,890 --> 00:14:22,290 Four, no, one, it's either four or six. 380 00:14:22,350 --> 00:14:22,710 Okay. 381 00:14:22,750 --> 00:14:24,370 I'm trying to picture it and it's four or six. 382 00:14:24,370 --> 00:14:25,160 Maybe it's four. 383 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:27,950 Um, but they, it was, it was awesome. 384 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,990 And the community that we're building was amazing. 385 00:14:29,990 --> 00:14:33,370 So what was, what was so awesome about that tournament was that was 386 00:14:33,380 --> 00:14:35,270 essentially the opening of the pad, right? 387 00:14:35,710 --> 00:14:39,880 So they got folks from the community that have essentially never played Padel 388 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:44,990 and their introduction was a red Padel tournament that is run incredibly well. 389 00:14:45,205 --> 00:14:48,845 Masseuse on hand, you know, you're giving your times early. 390 00:14:48,845 --> 00:14:51,745 You're able to go to a website and see your brackets and click your name. 391 00:14:51,755 --> 00:14:53,175 You know, you feel like a professional. 392 00:14:53,505 --> 00:14:56,404 And so it was, it was super cool watching people get introduced 393 00:14:56,404 --> 00:14:58,024 in the game, in that environment. 394 00:14:58,385 --> 00:14:58,725 That's great. 395 00:14:58,795 --> 00:14:59,005 Yeah. 396 00:14:59,055 --> 00:15:01,115 That's one of the great things about Red Padel. 397 00:15:01,164 --> 00:15:02,674 They do a good. 398 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:08,255 That can work, meaning one of the issues now when you go to the USP 399 00:15:08,255 --> 00:15:11,645 and all that, you have to use to, you know, third party websites. 400 00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:16,175 So Padel's manager, I think it is, but Red Padel, everything's in their website. 401 00:15:16,195 --> 00:15:17,494 You can see that it's Quartz. 402 00:15:17,494 --> 00:15:20,919 You can see there, they have an app too, which is a really great app. 403 00:15:21,330 --> 00:15:23,080 So they're doing a good job on that. 404 00:15:23,090 --> 00:15:23,700 For sure. 405 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,120 And for me, look, I'm an anal New Yorker, right? 406 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,519 And so, when I go play a USPA event, it's like, I'm basically 407 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:31,660 giving up my weekend, right? 408 00:15:31,660 --> 00:15:32,550 Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 409 00:15:32,550 --> 00:15:33,740 You hope you're playing all three days. 410 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:35,050 And so I'm clearing my schedule. 411 00:15:35,429 --> 00:15:37,639 But the reality is, I don't know when my next match is. 412 00:15:37,699 --> 00:15:41,570 And so I want to plan from a recovery perspective, from an eating perspective, 413 00:15:41,830 --> 00:15:45,030 and I'm waiting for my match to finish to find when my next match is. 414 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,900 The nice part about Red Padel is, I know my four potential 415 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:49,130 matches for the whole weekend. 416 00:15:49,220 --> 00:15:49,310 Yeah. 417 00:15:49,310 --> 00:15:51,620 I can map everything out and like I'm prepared. 418 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:56,030 And so the Anal New Yorker in me really struggles with that, with the USPA. 419 00:15:56,090 --> 00:15:59,570 So you tell, tell us a little bit, you played with the legendary Maxi Rosas. 420 00:15:59,630 --> 00:15:59,810 Yeah. 421 00:15:59,810 --> 00:16:01,970 And you, you raised the trophy there, right? 422 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:03,620 We did Houston division two. 423 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:04,730 We Oh, oh my God. 424 00:16:04,735 --> 00:16:05,690 Tell us all about that. 425 00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:06,080 Yeah. 426 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,490 For, so look, that was a, that was a circumstantial partnership in my opinion. 427 00:16:10,490 --> 00:16:10,700 Right. 