Because of randomness (or maybe not), the destiny brought together Nacho, Janne and Martí to Jyväskylä, Finland.
In 2021, In the middle of the padel boom, while Nacho was in Finland spending a paternity leave, he realized he had many things to say in a country that padel was growing from a very basic level.
There was a clear need of understanding the fundamentals of padel, proper methodologies, train coaches and provide high quality materials… and he was willing to help. With the support of Janne, Finspadel was born, and Nacho left his life in Spain to move to Finland permanently.
One day, Nacho received a message from a guy called Martí who was moving to Finland to complete his studies. They fell in love immediately. Nacho and Martí started working together hand by hand while Martí studied the last courses of his degree. In summer 2022 Martí decided to leave Barcelona to join Finspadel Akatemia and move to Finland permanently.
What is coming the future is very promising and totally uncertain…but we are ready for it.
Nacho
Porto
Nacho is an industrial engineer and padel coach. He started playing padel at the age of 10 and hasn´t stop playing, competing and coaching since.
Nacho has coached for more than 15 years in Spain and Finland. In Spain, he has competed in the first category (Madrid and Málaga) for more than 8 years. Within his best achievement he was proclaimed sub-champion of Spain (team competition), won 4 times the “series Nacionales padel” in Málaga and Madrid and has been proclaimed the best player of “series Nacionales padel” in Malaga.
Nacho has been partner of Juan Lebron (world number one) winning several tournaments. He has trained and competed with some of the best players in the world such as a Ale Galan, Uri Botello and the twins Sanchez Alayeto.
Nacho has led a team to create the largest academy structure in Finland for a company with more than 15 clubs. He has designed the products for the academies, created the materials for the different coaches and trained them to become professionals of padel education.
Nacho aims to contributing to the development of padel in Finland and the elsewhere in the world.
Martí
Cañellas
Martí has the most important skill that makes a great sportperson: love and passion for what he does. This great passion has brought him to many different sports as a player and coach, to study them in depth with a bachelor´s degree in sports science, to be involved in a research group related to complex systems and sports and to make his passion his work.
In the past, Martí has worked in different countries as a coach, he has studied in Spain and abroad… and he fell in love with padel since the first moment in the court. Martí was lucky enough to cross paths with Nacho; it was like meeting a soul mate. From that moment Martí and Nacho started working side by side and today they share a project that motivates to wake up every day.
Martí describes the Finspadel Akatemia as an opportunity and great responsibility. The opportunity to continue to enjoy and learn padel and to give back to the world of the sport and the people around it all that it has given. But also a great responsibility to provide the best method, training program…to everyone who surrounds him as a player or coach, and helping them achieve their individual goals on and off the court.
Mission
Finspadel was born to support Finnish padel development by offering superior training methodologies combining complex system approach and Spanish padel know-how. In addition to technical and tactical sides of padel, all coaching follows the psychological and philosophical aspects of Spanish padel, cherishing and spreading the true essence of it.
Vision
We aim to be the reference point of padel to help all clubs, coaches and players looking for a high-quality padel training.
Values
Honesty, passion, respect and cooperation are our core values which we pass on to all our students.
Honesty
Respect
Cooperation
Passion
Methodology
Not having a methodology to teach and learn is like being in a plane without a pilot.
