Padel With Bryant

What happens when a touring PPA pro pickleball player falls completely in love with padel? You get high-speed adrenaline, deep mental resets, and some beautifully chaotic contrarian strategies that leave traditional coaches shaking their heads. In this episode, Bryant sits down with Camila Zilveti , an elite racket athlete and professional pickleball player. Camila opens up about her sudden transi...

Most people look at padel as a fun weekend hobby. Jen and Lucas looked at it and saw a lifestyle that would completely rewrite their career trajectories. From a life-changing tech layoff to stepping up as the grassroots engine behind Austin’s newest premier facility, this dynamic duo is proving that authentic community isn't built on a spreadsheet. Instead, it’s built face-to-face on the court...

Most people hear "no" and stop. Jay Lerner heard "we'll evict you" and started Googling garage rooftops. He built one of the most talked-about pickleball communities in the US, right in the heart of downtown Austin. Now he's watching padel grow in real time, and he has more ideas about what it needs than most people in the game. In Episode 6, Bryant sits down with Jay Lerner , founder of Urban Pic...

Overcoming Anxiety, Mastering the Inner Game, and the FOCUS Framework In this solo episode, Bryant breaks down the single biggest misconception in padel sports psychology: the belief that playing under pressure requires more hype, intensity, or forced aggression. Instead, he reveals why peak performance actually requires deep internal peace, a quiet mind, and a total surrender of the outcome. Draw...

Most tennis players walk onto a padel court thinking power wins. Mauricio Rivera walked on and had to rethink everything. Years of professional tennis. A year training in Spain. A college degree and a master's. And the moment he discovered padel, it flipped everything he thought he knew about racket sports. In Episode 4 , Bryant sits down with Mauricio Rivera , professional tennis player turned He...

Building with Intention, Warehouse Hunting, and the Padel Lifestyle Shift with Andres, Thanh, and Evan of Padel Society In Episode 3, Bryant sits down with Andres, Thanh, and Evan, the founding team behind Padel Society, for an inside look at what it takes to build a premier indoor padel club with true intention, taste, and a deep sense of community. They share the unbelievable story of how a mino...

In Episode 2, Bryant sits down with entrepreneur, operator, and pickleball industry builder Alex Nerney for a thoughtful conversation about where padel is headed in the U.S. and what it will take for the sport to grow the right way. They talk about the realities of scaling padel in America, why infrastructure remains the biggest bottleneck, what current operators still misunderstand about onboardi...

Why are people falling in love with padel almost instantly, and what does the game reveal about us when the pressure is on? In this inaugural solo episode, host Bryant Salcedo introduces a premium, grounded conversation that cuts through the standard hype, highlights, and internet noise of the racquet sports world. Drawing from his background as a former Vanderbilt collegiate and professional tenn...