MiP was born from a real need: making sports management simpler for everyone

MiP began by observing a very specific need. In many clubs, everyday management relies on separate tools, WhatsApp conversations, spreadsheets and manual processes.

Each person has part of the information, but there is not always a shared space that truly connects the club, the coach and the player.

We started asking whether it was possible to create a platform that organised groups, training, attendance, exercises, communication and player tracking more simply.

The idea grew until it became a much more ambitious project. What started with padel now has the ambition to evolve into MiP Sports.

Like many projects, MiP has not followed a completely straight line. There have been different stages, changes of focus and decisions that required us to rethink parts of the project.

We have made mistakes, faced uncertainty and reviewed many decisions. That is part of building something from zero.

MiP was not born as a perfect product. It has evolved through testing, learning and the need to find real solutions to the problems that appeared.

When you look at the final result, it can seem as though everything was planned from the beginning. The reality is that it is the result of many hours of work, important changes and decisions that only make sense once you have lived through the process.

My role has been broad. My professional background is in systems and network administration, but MiP has required me to learn and participate in development, databases, security, deployments, documentation, testing, product processes and organisation.

I have had to understand how every piece works and relates to the others: the mobile app, the website, infrastructure, database and permissions for each user.

Much of that knowledge has been self-taught. I have had to face areas I did not master, research, test and learn while moving forward.

It has been demanding, but also one of the greatest learning periods of my professional life.

The hardest part has been turning an idea into a real product.

When you have an idea, everything seems relatively simple. Then you discover that behind every feature there are decisions, tests, errors and situations to solve.

It is not enough to create attractive screens. Information must remain coherent, each user must access only what they should, data must be protected and processes must work in real conditions.

It has also been difficult to combine MiP with work and personal life. Many decisions and hours of work have taken place outside normal working hours.

There have been moments of tiredness and doubt, but we have always tried to keep a long-term vision.

Yes, without a doubt. I am quite perfectionist in the way I work. I have always wanted every part of MiP to be well built, the processes to be coherent and the platform to offer a professional experience.

That perfectionism has been a motivation, but also a challenge. It has led us to review, correct and rebuild many things.

Sometimes you know that a solution could be considered valid, but you are also aware that it can still improve. In a technology project, it is important to find a balance: care about quality without becoming blocked by absolute perfection.

In our case, that level of demand has helped us move forward, even though it has meant investing more time than expected in some areas.

Raúl is not only my business partner. We have known each other for many years and our friendship began on a padel court. Over time, that personal relationship has also become a professional one that is now an important part of MiP.

We each bring a different but complementary perspective. Raúl contributes business vision, contacts, knowledge of the environment and the ability to open doors and identify opportunities.

I have taken greater responsibility for technology, infrastructure and building the product.

From the beginning we have been clear that we did not both need to know how to do everything or occupy the same space. What matters is respecting each person's area, trusting the other's work and communicating constantly.

I believe one of our greatest strengths is that we are both rowing in the same direction. We may have different opinions or debate the path, but we share the same goal: to make MiP a real, useful company with a future.

Above all, we know that we are building something together. Each of us contributes the best from our area and both of us work for the same project.

I have learned that building a product is much more than programming. It means listening, analysing, prioritising and understanding the problem you are trying to solve.

I have also learned that not everything can be done at once. You need a solid foundation, real users and continuous improvement based on their needs.

A platform is not finished when it is published. In reality, it starts evolving when people begin using it.

Personally, MiP has shown me that it is possible to acquire new knowledge when there is real motivation. I have had to face problems that initially seemed beyond my reach and solve them step by step.

Padel is the sport where Raúl and I met. It came to us perhaps a little late to consider a sporting career, but from the beginning we enjoyed playing, competing and training.

We have shared many hours on court, tournaments and leagues. That experience has allowed us to know padel from within and see closely how clubs work, how coaches organise themselves and what players need.

