Pairs positions
Ready when: Lob and bandeja (i1) and Volley and defence off the glass (i2) started.
What you are learning
Moving as a pair: going up to the net together after a good lob or bandeja, back together after the opponents' lob, keeping the same distance as your partner, and calling "mine" or "yours". Pairs that move as one leave no gaps.
Words on this card Rally, Lob, Bandeja, Doubles, "Mine", 15, 30, 40, game
- Rally
- Shots going back and forth until the point ends.
- Lob
- A high shot over the opponents' heads to the back of their court.
- Bandeja
- A controlled overhead hit with backspin, to keep the net position.
- Doubles
- Two players on each side.
- "Mine"
- The calls partners use so they do not both go for the same ball.
- 15, 30, 40, game
- The tennis way of counting points in a game.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Stand side by side with your partner at the back.
- After your lob goes deep, walk forward together to the net, level with each other.
- When a lob comes over you, move back together.
- Call "mine" for every ball you take.
Your part while they practise
Referee and call "move".
Step by step
- Move together from the back to the net after a good lob or bandeja.
- Move back together after the opponents' lob.
- Keep the same distance as your partner.
- Call "mine" or "yours".
How much: 4 games 15 min a session once a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: One-hit doubles
Each player hits once, then the partner must play the next ball.
Who plays: two pairs against each other; you referee.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Play normal padel points, but partners must take turns: after you hit, your partner plays your side's next ball
- Call "mine" before each shot
- Score like tennis; play 4 games
- Fair play
- A pair with a grown-up gives the other pair a 15-0 start each game.
- Points
- Tennis points: 15, 30, 40, game.
- Fouls
- The point goes to the other pair
- The same player hitting twice in a row
- No call before the shot
- Partners more than two big steps out of line with each other
- Winning
- More games after 4 games.
- 1 points for 1 star
- 2 points for 2 stars
- 3 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
A slow rally.
Faster and more varied.
What you will see, and what to say
- the partners are not aligned
Move together
Level, like a wall. - both go for the same ball
Call it
Loud and early.
Self-check
6 rallies in a row with the pair moving together.
Stop and get a coach when
Collisions.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains pair movement, communication.
Intermediate is done when the player controls direction and moves forward with the partner.
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