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Forehand & backhand

The one everybody wants and nobody drills properly

1. Stand mid-court. Split step as the machine fires, every single ball.
2. Alternate wings — forehand, backhand, forehand. Move your feet, don't reach.
3. Aim deep and cross-court. Depth beats power in padel every time.
4. 30 balls. Stop when 20 land past their service line.

Volley

At the net — low and deep, not winners

1. Stand a metre off the net, racket up in front, weight forward.
2. Block it. No backswing — the pace is already there.
3. Low and deep to their feet. A high volley invites a lob.
4. 20 balls. When it feels easy, drop the Freq to 3 and go again.

Bandeja

Machine feeding lobs — try the Bandeja preset

1. Take it above shoulder height and in front of you, never above your head.
2. Flat and controlled, not a smash. You're buying time, not ending the point.
3. Land it past their service line, then recover to the middle.
4. 20 balls. Stop when 15 land deep.

Lob

The most underrated shot in padel

1. Under the ball, long follow-through, high over their heads.
2. Deep enough that they can't smash it — depth matters more than height.
3. If it's short you'll get punished, so aim for the back glass.

Back-glass return

Medium pace — a timing drill, not a fitness one

1. Let it pass you. Taking it early is what ruins this shot.
2. Turn side-on and move with the ball as it comes off the glass.
3. Take it late, around hip height, and lift it deep and cross-court.
4. 20 balls. Stop when you stop rushing, not when the hopper empties.

Bajada

Machine at the back of the court

1. Let the lob bounce and come off the back glass.
2. Wait for it to drop, then hit down through it as it falls.
3. Cross-court and low — this is the shot that takes the net back.
4. 15 balls. Stop when you stop catching it on the way up.

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Serve return

There's a ServeReturn preset in the app

1. Take it early and low, before it gets to the glass.
2. Cross-court and deep, then move in. The return is how you take the net.
3. Don't try to win the point off it.

Víbora

Attack, not a harder bandeja

1. Cut across the outside of the ball — you want it skidding, not looping.
2. Target their side wall, low. If it sits up, you lifted your head.
3. Different shot to the bandeja: that one buys time, this one takes it away.

Smash

High feed, full swing

1. Get under it early and turn side-on before it drops.
2. Contact in front, arm extended. Not a tennis serve.
3. Pick a target — the side glass or their feet. Not just hard.
4. 15 balls. Raise the Speed a step every 5 until you miss, then train just under that.

Chiquita

Defending it, at the net

1. Start at the net, both feet set, racket up in front of you.
2. The feed comes low and fast at your feet — that's the chiquita.
3. Don't reach down and scoop it. Bend, get under it, block it deep.
4. 20 balls. Stop when 15 land past their service line.