Over time we began to identify very specific shortcomings: scattered information, manual processes, difficulties organising groups, controlling attendance and maintaining fluid communication between everyone.

That is why we decided to start with padel. Not only because it is a sport we like, but because we have known it from its beginnings and have lived its evolution from within.

MiP was born from this combination: our personal experience in padel, our relationship with clubs and the conviction that technology could help organise an activity we know and enjoy.

We want to reduce the management burden and centralise information.

A club needs to control many aspects at the same time: members, groups, coaches, schedules, sessions, attendance, activities and communications.

When everything is managed in a scattered way, time is lost and the possibility of errors increases.

MiP aims to offer a single environment from which the club can organise its activity and maintain clearer communication with coaches and players.

Technology should serve people. If a tool makes work more complicated, it is not fulfilling its purpose. That is why we want MiP to be practical, clear and easy to use.

The coach can have a more organised view of groups and sessions. They can consult planning, manage attendance, organise exercises and keep better control over the work completed.

For us it is important that the coach is not simply another user, but a central figure within the platform.

Their daily experience should help us improve the product. A good coach needs to devote time to training and supporting players, not to administrative tasks that could be better organised.

We want players to participate more actively and consult information about their training easily.

The application should help them know when they train, confirm attendance, consult exercises and communicate with their group or club.

Above all, we want them to perceive continuity in their sporting process.

Training should not be only an isolated hour on court. There is also planning, objectives and progress.

One of the main milestones has been building a functional application for three different profiles: club, coach and player.

We have also developed the required technology infrastructure, worked on security and permissions, created the MiP website and prepared the product for validation with real clubs.

Each of these advances has required many hours and countless adjustments.

For us, the value is not only in reaching a functional version, but in everything we have learned and the foundation we have built to continue growing.

MiP Sports is the natural evolution of the project.

Although padel is our first area of work, the system foundation can adapt to other sports that also need organisation, planning and communication.

The idea is to build a flexible platform capable of growing with clubs and sports organisations.

We do not want to create isolated solutions for every discipline, but a common technology foundation that can adapt to different needs.

We are still in a validation and learning phase, but the vision is clear: make MiP a useful tool for sports management and training.

They are enormously important. The first clubs do not only use the platform; they also help us check whether we are solving real problems.

Their feedback helps us identify what works, what should be simplified and what needs we had not anticipated.

We do not want to present MiP as a closed, unchangeable product. We want to build it together with the clubs that use it and understand how it fits into their day-to-day work.

I would like it to think: ‘Now we have more organised information and can work with less effort.’

That would be the best indicator that we are doing things well.

MiP does not aim to replace the experience of sports professionals, but to help them organise their work better.

If a club saves time, reduces errors and improves communication with its coaches and players, then the platform is creating value.

MiP has been a huge challenge and, at the same time, an opportunity to prove to myself that I could take on something that initially seemed very difficult.

There have been many hours of work, moments of frustration and difficult decisions. There has also been great excitement whenever a feature started working or an idea became reality.

For me, MiP is not just an application. It is the result of a process of learning, effort and commitment.

It represents what can be built when there is a vision and you work consistently to make it real.

The most immediate goal is to validate MiP with real clubs, improve the platform through their experience and consolidate the product.

We want to move forward carefully, listen closely and build a solid foundation.

We also want to prepare the evolution towards MiP Sports and show that the project can become a sustainable solution within the sports sector.

Our goal is not to grow simply for the sake of growth. We want every step to make sense and MiP to create real value.

I would tell them not to wait until everything is perfect.

If the idea responds to a real need, start giving it shape and learn along the way.

That does not mean jumping in without planning. It means accepting that there will always be things you do not know at the beginning and that many answers only appear once you start working.

MiP still has a long way to go, but it began in exactly this way: with an idea, a specific need and the decision to try to turn it into something real.

Sometimes the first step is not knowing exactly how far you will go, but simply starting to walk.