428 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:13,220 Maxi is obviously a, a division one player and one of the. 429 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:14,970 Top 10 players in the States, right? 430 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:15,680 Yeah, in the nation. 431 00:16:15,850 --> 00:16:17,540 In the nation, amazing competitor. 432 00:16:17,890 --> 00:16:21,290 And Red Padel was, was doing this thing called the Summer Series, where there were 433 00:16:21,290 --> 00:16:22,830 four tournaments throughout the summer. 434 00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:27,240 And the top three players, based upon points accumulated, got to go 435 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,699 to Spain to train with Javi Garrido. 436 00:16:29,940 --> 00:16:30,780 Wow. 437 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:31,080 Right? 438 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:31,800 Wow. 439 00:16:31,810 --> 00:16:32,540 That's amazing. 440 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,270 That's a good one. 441 00:16:33,270 --> 00:16:34,830 Side note, my favorite player. 442 00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:35,160 Yeah. 443 00:16:35,230 --> 00:16:36,000 Uh, on tour. 444 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,570 And the reason that is, is when the World Padel Tour came to Miami, um, 445 00:16:40,570 --> 00:16:47,419 night one, it was Javi played against LeBron and took him out and it was like a 446 00:16:47,419 --> 00:16:48,710 super, super, super Super intense match. 447 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:52,770 Willie was involved on the sidelines, like a lot of heated energy. 448 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:58,250 And Javi that night was flying all over the court, like hitting the most insane 449 00:16:58,250 --> 00:16:59,830 smashes I've ever seen in my life. 450 00:16:59,830 --> 00:17:02,729 And so from that moment forward, like huge fan. 451 00:17:03,009 --> 00:17:06,089 And then last year they came, you know, when reserve did their thing and 452 00:17:06,089 --> 00:17:09,160 they had a lot of players come, Javi came and like, got to speak to him. 453 00:17:09,170 --> 00:17:10,870 He was the nicest, coolest guy. 454 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:13,160 And so like, that's my guy going forward. 455 00:17:13,335 --> 00:17:13,835 Love him. 456 00:17:14,335 --> 00:17:15,365 That's incredible, man. 457 00:17:15,395 --> 00:17:16,544 So, like, how was that experience? 458 00:17:17,254 --> 00:17:18,034 What club was that? 459 00:17:18,135 --> 00:17:19,371 It was at the Woodlands. 460 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:20,684 Nice club? 461 00:17:20,685 --> 00:17:21,675 So, awesome club. 462 00:17:21,675 --> 00:17:26,665 So, it's off, like, a dirt road off a railroad track in the middle of nowhere. 463 00:17:26,675 --> 00:17:30,544 And then all of a sudden, like, surrounded by awesome trees and a ton of courts. 464 00:17:30,704 --> 00:17:35,024 And from a spectator perspective, a lot of room around the courts to watch matches. 465 00:17:35,364 --> 00:17:37,544 Uh, happened to be, like, dead end of summer. 466 00:17:37,584 --> 00:17:40,235 And so, we were playing in, like, 97 degrees. 467 00:17:40,245 --> 00:17:41,195 Houston heat. 468 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,760 at like two o'clock was the final, um, so super hot, but little 469 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,280 from, from a maxi perspective. 470 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,070 So, so going back, sorry. 471 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:52,860 Um, the reason he played with me and did too, is we did the math 472 00:17:52,860 --> 00:17:56,440 and we said, look, if our, our red Padel ratings would qualify for 473 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,379 division two as a, as a combination. 474 00:17:58,649 --> 00:18:03,000 And if me and maxi were to win division two and Peter Alonso 475 00:18:03,010 --> 00:18:04,600 wouldn't win division one. 476 00:18:05,070 --> 00:18:06,940 Nody lost in the finals and got injured. 