Fourteen years of padel, and a broken ankle that changed all of them

I've been playing padel for more than fourteen years, and for a long time it wasn't a hobby: it was my routine. I trained five days a week, played nine matches, and competed on weekends, Fridays included. I held a competition licence in Spain and trained under many different coaches — in technique, tactics, physical conditioning — and even crossed paths with, and played against, a few professional players.

A broken left ankle changed all that overnight. I can no longer perform at my previous level, and today I enjoy three or four matches a week instead of nine. But those years on court — and above all, the coaches I had, the good ones and the not-so-good ones — made it very clear to me what makes a session actually work, and what turns it into a wasted hour for the whole group.

That's where Tomiqo comes from. I've lived it as a student: how hard it is for a coach to prepare a different class every day, for a group where nobody is at the same level, without the hours or the experience that come from years of doing this. And it shows, on court, when that session hasn't been prepared well.

I don't want to use AI to automate padel or to replace anyone. I want to give it to a coach who is just starting out, so their very first session already comes out fun, varied, and adapted to every student in the group — what it took me years on court to figure out on my own.

I still play, now with less ambition but the same drive as ever. And the time I used to spend training five days a week, I'm now spending building this: what I love most, seen from the other side of the net.