Gisel's Portrait: Addicted to Playing Padel, Admits to Sacrificing Time with Gempi

This 34-year-old woman admitted that she became interested in padel because of her friend's invitation. She even forgot that to participate in the padel tournament, she needed to train seriously. Now, after seeing the results of her training, Gisel feels that her hard work is starting to pay off."Seeing the results today means that the hard work is quite rewarding because from the beginning our target wasn't to win, but to be able to return the ball," she said.

Before trying padel, Gisel had tried other sports like tennis, but only had a few coaching sessions. After that, she focused on participating in the Berlin Marathon. She admitted that she had no background in racket sports at all, so everything had to start from scratch."It's not just that I played tennis and had coaching 4 times, then there was the Berlin Marathon schedule, so I went off. I don't have a basic understanding of racket sports, so my instincts are also pretty clueless," she said.

Even so, Gisel is increasingly curious to delve into padel. She admits she wants to study the techniques in this sport more seriously. However, on the other hand, she also starts to feel overwhelmed because she has to divide her time, especially for her daughter, Gempita Nora Marten."Hopefully, but why is there another sport added, it's hard to manage the time, poor Gempi," Gisel said while laughing.

As a mother, Gisel does not deny feeling guilty because her time is largely taken up by sports. She is also starting to look for ways to still have time with her child while maintaining her hobby."I guess I will strategize, she also has to coach so that her me time can be together perhaps," she revealed.

Besides padel, Gisel is also known to be active in various other sports such as pilates, gym, diving, and running. According to her, padel is currently gaining popularity and makes it easier for people to socialize, even though she admits she is not the type who enjoys gathering."Actually, I'm not really the kind of person who likes to hang out, I find sports more beneficial for myself," Gisel explained.

Although initially reluctant to join in, Gisel was eventually tempted because almost all her friends are playing padel. Now, she doesn't want to miss the exciting moments with her closest people.

"I just can't talk either, later I'll be eating my own words. So I'm happy because I wanted to avoid it from the start but all my friends are playing," she concluded.