477 00:18:06,940 --> 00:18:08,820 And so probably would have lost anyway. 478 00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:13,030 It was a super tough match, but then Maxi would win the trip to Spain. 479 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,730 And so we went with an agenda. 480 00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:15,360 Okay. 481 00:18:15,390 --> 00:18:19,089 And that was the reason he played with me and came down a division. 482 00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:21,350 Uh, So you won the tournament? 483 00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:21,959 We won the tournament. 484 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,694 Did he win to Spain? 485 00:18:23,115 --> 00:18:29,735 Uh, I think they're going in February, so it was, it was pretty special. 486 00:18:29,735 --> 00:18:33,165 And, and ironically, we played two of our Miami friends in the finals, 487 00:18:33,235 --> 00:18:36,385 uh, Andres and Gomez and Pepe. 488 00:18:36,584 --> 00:18:36,974 Wow. 489 00:18:36,985 --> 00:18:40,195 And so, and, and they're guys I play against every Saturday and they've been 490 00:18:40,205 --> 00:18:41,984 dominating our Saturday tournaments. 491 00:18:41,985 --> 00:18:42,695 And so. 492 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:44,235 You know, it's a win. 493 00:18:44,245 --> 00:18:46,775 I joke around with them that it's a win, but it's not really a win 494 00:18:46,775 --> 00:18:48,095 because I beat them with Maxi. 495 00:18:48,135 --> 00:18:49,205 Like I want to beat them. 496 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:52,275 I want to beat them with another person at our level. 497 00:18:52,285 --> 00:18:54,835 And so that's what we're trying to do this weekend because they're the one 498 00:18:54,835 --> 00:18:56,234 seat in the red Padel tournament. 499 00:18:56,495 --> 00:18:59,235 I'm playing with our other friend, uh, Louise, who's also 500 00:18:59,235 --> 00:19:00,155 really good friends with them. 501 00:19:00,155 --> 00:19:01,705 And I hope to see them in the finals. 502 00:19:01,705 --> 00:19:02,495 Cause that would be awesome. 503 00:19:03,235 --> 00:19:04,355 What, what day is the finals? 504 00:19:04,565 --> 00:19:05,015 Sunday. 505 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:05,665 Sunday. 506 00:19:05,695 --> 00:19:06,025 Yeah. 507 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:07,125 Where's the hosted. 508 00:19:07,470 --> 00:19:08,110 At Kanyas. 509 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:08,850 Kanyas, okay. 510 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,860 Have you tried to apply, uh, uh, uh, register for the 511 00:19:11,860 --> 00:19:12,890 Pan American Games or not? 512 00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:17,685 So I, I, it was I'm super proud of team America, what we just saw, like 513 00:19:17,685 --> 00:19:20,585 this was the last couple of days were amazing seeing the highlights come 514 00:19:20,585 --> 00:19:22,225 through and all the Instagram posts. 515 00:19:22,465 --> 00:19:25,404 And at the same time, like my, my heart was breaking that I wasn't there. 516 00:19:25,885 --> 00:19:27,284 I didn't know the process, right? 517 00:19:27,284 --> 00:19:29,174 I'm still new to the sport and how it all works. 518 00:19:29,805 --> 00:19:30,965 I'm over 35. 519 00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:36,215 And so from a play perspective, I can definitely play in the over 35 category, 520 00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:38,955 but I never played a senior USPA event. 521 00:19:38,955 --> 00:19:40,155 And so I have no rating there. 522 00:19:40,705 --> 00:19:43,465 And I really only played two or three USPA tournaments. 523 00:19:43,465 --> 00:19:45,474 And so I don't have a ranking there. 524 00:19:45,765 --> 00:19:48,884 And so I heard next year is the, like the bigger games, right? 525 00:19:49,785 --> 00:19:53,525 And so I'm going to, a goal of mine is to put the work in, play the tournaments 526 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:54,695 and hopefully be a part of that team. 527 00:19:55,379 --> 00:19:58,679 So you're, you're spending a lot of traveling, Padel traveling, so 528 00:19:58,689 --> 00:19:59,990 you're going all over the place. 