00:00This is Paddle Vibes from Tarragona.
00:27Tarragona is a coastal city in Catalonia, famous for its Roman heritage.
00:35The Palau de Sports Catalonia hosts Premier Paddle Tournament for the first time.
00:39It features two courts and a central court identical to those used in tournaments such
00:43as mayors in Rome and Paris.
00:50Mike Giangua, seventh in the fifth rankings, is one of the most talented and distinctive
00:54players of the circuit.
00:55Mike Giangua is going to start a tournament that you probably like.
01:01Top three tournaments?
01:03I like Málaga for the environment and everything that it represents.
01:11Madrid, because it's my second home, and I will say four.
01:15And without a doubt...
01:17Well, Rome and Paris, we count as one because they are very special.
01:21And I would add...
01:23Five.
01:25Argentina and Mexico, without a doubt.
01:27Smash or Vejada?
01:28Vejada.
01:29Potency or technical?
01:30Technical.
01:31Communication.
01:32Communication or gestures?
01:33Communication.
01:34Communication.
01:35Indoor-outdoor.
01:36Outdoor.
01:37Outdoor.
01:38Humor or saying things directly to your friend if you're worried?
01:41Directly.
01:42Directly.
01:43That's it.
01:44That's it.
01:45That's it.
01:46That's it.
01:47Thank you very much.
01:48And a little bit of your humor too.
01:50Martin Dineno makes his debut alongside Leo Asburger, his third companion of the season.
01:56Meanwhile, Juan Lebron is back after an injury that kept him out of Málaga.
02:01And speaking of injuries, John Sanz is taken a few weeks off the court after suffering a
02:06partial ankle ligament tear.
02:09In the women's draw, Jim Matriai remains the current world number one, and Larry Sánchez
02:14is specially excited to play this tournament in what she defines her second home.
02:20We met with Alex Ruiz, the Captain America of Paddle, to find out how he balances high-performance
02:26sports with diabetes.
02:29We are with Alex Ruiz, and today we are going to talk a little bit about you so that people
02:33know you well.
02:34Not only in the paddles, but you as a person.
02:36Very well.
02:37I think it's perfect.
02:38How are you suffering or living such a change of relationship?
02:42I'm suffering a lot, especially at the level of confidence and stability.
02:48Like I said before, because, at the end, the meeting a person is the same as a relationship.
02:55At the end, you need a lot of time.
02:57The paddles, you want or not, you don't give it.
02:58Because, at the end, the results, you get that confidence in a couple.
03:02But, well, I'm very excited about this new stage, to see what's going on.
03:07I hope so much.
03:09From 1 to 10, how are you patient?
03:11I'm patient in many aspects a 10, and in many aspects a 1.
03:15Very comfortable.
03:16Very very equilibrado.
03:17Quite relaxed, and you also have a very small...
03:20Hasth Soldiers.
03:21There's a little bit of handicap.
03:22Yes, a little bit of handicap, and you have a little job.
03:23A little bit of handicap.
03:24A little bit of handicap.
03:25A little bit of handicap.
03:26Okay.
03:27And that's why you have diabetes.
03:28How was that time when you told them you had diabetes?
03:29Do you have diabetes?
03:30How did you tell them?
03:32How did you tell them it?
03:34Do you remember?
03:35How did it this time?
03:36In that moment I was not aware of it, because I had 10 years old.
03:41I was surrounded by cables in a hospital.
03:44I remember my father a lot of that image of him crying in red, and I didn't understand anything.
03:50I thought that I had a mare and a little bit more.
03:53I wanted to give him something to play.
03:56It was a very complicated moment because I had to be aware of it.
04:00The work of my mother, which was a lot of books, my father,
04:04they were the ones who guided me.
04:08The doctors are a little bit guiding me, but in that aspect,
04:12I think the help of my father has been fundamental.
04:16Have you had any tournament in which you have suffered especially?
04:20I would say the same thing.
04:22No there is no tournament in which you have suffered.
04:24Yes, there has been a lot.
04:26In the Buenos Aires P1, I suffered an epilucemia very severe in the 16th final.
