“If you draw a plot of padel and you draw lines according to the angles of the ball, you can see that Juan (Lebron) and Ale (Galan) close all the exit angles of the ball. This pair has it all. They close all spaces. ” told Fernando Belasteguin a week before beating them.

Le padel has evolved, and the average level of players is increasing year by year. To find efficiency in his strikes, we must first identify the free spaces and then play them.

Play in the center and in open spaces

Le padel is a sport whose tactics are quite logical. It is enough to watch a professional match to see that the players play in the center, and in the free spaces generated by the delay of the previous stroke.

Different tactics are certainly implemented by the different pairs of the circuit, but this pattern is classic, and it is important to master it to be effective on the tactical level.

short of padel free space arrow

Free space is both a difficult area for opponents to defend, and an easily found area where the risk of direct fault is quite low. In other words, playing free space is profitable because it is low risk and efficient.

The vast majority of amateur players rarely use this area, and fall into riskier playing patterns which also give opponents more attacking possibilities.

It is obvious that the technical aspect is fundamental to padel, but a good tactical analysis can clearly make the difference. Playing free space and in the center can give a capital advantage, and can help beat a “stronger on paper” pair.

Based on statistics from the professional circuit, it has been shown that playing in the middle is a very good choice to win the point.

The advantages obtained by a ball played in the center and in free space

  • A low risk of direct fault which increases the odds of winning the point.
  • These spaces allow you to find a consistency and regularity in his game.
  • The center of the field is an always free space which forces opponents to be very mobile.
  • If the opponents are in baseline, the free space is even wider.
  • Playing between the two players can cause confusion in the rival pair.
  • The reiteration of balls played in the center “bring together” the two opponents, thus leaving more space in the lateral zones which are the spaces to be played to find a winning shot.

short of padel play free spaces

However, we must be vigilant on the fact that opponents can end up anticipating hits in the middle and can adapt to this type of strike.

In order to be as efficient as possible, you have to be very precise on the area. The closer the zone found is to the center of the free zone, the more difficult the opponents will be.

Playing free space is a very important tactical move, because by repeating this strategic choice other spaces will open up, offering more possibilities to win points, games, sets, then matches.

 

Source: wikipadel

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !

On the same subject