529 00:20:00,070 --> 00:20:00,459 Yeah. 530 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,340 Tell us the, the, the place that you were. 531 00:20:02,340 --> 00:20:03,300 You were in Houston. 532 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:05,199 I went, I went to Houston. 533 00:20:05,389 --> 00:20:10,599 I went to New York, uh, to play in red Padel at Padel house, which was awesome 534 00:20:10,599 --> 00:20:12,429 because that was indoors and outdoors. 535 00:20:12,649 --> 00:20:13,760 And so playing. 536 00:20:14,185 --> 00:20:15,695 In Outdoors. 537 00:20:15,785 --> 00:20:16,855 So you play at Domino's Park. 538 00:20:17,255 --> 00:20:18,235 In Domino's Park. 539 00:20:18,455 --> 00:20:22,675 I had friends come to watch and once again, from my friend perspective, 540 00:20:22,705 --> 00:20:23,885 they've never heard of this game. 541 00:20:24,225 --> 00:20:26,995 They see me obsessed with something and posting about it and playing 542 00:20:27,005 --> 00:20:28,015 and they're like, what is this? 543 00:20:28,475 --> 00:20:31,505 And so for them to be able to come see me play in a real tournament and see 544 00:20:31,505 --> 00:20:34,185 how awesome and cool it is, was great. 545 00:20:35,435 --> 00:20:39,185 I played in, um, I just played in Connecticut at the sports house 546 00:20:39,415 --> 00:20:44,135 and so new facility that opened up there, um, six indoor courts, amazing 547 00:20:44,155 --> 00:20:48,014 and beautiful, six indoor Padel courts, six pickleball courts, a golf 548 00:20:48,014 --> 00:20:51,105 simulator, um, Get wine and beer off. 549 00:20:51,115 --> 00:20:51,285 Yeah. 550 00:20:51,895 --> 00:20:52,325 The taps. 551 00:20:52,325 --> 00:20:52,665 Yeah. 552 00:20:52,665 --> 00:20:53,485 Right off the wall. 553 00:20:53,525 --> 00:20:54,465 That's amazing. 554 00:20:54,695 --> 00:20:56,105 Um, I'm going to Argentina. 555 00:20:56,265 --> 00:21:00,865 Um, in I leave Christmas night, I'm playing in something called, 556 00:21:00,924 --> 00:21:05,155 uh, the Maccabee games, which is essentially Jewish Olympics. 557 00:21:05,525 --> 00:21:06,255 Um, yeah. 558 00:21:07,155 --> 00:21:09,075 And so got an opportunity to go play there. 559 00:21:09,135 --> 00:21:12,929 And so that will be like my first, and they do in battle with the Maccabee games. 560 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,140 Yeah, they're doing Padel. 561 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:14,640 Yeah. 562 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:16,330 And so I'm super excited to play there. 563 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:16,690 Yeah. 564 00:21:16,730 --> 00:21:18,080 I've never been to Argentina either. 565 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:20,810 And that's like one of the Meccas of, of Padel. 566 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,070 I'll be there before that. 567 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,290 You know, I'll see you there, hopefully. 568 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:24,889 Go ahead. 569 00:21:24,889 --> 00:21:25,500 Excellent, man. 570 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,570 So, Jared, I mean, what's your goal in Padel? 571 00:21:28,570 --> 00:21:33,340 I know you started as like a hobby, and now you seem to be getting a lot better. 572 00:21:33,370 --> 00:21:36,740 Is there any ultimate goal besides just a hobby, or? 573 00:21:36,889 --> 00:21:39,790 Yeah, it's a great question, and one that I'm asked all the time. 574 00:21:40,339 --> 00:21:45,199 I have a full time real job that I'm very fortunate, I'm mildly successful in. 575 00:21:45,509 --> 00:21:48,009 And so, from a business standpoint, I'm not in Padel 576 00:21:48,019 --> 00:21:49,269 for the business side of things. 577 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:53,550 I am very much in it because I It is a passion and gives me so much joy 578 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,500 and, and naturally I'm a connector. 