Looking for exercises to improve the bandeja? Discover padel drills covering technique, positioning, consistency, accuracy and the tactical use of this essential overhead shot. From simple technical exercises to more dynamic game situations, these drills will help you integrate bandeja training into your sessions.
These four drills and variations are designed to work on volleys and overhead shots as a whole (víbora, rulo, bandeja). The session starts with purely technical work, then gradually moves into match-like situations, finishing with competitive points…
Practicing the same play sequence repeatedly in training helps build automatic responses and reproduce them in matches—even under pressure—with more fluency and confidence. In this drill, the focus is a 4-ball offensive sequence, fed by the coach (or another player), designed to keep pressure on…
Used by Rodrigo Ovide with his professional players, this versatile drill allows one pair to work on overhead shots and volleys, while the opposing pair focuses on defense and counter-attacking. The rally starts with an overhead serve…
Taught at the M3 Padel Academy (Jorge Martinez’s academy), this series of two complementary technical workshops enables you to work on ball control and your entire technical baggage.
Worked on in training by Martin Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro, this 4-player drill aims to improve the player’s finishing, without making a mistake because of the pressure.
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This drill from coach Martín Canali aims to work on your first diagonal víbora in attack to put the defenders under pressure, then to maintain your offensive net position as long as possible with free play. The variation introduces changes on the first overhead to work on your full technical range.
When your opponent’s lob doesn’t allow you to play a vibora, it’s preferable to play an overhead shot in control, to keep your position at the net without taking excessive risks. A rulo, a slow overhead…
This individual training drill is an excellent tool to work on the player’s consistency with the bandeja while also testing them mentally and physically. The coach will feed sets of 10 lobs, and the player must successfully execute at least 9 bandejas…
