Yeah true! Having the racket ready has really transformed everything for me. And having the racket in a prepared positions might seem self explanatory but most people don't do it anyway most people think they do it but when someone really show them it becomes somewhat of an "aha"-situation. Also the prepared position makes the preparations for every shot much easier and better and you will find you miss way less as in you all of a sudden become a human wall :D Anyway great video as always!
Your teachin' level keeps increasing. Less humor but much more very useful contents. I like your funny side but appreciate more all of the little details you give here. Huge congrats.
I'll try to short down my backswing in the air shots in the trainings (for now). But I have bigger problems; like to put the ball INSIDE the court. :) Vamooos!!
Thank you very much for this good video. Question: at minute 11:45 you say that it is not good to turn shoulders much, that is important basically only in smash. However, turning shoulders is recommended, as I understood, for a few reasons including to provide support and direction while hitting the ball. Explain please.
I am separating two different things. Turning in and turning out. When you do a volley, its very good to turn in the shoulder, but you should not turn out. When its a smash, you will turn in and out as big as possible to generate a lot of power. When its a bandeja/vibora, I recommend to be a bit in between those. You want to turn your shoulders in. But you want to be careful with rotating out. Because that can create overrotation. There is also a part when to turn. If you turn during your swing you will over rotate, if you turn after your hip is fixed its way more useful.
That guy really should change racket because he’s not even hitting 10% in the sweetspot. And he always prepare 90-90-90 for a vibora but as always Sven, great video
Padel is all about early preparation, for everything. If you're not hitting the ball with the rackets sweetspot it's 90% bad body or hands positioning (both hands, don't be that one handed guy that seems that his other one has had some attack and doesn't move anymore xD). Move your feet fast, position yourself in the right place and get the hands in the right position before the ball reaches the impact point. That's the reason why professional players seem to be having much more time to hit the ball when they're playing against not that good players or even amateurs.