579 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,220 And so I get involved in clubs and connecting, you know, distributors 580 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:04,860 and, and people that build courts and professionals just because I know no 581 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:08,189 other way to operate is to connect people, especially good people and 582 00:22:08,189 --> 00:22:09,449 something that I'm passionate about. 583 00:22:09,469 --> 00:22:13,240 And so I just want to continue to live in this, in the world that I'm living in. 584 00:22:13,575 --> 00:22:17,615 Um, have my real job, um, that I spend a lot of time in, and then 585 00:22:17,625 --> 00:22:21,125 have my side love and, and just do right by people and help people and, 586 00:22:21,135 --> 00:22:22,535 and grow this game in the country. 587 00:22:22,735 --> 00:22:22,965 All right. 588 00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:24,485 So we have some quick questions. 589 00:22:24,495 --> 00:22:24,815 Sure. 590 00:22:24,825 --> 00:22:27,264 First questions that we're going to ask you really quickly, uh, and 591 00:22:27,264 --> 00:22:28,905 we'll start it off with, uh, Julien. 592 00:22:28,905 --> 00:22:29,705 Why don't you ask the first one? 593 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:29,935 Yeah. 594 00:22:29,945 --> 00:22:31,265 We call them the golden point questions. 595 00:22:31,275 --> 00:22:31,525 Okay. 596 00:22:31,545 --> 00:22:32,625 So it's either you're going to take it or not. 597 00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:35,125 So, do you prefer to play right or left? 598 00:22:35,165 --> 00:22:37,085 I'm a lefty, and so I only play the right. 599 00:22:37,505 --> 00:22:38,375 Huge advantage! 600 00:22:38,385 --> 00:22:40,385 Yeah, you must have a lot of people wanting to play with you. 601 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:41,435 Yeah, huge advantage. 602 00:22:41,445 --> 00:22:42,144 Wow, that's great. 603 00:22:42,185 --> 00:22:44,394 Alright, do you prefer playing indoors or outdoors? 604 00:22:44,435 --> 00:22:45,005 Outdoors. 605 00:22:45,435 --> 00:22:45,765 Good. 606 00:22:45,915 --> 00:22:46,865 Power or finesse? 607 00:22:47,255 --> 00:22:47,825 Finesse. 608 00:22:48,285 --> 00:22:49,175 I have no power. 609 00:22:49,675 --> 00:22:53,095 I, I can't, I still, I know, I know we're on Padel smash. 610 00:22:53,655 --> 00:22:55,675 I still can't smash. 611 00:22:56,035 --> 00:22:57,025 You're kidding me. 612 00:22:57,045 --> 00:22:58,495 But I mean, you come from tennis, right? 613 00:22:58,595 --> 00:22:58,795 Yeah. 614 00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,015 I mean, uh, you have the serve. 615 00:23:00,235 --> 00:23:01,245 I've always been a grinder. 616 00:23:01,394 --> 00:23:02,685 Never had a great serve. 617 00:23:02,705 --> 00:23:04,635 And, and that, look, that works in Padel, right? 618 00:23:04,795 --> 00:23:07,685 Because my ability to play defense and just grind through points. 619 00:23:07,975 --> 00:23:09,754 Is what lets me be successful. 620 00:23:09,754 --> 00:23:12,675 And the reality is the person on the left is supposed to be the power player anyway. 621 00:23:12,965 --> 00:23:14,615 And so I'm really just playing my role. 622 00:23:14,955 --> 00:23:16,955 And I'm just forced to be there because I'm a lefty anyway. 623 00:23:17,125 --> 00:23:17,495 Alright. 624 00:23:17,554 --> 00:23:19,024 Now you've visited many clubs. 625 00:23:19,034 --> 00:23:20,454 Which one would you say is your favorite? 626 00:23:21,455 --> 00:23:23,255 I, I think there's different elements to it. 627 00:23:23,285 --> 00:23:26,445 And so I think from a community building perspective, what Reserve is 628 00:23:26,445 --> 00:23:28,125 doing right now is incredible, right? 629 00:23:28,315 --> 00:23:31,885 The fact that they have these night events and these exhibition matches 630 00:23:31,904 --> 00:23:34,724 and you're getting almost everyone from the Miami Padel community 631 00:23:34,725 --> 00:23:36,325 to come watch, hang out, drink. 632 00:23:36,785 --> 00:23:39,285 and just be social is, is incredible. 633 00:23:39,645 --> 00:23:42,995 I think open from an indoor facility perspective is probably 634 00:23:42,995 --> 00:23:44,235 the best courts in Miami. 635 00:23:44,455 --> 00:23:46,505 And the fact that they have five of them to be able to host 636 00:23:46,505 --> 00:23:48,175 bigger events is incredible. 