04:32In the pre-partition, during the party, I gave a 50-50.
04:38The normal parameters are 80-140.
04:40I had to start playing the game.
04:42Of course, when you start at the level of sugar,
04:46the level of attention and concentration is focused on my health.
04:54At the end, it is what we are most excited about at the level of competition.
05:00We are not focused on where I am going to throw the ball,
05:02but I will be fine this day.
05:04Obviously, I will never be able to be 100% because the diabetes
05:06will not be able to be 100% like my rival or the rest of the players.
05:10But with what I have, I will do absolutely everything.
05:12Absolutely everything.
05:13Do you describe the athletes who are in your situation?
05:17Yes.
05:18The truth is that when I got that hashtag of
05:20I am diabetic, it was a bit for that.
05:22For those athletes who have diabetes,
05:24like me, with so early age,
05:27that they don't know if they will be able to be
05:30the illusion of each other to be sports, police,
05:33whatever, whatever.
05:34What advice for those who are starting to play a paddle?
05:37Like you.
05:38Like you.
05:39Like me.
05:40No, my advice is that you enjoy a lot.
05:43That I think it's a very sociable sport.
05:45That the post-partition is very beautiful.
05:47And at the end, the human being and the society today,
05:51we don't enjoy every moment.
05:52We are a bit thinking about what will happen in the future,
05:55what will happen in the future.
05:56And I think you have to be a bit more present
05:58and enjoy every thing that we do in life.
06:00In this case, all those who start in the paddle,
06:02enjoy the sport.
06:04Don't blame your friend.
06:05Exactly.
06:06Don't put a bad face.
06:07Don't be self-critical.
06:08Thank you very much.
06:09Thank you very much.
06:10In addition to coaching LeBron and Stupa,
06:12Carlos Pozzoni has one of the tournaments
06:15of his missions.
06:16Getting the best out of LeBron on the court
06:18and reducing the controversial atmosphere
06:20surrounding him.
06:21Pozzoni or Pozzoni?
06:23Well, I have many names.
06:25Many names that say Pozzoni, Pocho,
06:27but in reality it's Pozzoni.
06:29Pozzoni.
06:30We are Italian.
06:31We are Italian.
06:32We are with Carlos Pozzoni
06:33who will teach us how to do a good set
06:36for not to be wrong.
06:38For winning the set.
06:39You always have to try to,
06:40for you to reach out to the red,
06:42you don't want to take short.
06:44Because if you don't want to take short
06:45because if you have the route
06:46that you have to try to cover the red,
06:48you call the rival to come.
06:50If I take short and do a step ahead,
06:52my rival never will let me go ahead.
06:55So, always,
06:57what is what is looking for?
06:58A little bit of the middle,
06:59for the one who is waiting for the rest
07:01to have a move,
07:03and without a little bit of the crystal
07:05so that the ball is holding
07:07and the rival has to go back.
07:09And then you can go ahead.
07:10So that you can go ahead.
07:11Of course,
07:12that time is the one you generate
07:13to be able to reach the record
07:15for more time.
07:16If not,
07:17you always go ahead with the ball
07:18take a little bit of a dull shot.
07:19Okay.
07:20Let's go ahead and take one more thing.
07:21That's it.
07:22That's right,
07:23maybe you think about something bad.
07:24Yes, that's it.
07:25Okay.
07:26So,
07:27that did you tell?
07:28Do you think it was wrong?
07:29That did you give you a little bit?
07:30Do you see?
07:31That's it.
07:32You see.
07:33That's right.
07:34That's it.
07:35That's it.
07:36I'm going to rest here,
07:37right outside the white line.
07:38If I enter the white line,
07:41it's time to choose you to go ahead
07:43so that you can try to go ahead.
07:45So that's what you do.
