From the club Padel San Miguel de Tenerife, Julien Bondia dissects the forehand volley padel. You will see that if the technique is close to that of tennis, the padel nevertheless has its own bases to evolve over time.

Let's learn or deepen the forehand volley. How to realize it? What exercises to perform?

Clubs, players and teachers of padel, use these 2 videos to help you improve the forehand volley.

The volley of forehand in a few lines:

This shot will be easier to assimilate by tennis players. Here are already several tutorials in which we explain and detail the moves of the padel, some are different from tennis, well this week it's a gift for tennis players.

The advice for performing the forehand volley will be first of all a waiting position of the high racket, to protect our body and quickly access the volley of forehand. Then a very active footwork to increase alertness and responsiveness. Finally, a short preparation will help you achieve an effective shot because you will not have time to make a great preparation because in the net you have reduced the travel time of the ball.

The forehand volley will be used first to prepare the point, to move our opponents and try to get them out of their comfort zone. Once the hole is created, take advantage of it, accelerate it and do not hesitate to take more risks to finish the point.

Technically:

- Waiting position with racket in front of us in high position
- Importance of footwork to achieve this shot. Tilt the body weight on tiptoe
- Low on the legs
- The top of the racket will always be above the wrist. Low ball? Bend the legs, do the effort
- To play the ball, we will propose the racket in front of us as a baseball player who would like to catch the ball with his glove.
- For the right-handed, the right leg will push the body forward just before the impact with the ball
- At the moment of the impact, the left foot (for the right-handed ones) will come to rest on the ground
- The ball will be hit in a cut way; top-down effect to reduce the bounce of the ball
- Once the ball is hit, we will finish the action in front of us with the racket in flat position

Do not hesitate to ask questions

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.