637 00:23:48,445 --> 00:23:50,544 And then I personally love Kanyas. 638 00:23:50,895 --> 00:23:52,305 Uh, outdoor facility. 639 00:23:52,344 --> 00:23:54,444 I think the courts play really fairly. 640 00:23:54,715 --> 00:23:58,875 Um, always well maintained, can actually get, uh, uh, a court there. 641 00:23:59,235 --> 00:24:00,715 Uh, where other courts you can't. 642 00:24:00,755 --> 00:24:01,355 And so. 643 00:24:01,805 --> 00:24:05,185 Three different elements and and I would say those are my three favorite places. 644 00:24:05,185 --> 00:24:05,475 Really? 645 00:24:05,475 --> 00:24:06,025 That's interesting. 646 00:24:06,495 --> 00:24:06,935 Good. 647 00:24:07,355 --> 00:24:13,955 So they have a or by three Bahada Okay, but they have a Vibora Vibora. 648 00:24:14,295 --> 00:24:14,695 Nice. 649 00:24:14,715 --> 00:24:16,004 What is your worst shot? 650 00:24:16,924 --> 00:24:19,054 The smash so what's your best shot? 651 00:24:19,884 --> 00:24:22,030 Bahada Wow. 652 00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:23,800 Who is your favorite, uh, professional player? 653 00:24:23,860 --> 00:24:24,129 Javi. 654 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:24,550 Garrido? 655 00:24:24,610 --> 00:24:24,909 Yes. 656 00:24:24,909 --> 00:24:26,470 Uh, . We knew that one. 657 00:24:26,685 --> 00:24:26,905 All. 658 00:24:26,905 --> 00:24:29,080 What, uh, what's your favorite, uh, racket or Padel? 659 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:29,440 What do you use? 660 00:24:29,445 --> 00:24:30,639 Adidas, which I used that. 661 00:24:30,639 --> 00:24:30,730 Which one? 662 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:32,649 The Addie uh, power. 663 00:24:32,655 --> 00:24:33,460 Addie Power. 664 00:24:33,550 --> 00:24:33,850 Yeah. 665 00:24:33,855 --> 00:24:36,760 I, I've been moving between rackets, but now I'm playing with the, the yellow 666 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,830 power racket and felt a huge difference. 667 00:24:38,830 --> 00:24:40,301 Before that, I was playing with the metal bone and. 668 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:45,504 For me, um, super powerful, but like inconsistent at spots. 669 00:24:45,605 --> 00:24:48,905 And I find with the added power, no matter where I'm hitting it, it's, 670 00:24:48,915 --> 00:24:50,985 it's like firmer and more controlled. 671 00:24:51,314 --> 00:24:53,905 And so I am, I just ordered two more yesterday. 672 00:24:54,024 --> 00:24:54,195 Wow. 673 00:24:54,995 --> 00:24:55,375 That's good. 674 00:24:55,665 --> 00:24:56,225 Where's the link? 675 00:24:56,955 --> 00:24:57,924 From where did you order them? 676 00:24:58,244 --> 00:25:00,324 So I've always bought, you know. 677 00:25:01,030 --> 00:25:03,720 Very difficult to find cheap Padel rackets, right? 678 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:07,100 Everything here is retail, and if you're getting it from overseas, it's taking 679 00:25:07,110 --> 00:25:08,710 three weeks or a month to get here. 680 00:25:09,059 --> 00:25:13,490 Nico Tabilo, who is one of my coaches, I broke my racket three days ago 681 00:25:13,490 --> 00:25:17,370 in a training session with him, and he sent me a link to PadelProShop. 682 00:25:17,380 --> 00:25:17,700 com. 683 00:25:18,090 --> 00:25:24,899 Okay, guys, for 308, I bought two rackets and they're arriving 684 00:25:24,899 --> 00:25:26,010 at my apartment tomorrow. 685 00:25:26,030 --> 00:25:26,620 You're kidding me. 686 00:25:26,629 --> 00:25:32,319 And so if, if it shows up, if it wasn't a fake UPS notification that I'm getting, 687 00:25:32,319 --> 00:25:36,789 if these two rackets show up, I will send this to every person I know because every 688 00:25:36,790 --> 00:25:38,629 racket there is massively discounted. 689 00:25:38,850 --> 00:25:39,290 Oh, why? 690 00:25:39,290 --> 00:25:40,439 I can't, I can't answer you. 691 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:41,709 I can't answer you. 692 00:25:41,709 --> 00:25:42,659 I know nothing about it. 693 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:42,909 That's great. 