Following my last post, I caught up with Abbey Rose (pictured with Master Tutor Pablo Franco Durán) to find out how she got on at the Padelmba CPC training last weekend at Oliva Nova.
Abbey and I managed a Teams call – just – as a plumber was knocking seven bells out of the tiles in my Edinburgh bathroom, and Abbey was having her roots highlighted in Dénia in Spain. This was a very professional interview, you understand.
“I expected it to be hard, but it was hardcore!” said Abbey. “I felt thrown in at the deep end, but the tutors, Nino and Pablo, were so encouraging and the other participants were super friendly. I just couldn’t quit.”
The 12 course students were a very mixed bunch in terms of level, Abbey explained. There were some very experienced Spanish players and others who just love the game and wanted to understand it better. The lovely aspect was although no one knew each other, we all wanted each other to succeed. It was great to share ideas and experiences and at the end we exchanged numbers to keep in touch with each other's journeys.
Abbey loved that the course was as much about designing drills and lesson plans as about padel strategies and methodologies, but she did find the former hard not having had previous coaching experience.
On the final day, Abbey passed everything except her feeding exam, as she explains:
“My feeding exam was pretty horrendous, and I didn’t pass that part so will need to retake it, but I passed the rest of it and actually it’s given me the push to practise my feeding. I’ve already set up another padel group for beginners and women that have lost their confidence, and I’ve said, we can all help each other (I can practise my coaching and feeding and they can get started on their padel journey) so it’s a win win.”
We wish Abbey every success on her
somewhat surprising, new-found journey!
Follow Abbey on Instagram: @padelblondes
Find out about Padelmba training courses in the UK and Spain: https://www.game4padel.com/padelmba-uk
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