All The Angles

A solid outline of Hexagon Cup growth since the first edition a year ago. And in a well respected and data-focused, low on fluff, b2b #sportsbusiness publication like Sportcal. All key metrics including #sponsorship, #broadcast partners and households, #ticket sales, #corporatehospitality sales, number of #teams and #players, #data overlays on the broadcast are all trending in the right direction. And it seems they are cooking up more developments for after Madrid. Kudos to Enrique Buenaventura Astrid Thams Labayen Sergio Lewin and the rest of the team...

All The Angles will be on site at the 2025 Hexagon Cup in Madrid from Friday to Sunday (inclusive). ⏺️ If you want to record an episode on site, drop me a direct message. ➕ If you want to join an episode in the future, let's chat at the event. 💡 If you have some ideas about what we should cover, we need to grab a drink between matches. I look forward to catching up with friends from the #padelbusiness and making new connections! See you there!

ICYMI Episode 2 on #PlayerAssociations dropped yesterday! Among the conversation, Jonas Baer-Hoffmann talks about the key ingredients to a successful and progressive player association or #union. 🏅 Representing the Players #Interests ⏳ Being #Consistent in the Ask and Messaging 📄 These are #Datadriven Asks 🫂 The Players are #United behind you Listen to the whole #episode on the #website, #Youtube or leading #podcast platforms https://lnkd.in/eqfZfCBc

Season 2 Episode 2 is OUT TODAY!!! 🚨🚨🚨 #Playerpower has been a hot potato in the professional sports scene for decades and as #sports appear and grow and mature, they usually encounter the tension between those looking hosting the show, and those performing in the show. It is a tale as old as time. #Padel is beginning to feel those rumblings as the participation scene takes off, as the professionalism of those putting on the pro circuits begins to level up and the #players and their representatives notice the momentum increase. Carlos Alonso González is part of the PPA | Professional Padel Association leadership team and he outlines where the association fits in to the evolution of the professional scene, while Jonas Baer-Hoffmann provides the context from history and other sports today to help us understand what padel is going through and where it could end up. A fascinating conversation with two individuals right at the sharp end, that looks at a developing part of the ecosystem. #playerrights #playerunions #playeragents #labor #sportsbusiness #sportbiz #padelbiz #padelbusiness https://lnkd.in/eqfZfCBc

Episode 2 of Season 2 drops tomorrow. We get under the skin of #playerassociations. The PPA | Professional Padel Association and the International Padel Players Association have had a short history but they are hoping to become a more significant stakeholder in the professional ecosystem. Tomorrow, we speak to one of the leaders of the #PPA and also add some wider context as we invite one of the leading executives in the #playerrights movement worldwide to provide his perspective. If you are a player, or an #agent or are interested in #playerunions and #playerpower, this is not one to be missed. See you tomorrow!

ICYMI Episode 1 of Season 2 on Decathlon came out yesterday. The episode includes a section on the company's R&D team which invested heavily to create a line of premium-expectation-meeting #racquets. They signed up former No1 #MaxiSanchez and he turned out to exacting, demanding, but in the end rewardingly happy and complimentary. That is the energy that they put in to their Kuikma brand. Just one of their #padel verticals. Catch the whole episode here: https://lnkd.in/eZJ9SruP

EPISODE 1 OF SEASON 2 DROPS TODAY!!! Decathlon kick off Season 2. The more I heard about the company, the more I realised I was hearing about them in different parts of the international #padel ecosystem. They seemed to be involved in and supporting from every angle. In this episode I speak to Federico Fraguela Ferro and Frederic Oudeville from Decathlon UK and DECATHLON FRANCE respectively, who take us inside the company's: 🎯 Proposition 😇 Values 🎾 Relationship with Padel 🤹♀️ Various verticals in which it supports the sport. We also throw Mark Hewlett into the mix. His first Soul Padel club sits on Decathlon soil, so he was able to talk as a partner/outsider about how that relationship comes to life. Definitely worth a listen. https://lnkd.in/eZJ9SruP GENERAL NOTE: Episodes in this Season 2 will be much less regular than in Season 1, since I am undertaking a pretty intense course at Harvard Business School. But those with some patience and flexibility, will definitely be rewarded. We have some great episodes in the pipeline! Also I won't be posting on X any more as I don't think it adds much to my marketing mix and awareness raising for the podcast and its episodes. Feel free to catch the episode on Youtube as a video or podcast, as well as on popular podcast platforms like Apple, Spotify etc.

SEASON 2 STARTS TOMORROW!!! We start Season 2 of All The Angles #podcast with a look under the bonnet of Decathlon - one of the business driving the sport of #padel worldwide. It is very rare that I devote a whole episode to one business and their staff, but from the outside, it was clear to me that Decathlon covers so many markets and has so many verticals that meaningfully progress the sport that it really did need one full episode to do justice to its creativity and variety of approaches. Take a listen tomorrow am CET and you will see what I mean. They are not just a retailer of padel products. They are so much more.

With Season 2 starting next week, 2025 starts with a bang! All The Angles has been nominated for an #award at the Sports Podcast Awards! We are the only non-tennis podcast selected amongst 10 #tennis podcasts in the Best Tennis & Racket Podcast category. So tough competition! Can I humbly ask that if you enjoyed any or all of the episodes last year from Season 1, would you be so kind as to vote at the link in the comments below. Deadline for votes is end of this week. Thanks in advance for your ongoing support and Season 2 is dropping soon so keep your eyes and ears peeled! Thanks for the nomination! Sport Industry Group Sport Social Podcast Network Acast

Thank you to Padelmunity for featuring our business of #padel podcast as a go to destination for insights from critical leaders and legends in padel as well as in adjacent industries. They themselves are a great resource where the #community which is passionate and invested in this great #sport can congregate, network and learn. #sportsnetworking #padelbiz #sportsbusiness