694 00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:46,260 I mean, I got it on the, uh, I guess it was Cyber Monday, Sal, 695 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:47,280 because it was Monday I bought. 696 00:25:47,530 --> 00:25:50,600 But I think if I were to buy those rackets today, it maybe would 697 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,659 have been 350 instead of 308. 698 00:25:52,659 --> 00:25:54,290 Yeah, you're talking about 700, 800. 699 00:25:54,290 --> 00:25:54,475 For two. 700 00:25:54,475 --> 00:25:54,659 For two. 701 00:25:54,659 --> 00:25:55,269 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 702 00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:56,110 So, like. 703 00:25:56,590 --> 00:25:57,070 Wow. 704 00:25:57,070 --> 00:25:57,709 Great deal. 705 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,229 Wow. 706 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:00,109 Golden Point, you take it or you give it? 707 00:26:00,610 --> 00:26:01,339 Um, depends. 708 00:26:01,339 --> 00:26:03,619 I have a policy in, in, in. 709 00:26:03,769 --> 00:26:04,789 We're talking about policies. 710 00:26:04,859 --> 00:26:06,140 No, that's a policy. 711 00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:06,870 That's very important. 712 00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:11,099 I have a policy where me or my partner will start on the court and 713 00:26:11,099 --> 00:26:12,440 one of us will take Golden Point. 714 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:13,970 And it's your Golden Point until you lose it. 715 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:15,990 Ah, interesting. 716 00:26:16,020 --> 00:26:16,320 Right? 717 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,420 So then it takes out the emotion and like where we are in the match 718 00:26:19,420 --> 00:26:20,500 and it's either mine or yours. 719 00:26:20,530 --> 00:26:23,100 Cause my whole thing is like try to take thought out of things 720 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,660 and just allow the game to play. 721 00:26:25,005 --> 00:26:27,465 Um, and so that, that's something that I've been instituting 722 00:26:27,465 --> 00:26:28,535 with players recently. 723 00:26:28,705 --> 00:26:29,025 Nice. 724 00:26:29,345 --> 00:26:31,435 Alright, so who's uh, your favorite partner? 725 00:26:31,755 --> 00:26:34,935 Well, I was fortunate to play with Maxi in, in Houston, right? 726 00:26:35,015 --> 00:26:35,904 Is that your favorite one? 727 00:26:35,905 --> 00:26:38,354 Playing at a different level and playing with someone who has a 728 00:26:38,365 --> 00:26:39,605 skill set is incredible, right? 729 00:26:39,615 --> 00:26:43,205 The learning curve and the ability to watch him play super slow, 730 00:26:43,324 --> 00:26:45,524 not rush anything is, is amazing. 731 00:26:45,585 --> 00:26:48,905 So obviously, amazing experience and love playing with him. 732 00:26:49,285 --> 00:26:49,315 Good. 733 00:26:49,335 --> 00:26:52,325 In terms of my level, um, Luis Guzman. 734 00:26:52,885 --> 00:26:54,585 is someone that I've been playing a bunch with. 735 00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:57,575 Uh, we're playing in the Red Padel Tournament together this weekend. 736 00:26:57,915 --> 00:26:59,675 I think so much of it is just being aligned. 737 00:26:59,685 --> 00:27:04,295 He plays smart, slow, controlled, and recently has started being 738 00:27:04,335 --> 00:27:05,505 able to pick up his power. 739 00:27:05,785 --> 00:27:08,705 And so, that's a combination for me, which is amazing. 740 00:27:08,754 --> 00:27:11,725 Because when I play with someone that wants to play tennis on a 741 00:27:11,725 --> 00:27:14,030 Padel court, My, my rhythms off. 742 00:27:14,130 --> 00:27:15,320 I don't know where to be. 743 00:27:15,340 --> 00:27:16,920 I'm out of 100%. 744 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:20,560 And so we, we, we, we, we dance while on the court together. 745 00:27:20,590 --> 00:27:21,060 Nice. 746 00:27:21,130 --> 00:27:21,370 Nice. 747 00:27:21,370 --> 00:27:21,459 Nice. 748 00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:22,630 Who's your favorite coach? 749 00:27:23,150 --> 00:27:23,629 Adrian. 750 00:27:24,925 --> 00:27:25,115 Bellatorino. 751 00:27:25,165 --> 00:27:25,915 Bellatorino. 