How to choose the best shot according to the game phase?

Maxi Sanchez and Sanyo's coach on the World Padel Tour, Rodrigo Ovide, shared on his blog the difficulty on the professional circuit of choosing the best shot at the right time (direction, zone, etc.) depending on the phase of play.

Indeed, each player is totally different from another, and therefore has qualities and characteristics that will lead each player to choose a different shot depending on the phase of play.

This column will aim to help you better understand each situation to help you choose the best option.

First, be aware that there are some laws of internal probability that you must know and that will allow players not to procrastinate. Indeed, in a number of cases, regardless, the qualities of a player, there are shots to be used in priority on certain phases of the game.

If we compare Tennis with the Padel :

- Tennis has more difficult strokes to achieve, high speed changes of direction. In contrast, the tactics are simple and when we move the opponent to one side of the pitch, the other free side is clearly visible.

- At Padel, the blows are easier to achieve, it is tactically that the difficulty is present. Indeed, it is more difficult to create a free space for example.

Here are the different rules listed by Rodrigo Ovide to help you decide which move to choose:

It is necessary to know if after the blow that you come to realize (you or your partner) allows you to be in a position of domination of the point or not.
Know if during the match you have a ratio of direct fouls and positive win points.
Pay attention to the score. This is not the same risk for 0-30 as for 40-0.
You have to pay attention to the environment. Rodrigo Ovide explains that we need to know where we are placed on the field (our team), where are the opponents and choose his shot accordingly.

To summarize, Rodrigo Ovide explains that we must always analyze and find a balance between our ability to achieve a particular blow, our position on the field, that of the opponents, and if the risk of such a blow is acceptable according to the situation.

By doing this, you will succeed in finding the best option to be able to progress in the Padel. However, this requires constant concentration and it is not necessarily obvious when we are new to Padel.

Alexis Dutour

Alexis Dutour is passionate about padel. With his training in communication and marketing, he puts his skills at the service of padel to offer us articles that are always very interesting.