The world of sport is increasingly waking up not only to the importance of women participants and players, but the need to meet them on their own terms.

In the rush to launch, build and roll out across the padel ecosystem, it can become easy to park, if not ignore, any such segmentation.

This week's episode doesn't look at women working in the padel business, nor does it explore the female professionals on tour. Those deserve (and will get) separate episodes.

This week, we bring some of those at the coalface of how padel attracts, retains and supports amateur women together. Pepita Stonor of Empower Padel, Nicola Beumer of Expat Padel Amsterdam and Belen Montes of Padel Nuestro join me to explore issues around:

• Womens only initiatives v mixed initiatives
• Insecurity and Confidence
• The Importance of Friendship and Community
• The Risk of Overgeneralising 'Women'
• The Need for Role Models (both professional players as well as coaches)
• Getting Padel in front of Girls Early
• Club-built communities v individual-built communities
• The Value that Giving Women a Focus Can Bring

and more.

Take a listen and let us know on Twitter or Linkedin if you agree, disagree or want to add anything to the discussion.