752 00:27:26,055 --> 00:27:26,685 Wow. 753 00:27:26,725 --> 00:27:30,215 Um, Adrian is, I've been with him now two and a half years and, and, 754 00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,925 and to me he's, he's a coach, right? 755 00:27:31,925 --> 00:27:32,345 And so. 756 00:27:32,345 --> 00:27:33,094 Where, where he coaches? 757 00:27:33,115 --> 00:27:34,505 He coaches me at Kanyas. 758 00:27:34,725 --> 00:27:37,695 I, I think, uh, he probably coaches at other places too, 759 00:27:37,695 --> 00:27:39,114 but I think Kanyas is his home. 760 00:27:39,385 --> 00:27:39,535 Okay. 761 00:27:39,564 --> 00:27:40,104 Um. 762 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,440 Adrian's been playing forever, former world Padel tour 763 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,200 player, and he's a coach, right? 764 00:27:45,210 --> 00:27:46,080 He yells at me. 765 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,010 He gets mad at me when I hit bad shots. 766 00:27:48,030 --> 00:27:50,460 And like when I'm in a coaching session, I want that. 767 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,410 Like I'm in that to improve and get better. 768 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,609 And so the fact that he's not just feeding me balls, he's in that world 769 00:27:55,610 --> 00:28:00,260 with me and, um, forcing me to improve is, has been a huge value add to me. 770 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:00,500 Wow. 771 00:28:00,699 --> 00:28:01,040 Okay. 772 00:28:01,050 --> 00:28:04,149 So for 2024, where do you see Jared and Padel? 773 00:28:04,669 --> 00:28:08,249 Uh, I would love to win a division two championship with, with a, 774 00:28:08,370 --> 00:28:10,199 with a partner at my level, right? 775 00:28:10,259 --> 00:28:11,749 I want, I want it now with Maxi. 776 00:28:11,860 --> 00:28:16,090 Um, I, I view that as kind of a cheat code and so that wasn't real, but would 777 00:28:16,090 --> 00:28:21,279 love to get my game to the point where I am a top player in division two. 778 00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:26,269 Um, and I think with the continued work and dedication that I have, it's possible. 779 00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:30,409 Um, you know, this game for me right now is, it's intoxicating in the sense of. 780 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:34,110 I'm turning 40 and like I'm growing exponentially at 781 00:28:34,110 --> 00:28:35,629 something and that is not. 782 00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:37,679 Normally where you are in life. 783 00:28:38,030 --> 00:28:42,120 And so I'm on this crazy journey of, of growth over the last three years. 784 00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:43,139 I don't know when it ends. 785 00:28:43,139 --> 00:28:45,689 At some point you would think I would plateau. 786 00:28:46,039 --> 00:28:49,629 Um, but until that happens, I'm going to just continue grinding, working hard and 787 00:28:49,629 --> 00:28:50,979 doing everything I can do to get better. 788 00:28:51,195 --> 00:28:52,904 Great, great, excellent. 789 00:28:52,975 --> 00:28:55,074 Jared, thank you for coming on Padel Smash Academy. 790 00:28:55,074 --> 00:28:56,164 We want to wish you all the luck. 791 00:28:56,164 --> 00:28:56,804 Thank you guys. 792 00:28:56,874 --> 00:28:58,034 We'll see you on the Padel court. 793 00:28:58,044 --> 00:28:58,705 Absolutely. 794 00:28:58,834 --> 00:28:59,435 Thank you. 795 00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:02,034 Guys, if you haven't already, make sure that you hit that subscribe 796 00:29:02,034 --> 00:29:04,064 button and turn on your notifications. 797 00:29:04,154 --> 00:29:06,094 And remember, it's free 99. 798 00:29:06,104 --> 00:29:08,424 It doesn't cost you anything to hit that subscribe button. 799 00:29:08,684 --> 00:29:10,444 Thanks for tuning into Padel Smash Academy. 800 00:29:10,444 --> 00:29:13,234 We hope you find our videos informative, helpful. 801 00:29:13,469 --> 00:29:16,100 In improving your game and learning all things Padel. 802 00:29:16,289 --> 00:29:20,499 So until next time, keep improving your game and remember, learn, play, and share.