The Dutch Padelbond (NPB) presents its first national team. It will represent the Netherlands for the first time in an international padel tournament. The team consists of young and enthusiastic male padel players that will also act as ambassadors of the sport.
The Dutch Padel Team is invited to participate in the International Padel Tournament in Estepona, Spain. This is the first time a Dutch representation will participate in an international tournament.
Should I buy a heavy, medium or light racket? Made of Kevlar, carbon or simple fiberglass? Diamond, round or tear shape? Â 38mm or 36mm? These are some of the questions a beginning padel player is asking himself.
Below there are some tips that are helpful when choosing a padel racket.
The first shirt of the National Padel Team of The Netherlands was recently released. Of course it is possible for padelfans to buy this exclusive collector’s item. With your purchase you automatically donate ten Euros to the Nederlandse Padelbond. The shirt can be ordered via www.padel-tennis.nl, website of padelspecialist ‘t Hoen Sport in Enschede. You only pay € 27.95 instead of the regular advertised price € 34.95
The outfit is composed by an orange polo shirt with white prints, as well as a white away shirt with orange printings, which combines with white shorts. To provide maximum confort, the padelbond choosed for Climatec fabrics, a material that keeps the body cool and dry during peak performance and keeps it warm when it’s needed.
This is an historic moment for padel in Holland: Padel will dress in color orange for the first time when the National Padel Team of The Netherlands will play its first international competition at the end of this month. The Nederlandse Padelbond proudly presents the orange outfit they will wear.
Full Broadcast – Final PPT Tour, Master 2011
Madrid, Spain. December 2011
Juani Mieres (Esp/Arg) – Pablo Lima (Bra) vs Juan Martin Diaz (Esp/Arg) – Fernando Belasteguin (Arg)
The Dutch Padelbond (NPB) presents its first national team. It will represent the Netherlands for the first time in an international padel tournament. The team consists of young and enthusiastic male padel players that will also act as ambassadors of the sport. Â
The Dutch Padel Team is invited to participate in the International Padel Tournament in Estepona, Spain. This is the first time a Dutch representation will participate in an international tournament. The event, which is only accessible by invitation, shall take place from 27th to 29th of January at the padelnsports sports facility in Estepona.
In addition to The Netherlands other participating countries are Germany, Sweden, Portugal and England. Teams representing the Spanish cities of Melilla and Estepona shall also participate. The Dutch Padelbond (NPB) will send a team composed of young Dutch padel players. The main goal is for the Dutch players to increase their level of play and experience.
Source: Nederlandse Padelbond
Cool Padel Moves, with Chico Gomes.
Chico Gomes is a pro padel player, ranked top 20 PPT Tour.
In response to a growing demand for information about padel in the Netherlands, a group of enthusiastic entrepreneurs and padel fanatics created last year a national padel federation.
The Nederpandse Padelbond (NPB) is the governing body that deals with the organization and promotion of the padel sport in the Netherlands. Its activities are non-for-profit and are funded by member contributions, sponsorships and donations. The Nederlandse Padelbond was founded in November 2010 and it is fully functional since November 2011.
One of the longest rallies in the history of Padel Pro Tour, 2 minutes long, 80 strokes.
Featuring 4 top ten players:
Lamperti-Diaz vs. Nerone-Gutierrez. VIVA PADEL!
What happens when a Champion of Rolland Garros plays padel agsint the no1 Padel player in the word, Fernando Belasteguin? See below. This took place during the training of Belasteguin last week.
Under a fantastic sunshine, 25+ degrees of temperature, more than fifty enthusiastic padel players participated in the TEZ Open Tournament 2011 during the last weekend of September 2011.
The results in all categories are:
Gentleman’s, winners draft
Adam Belkhadir – Vincent Eleveld def Norberto Nesi – Sebastian Dobbs 6-3 6-4
Gentlemans, losers draft
Joop Dijk – Louis Gerritsen def Alfons Arends-Ferdie Rosink 7-6 0-6 7-5
Ladies, winners draft
Sylvia Hagenaar – Anneje Zocca def Deanne Eleveld – Tine Simons 6-3 6-1
Ladies, losers draft
Gosia Lubczynska – Marjolein Zocca def Marieke van der Meer Heike Naafs 6-4 4-6 6-2
The result was a surprise to many spectators, but it was well disserved. Adam Belkhadir and Vincent Eleveld are champions of the TEZ Padel Open 2011. In the final, they defeated the more experienced Norberto Nesi (Argentina) and Sebastian Dodds (Chile) by 6-3 6-4.
Remarkable is that little over a year ago Belkhadir could barely hit the ball. Today, he is a padel champion at TEZ. Despite his technical limitations he has become a tough opponent. He has learnt to compensate his limited techniques with a strong commitment, passion and intelligence.  As someone was noticing during the final match ^… to defeat Adam you need to win every point twice. He will return the ball you thought he would not and you will need to build the rally again… ^
Vincent Eleveld is a known cookie in Enschede. He is a talented tennis player and tennis coach. He has remarkable feel for the ball. One can easily tell that he can play any racket sport well. Padel is new to him as well and he remains playing tennis-like padel, but his great eye-hand coordination allows him to build pressure from his volley stand.
During the TEZ final Norberto Nesi, who is a padel trainer, and Sebastian Dodds, who played at the highest level in his home country Chile during the 90s, did not have enough answers to the numerous lobs of Belkhadir. They kept avoiding the volleys from Eleveld, but that was not enough. Dobbs tried to hammer Eleveld with his fast smashes but made too many unforced errors. Nesi did not get enough chances to counter attack via the back wall, as he usually does.  Except for a quick rally that advanced them to a favorable 3-1 in the second set, they never seemed to get fully into the match.  ^… Sebastian never got into the match. We had a discussion with Adam and Vincent at the beginning of the match; there was a disagreement about a call. Sebastian was very upset and never got into the match after that. Me neither. We could not concentrate. Today they played better. Period. Congratulations to them…^, said Nesi.
Belkhadir and Eleveld where more focused, committed and made much less unforced errors. They disserved their title of champions of the TEZ Padel Open Tournament 2011.
