Carla Barciela is originally from Galicia, specifically from Vigo, where she competed alongside her sister on the Galician padel circuit, always staying among the top 10 in the Galician ranking. In addition, she participated in the preliminary phases of the World Padel Tour professional padel circuit.
I had the opportunity to meet Carla when I was a chair umpire in a quarter-final match of the Galician absolute championship. I remember her passion on the court, and also that I had to intervene in a dubious ball. At that time, I was doing my final practice to obtain the chair umpire certificate from the Galician Padel Federation.
When I decided to move to Sweden to continue growing as a coach, a colleague and great mutual friend, Carmen León (outstanding coach and former professional player), suggested that I contact Carla, who had been working in Sweden for a year.
From the first moment, Carla was an invaluable advisor, despite not knowing me personally. From the day I met her until today, she has been, above all, a friend. Later, she was my project partner with our academy (which unfortunately we could not continue), and now she is my coworker.
With great enthusiasm and effort, we are preparing this first clinic at her club in Helsingborg, but we hope it will be the first of many.
We look forward to seeing you on March 15 at Helsingborg Padel!
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See you on the courts!