07:46me tire para atrás como ese saque sacarle más al medio pero de saldo venimos adentro venimos acá
07:52eso hay aquí hay exacto y ahora busca la línea del medio no viste el medio donde está 6
08:00lo tienes localizado el medio medio ahí a la línea a la t bien ahora que es lo que falta la
08:08distancia exacto un poquito de carácter ahí a la uva eso mira si vos cuando le vas a pegar
08:15tu pala está para arriba la bola va para arriba entonces lo que tenemos que mirar dónde tiene que
08:22apuntar a tu cadera vale vale y la cara abierta si tu cara mira para arriba cuando pegas la bola
08:30va para arriba entonces esto siempre hay vale entonces que tu cara de la pala esté abierta y
08:35tiras para adelante exacto muy bien sube la mano adelante eso me gusta más vale vale vale bueno
08:44bien no muy bien muy bien falta un poquito de mala leche me falta mala leche de hacer mala villana
08:52exacto tienes que centrarte en alguien ahí que te hizo algo y sacar eso súper entrenador llevas muchísimo
08:59tiempo entrenando a los mejores jugadores del mundo y mi pregunta primera es cómo haces para gestionar
09:05esta locura bueno la verdad que sí es como dice no llevo muchos años y claro esto va evolucionando
09:11prácticamente que no te das cuenta yo me acuerdo antes viajamos a siete torneos al año y es más muchas
09:19muchas veces los entrenadores ni íbamos porque el presupuesto era muy muy bajo el jugador no ganaba
09:25tanto se entrenaba mucho y se competía poco has entrenado muchísimas parejas has estado con estupa y
09:32bueno estás con estupa y con lebrón en este momento probablemente una pareja efervescente
09:39revoltosa revoltosa como lo gestionas bueno a ver al final te vas acostumbrando y vos siempre
09:46pensás más en lo que pueda generar lo que como es juan en el jugador y yo desde el minuto uno lo dije
09:54le digo yo sé que franco puede gestionar puede gestionar el valor en algunos momentos es verdad que
10:01muchas veces los que peleamos somos juan y yo y el que nos tiene que calmar es franco pero al
10:06final esto es deporte y lo que queda lo que hay dentro de la pista que dentro de la pista se habla
10:10solo de lebrón últimamente de su carácter de que un día está muy arriba otro día está muy abajo las
10:16críticas no yo si te soy sincero yo sufro por él porque yo hablo con él y es un chico espectacular pero la
10:29parte competitiva la que más le cuesta y mira que la trabaja y mira que no es que nosotros discutimos
10:35así que cada uno para su lado no discutimos dentro de la pista pum nos vamos los tres hablamos y yo sé
10:41que él es un que lo sufre mucho por las críticas por la gente que muchas veces la gente al final termina
10:48teniendo razón porque al final vos tenés razón hasta un punto pero cuando haces unas cosas a esa razón la
10:53perdés pero yo quiero creer que él está haciendo todo lo posible para cambiar para para para hacer
11:03como es afuera tratar de ser adentro y para mí como entrenador es mi objetivo porque sé que esa si
11:10consigo eso de él voy a conseguir una versión muy buena de estupa y de lebrón entonces necesito y necesito
11:16eso no era buena por tu gran carrera y todo lo que queda todavía veremos tantas anécdotas que me
11:21acabarás contando hay muchas hay muchas probablemente no dentro de muchas esas en elche en elche muchas
11:28gracias carlos gracias a ti ya nada ya por todas bueno esperemos y ya tengo mis a que bueno de esa
11:33que está más un poquito más complicado más o menos más o menos un saco está ahí está 50% mejorable
11:40mejorable siempre es mejorable mejorable 1 29 por ciento vale gracias gracias gracias en el
11:48historic final in tarragona p1 with a match full of tension and hard-to-believe points the pairing
11:53of defibrea and gemma triay made paddle history after their victory over sanchez and jose maria
12:00argentine delfibrea for the first time in premier paddle and after 12 years of absence from the
12:06world's top team once again place the argentine flag at the top of the fifth rankings on the men's side
12:13the already award-winning tapian coelho after emerging victorious in a tough battle with the
12:18tournament's number two pairing also became history by becoming the second most titled pair
12:24behind fernando velasteguin and juan martin diaz definitely a tournament that has marked a before
12:30and after in the world of paddle i hope you had fun and we'll see you in madrid at the next stop of
12:36premier paddle
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