Get better at padel

The order to learn the shots

You do not learn every shot at once. Placement beats power, because the walls send a hard shot back. This is a learning order, not a technique manual.

1. Serve and return

   The serve is a rally-starter, not a weapon, and the return just needs to get back in safely.

2. The volley

   The volley is a short, controlled punch that holds the net you won, aimed for depth rather than winners.

3. The lob

   The lob is how you take the net: aim it high and deep so it lands near the back glass.

4. The bandeja

   A controlled slice that lands deep and stays low, so you can answer a lob without giving up the net.

5. The smash

   The smash finishes the point only when the ball is high enough to hit down, and most overheads should be a bandeja.

Leave the víbora, the chiquita and the bajada for later.