Explore padel volley drills designed to improve technique and confidence at the net. Forehand volleys, backhand volleys, control, accuracy, movement and attacking combinations: these exercises help players develop both the technical skills and tactical understanding needed to become more effective at the net.
A deep volley ensures that your opponent is put under pressure and that you retain superiority at the net. This drill is perfect for pre-season, allowing you to work on the depth of your volleys and control of the ball on the volley.
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…
In this training session, we present 3 drills that can be used to work on ball control in 1 vs 1 with your partner, or as a fairly complete warm-up at the beginning of a session. They consist of controlled rallies with different play sequences, gradually increasing in difficulty.
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…
The cross-court backhand volley aimed at the diagonal side fence is a shot that is often underused by players, mainly because it’s wrongly perceived as too difficult. In this exercise, we’ll see that when executed correctly…
Taught by the iconic coach Gustavo Pratto at his academy, this exercise enables players to improve their decision-making on the volley. As the balls received are alternately difficult, medium and easy, the player must adapt his or her stroke to each shot. Several variations are available for this exercise.
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Suggested by Pablo Crosetti (one of Tapia’s coaches), this exercise involves working on your volley and adapting it to each ball: deep and powerful when moving forward, or more blocked in a more difficult situation. It also works on defending with low balls on volleys.
The first volley after the serve is often decisive in dictating the pace and commitment of the point. This exercise, practiced by Fede Chingotto and Momo Gonzalez under the supervision of coach Gaby Reca, simulates a serve followed by a committed volley, with the intention of putting the opposing pair in difficulty.
