The number of left-handers being less important in the population than the number of right-handers, it seems that the percentage is higher on the side of our champions of padel du World Padel Tour. For several years, we have noticed that it is interesting to play with a left-hander, why?

When we take the list of left handed WPT players, we come up with this:

  • Pablo Lima
  • Juan Martin Diaz
  • Juan Cruz Belluati
  • I fight Capra
  • Gonzalo Rubio
  • Jose García Diestro
  • Alex Ruiz
  • Nacho Gadea
  • Javier Rico Dasi
  • Francisco Gomez
  • Benjamin Tison (I could not forget a Frenchman)
  • Mathieu Lapouge (And obviously the other left-hander of the France team of padel)
So why are left-handed people more and more present?

A right-handed player on the left is usually the one who attacks. It's the same for a left-handed player on the right. A right-handed pair will be an often aggressive pair who knows how to finish the points.

Another important point: left-handers often have a good hand, that is to say that they manage to give effect to the ball that the right-handers have trouble giving.

Finally, in the right diagonal left, the effects of the ball on the window coming from a southpaw will be different than those of a right-handed person.

So if you are right-handed and you play on the right side ... good luck because depending on who you have in your diagonal, you will adapt to the effects and rebounds; 2 times more work.

Julien Bondia

Julien Bondia is a teacher of padel in Tenerife (Spain). Columnist and advisor, he helps you play better through his tutorials and tactical/technical articles padel.

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