Savoir make a service allowing you to quietly reach the filet is very important au padel. But what about your partner ? How to know where should he be so that you don't end up assaulted ?

That's it, you know how to find very specific areas during your service. At the window, in the center, on the player, short, deep, fast, slow, you are in control. The next step is to agree with your partner to be able to confirm the advantage taken from the first volleys.

Classical or Australian training

Although the current game is very much based on the Australian game, there is still the possibility of playing in classic formation. What is it ? Well at each point, when the server changes sides, the volleyball player does the same, unlike the Australian formation where even if the server changes sides to perform the throw-in, the volleyball player remains in his place at the net . The advantage of this technique is to allow you to become a specialist on the right side or the left side.

You will therefore understand that tactically the point will not be approached in the same way depending on the option chosen.

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Classical training

The idea would be above all to share your feelings about the finished point with your partner and to decide on the tactical implementation of the point to come, at least the direction of the service.

By informing the person at the net of the area that is going to be played, you can prepare for the stroke to come. If I serve in the direction of the side window, my partner will prepare to receive a ball down the line rather than a volley in the center because it will be more up to me, the server, going up to the net, to take it. Indeed, the short crossed to the grid after a rebound on the side window is very difficult to find.

Another situation would be service at T . In this case, my partner's long line will be more difficult to find than the center. He will therefore take care of covering more of the center. On my side, I will cover the area of ​​my grid more than the center.

Australian training

One out of two points will be played in classic formation, therefore with the tactics explained above. The other point will be more complicated to negotiate because you will need time to reach the net in the best conditions. Certainly you can have a very efficient and fast serve, which will give you easy points, but the day you come across a good returner, you will have to have a plan B. The simplest would be to slow down the speed of the ball and the touch the side window, giving you more time to get closer to the net. By playing this way you will only take care of the long line, leaving the center to your teammate. A service at the T would be possible but with a higher speed, in order to avoid a direct impact, in front of the body, which would put you in danger. Let's say that this option is possible of course, but more risky.

two is better

The problem is that if you don't speak to inform the area you are going to choose for your serve, no one will be able to predict a possible direction of the ball, and since you are playing as a team, that would be a shame. So remember to inform or come and ask where the server intends to play in order to take or leave a return that would come to the center. Let's go!

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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