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Techniques
80%
Playcheck
90%
Scoring
88%

A qualified and (now retired) PTR tennis coach, and a tennis player of many decades, Luis took up padel as a result of an accident in 2022, which made playing tennis more difficult. He is an enthusiastic intermediate level padel player (currently British Padel Rating 4-4.25, Spain level 3-3.25, Portugal level M4), and enjoys playing with players of all levels. He is happy to help with pointers when his fellow players ask him for some (and maybe even when they don’t!), and has been known to lose concentration while chatting to players on another court, or thinking about the business.

Biography

Luís is the co-founder of the business and has more than 30 years of business experience, including in technology, consulting, real estate, and leisure and tourism. He has lived in 9 countries (including the USA, UK, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Brazil) and worked in more than 20 markets around the globe. He has a corporate background in technology and consulting, specifically in the internationalisation of businesses.

He is the co-founder and Director of Senior Living Villages, a provider of solutions to the international retirement migration (IRM) market, assisting pre-retirees, retirees, families and digital nomads looking to make a permanent move to Portugal or Spain. As a result, he brings direct knowledge of www.padeltrips4u.com’s destination markets, and many contacts in the region, as well as speaking a number of Southern European languages.

Luis is responsible for analysing and vetting suitable padel trip programs, establishing www.padeltrips4u.com’s initial partnerships, with both padel clubs and local service providers, and for coordinating the very exciting 😒back office functions of the business during its growth stage. An enthusiastic sports practitioner for more than 50 years, Luis has also become adept at learning patience by taking greater care with the management of sports injuries, and is a great believer in playing in safe conditions and reducing risk as far as possible, especially among vets.

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