Our Story

More Than a Padel Weekend

Real courts. Real lakes. Real people.
No crowds, ever.

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Our Story

Why We Started This

Play The Lake began with a simple frustration: most “padel holiday” offers were either serious training camps with no room to breathe, or generic group trips where padel was an afterthought. We wanted both done properly — real coaching, a real lake, real hospitality, in the same weekend, without turning it into a package-tour circus.

So we built small-group weekends around Italy’s lakes, kept the groups genuinely small, and put as much care into the evening meal as into the morning drill.

The Format

What a Weekend Actually Looks Like

Every Play The Lake weekend follows the same rhythm, wherever the lake.
  1. Morning

    On the Court

    Small-group clinics with a certified coach — technique, tactics, and real match play, calibrated to your level.
  2. Afternoon

    On the Lake

    A boat trip, a village, a vineyard — the kind of afternoon you can't get at a padel club back home.
  3. Evening

    At the Table

    Dinner that matters as much as the match did — local food, the group together, no rush.
  4. Every Day

    With Your Group

    The same small group throughout — never a stadium of strangers.
Team

The people behind Play The Lake

Stefano Grandi
Stefano Grandi
Founder & CEO
Matteo Balocco
Matteo Balocco
Head of Digital
Cristian Boyko
Cristian Boyko
Padel Director
What We Stand For

The Rules We Don't Break

A few things stay the same, no matter which lake you're on.
Small groups, always Real hospitality No crowds Certified coaches Local, not generic Sport plus place

Great padel fades by Monday.
The people you played it with don't.