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Net gameLevels 3–52 players15 min

High-ball discipline

Success target: A positive score over 20 balls (deep placements beating errors).

How to run it

  1. 01Partner feeds floaty, tempting balls at shoulder height — the ones that beg to be smashed.
  2. 02Your only allowed answers: a deep controlled volley or a bandeja placed to the corner. No smashes.
  3. 03Every ball that goes out or into the net is minus two; deep placements are plus one.
  4. 0420 balls, then swap.

Why it works

The tempting high ball is padel's biggest trap below advanced level — discipline on that one ball removes a match's worth of gift errors.

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