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The coaches defining padel around the world — their philosophy, in their own words.
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Jamie Guest
Merseyside coach Jamie Guest on switching from tennis to padel, raising a player's ceiling from day one, and the city's padel boom.
21 Oct 2026
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Jamie Guest
Merseyside coach Jamie Guest on switching from tennis to padel, raising a player's ceiling from day one, and the city's padel boom.
21 Oct 2026
Harry Blundell
Harry Blundell swapped two decades of tennis for padel and now coaches at Connect Padel Birmingham, with a focus on consistency over power.
3 Apr 2026
Hugo Da Silva
Portuguese coach Hugo Da Silva brings a tennis and sports science background to Nottingham's padel scene.
1 Apr 2026
Harry Jiggins
Harry Jiggins went from his first match with his dad at Padel United Maldon to a role at the club, with padel as his first racket sport.
7 Feb 2026
Rob Busby
Tennis coach Rob Busby committed to padel after the David Lloyd club he worked at installed courts.
7 Feb 2026
Bethany Eccles
Bethany Eccles spotted a game in Battersea Park in May 2024 and swapped triathlon training for padel, a sport she found as social as it is challenging.
7 Feb 2026
Ellie Tsimbilakis
Former professional tennis player Ellie Tsimbilakis coaches padel with a focus on control, consistency and slowing the pace down.
7 Feb 2026
Dave Mansfield
Dave Mansfield feared padel would ruin his tennis, but after trying it at Surge Padel Harrogate in 2023 he soon had no time left for tennis.
4 Feb 2026
Jo Patterson
Trained in tennis under David Sammel at Matchpoint, Jo Patterson found the racket sport that truly suited her in padel.
14 Jan 2026
Sven Boele
Former tennis coach Sven Boele wanted an active, social way to teach and found it in padel.
14 Jan 2026
Matt
Matt, the London Padel Coach, fell for padel barefoot on a sandy court in Argentina, years before the sport reached London.
9 Jan 2026
Harry McKenna
Harry McKenna discovered padel on a hotel court in Dubai and brought years of tennis, squash and racquetball to the game.
31 Dec 2025
Luca Romani
Italian coach Luca Romani fell for padel in 2020, a sport that reminded him of childhood hours playing against the walls at home.
26 Dec 2025
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