Padel shots explained
Every padel shot from the serve and the volley to the bandeja, víbora and por tres: what it is for, how to play it, the usual mistakes and a drill for each.
Padel shots
- Flat serve
- Wide serve
- Deep serve
- Short serve
- Slow serve
- Fast serve
- High, looping serve
- Serve to the back corner
- Attacking first serve
- Safe second serve
- Serve and volley
- Serve and bandeja
- Serve and smash
- Slice serve
- Side-spin serve
- Kick serve
- Serve to the side glass
- Serve to the T
- Serve to the body
- Return to the feet
- Slice return
- Blocked return
- Defensive reset
- Lob return
- Chiquita return
- Drive return
- Forehand drive
- Flat forehand
- Topspin forehand
- Slice forehand
- Running forehand
- Open-stance forehand
- Inside-out forehand
- Inside-in forehand
- Short-angle forehand
- Passing shot
- Backhand drive
- Slice backhand
- Flat backhand
- Topspin backhand
- Two-handed backhand
- Running backhand
- Open-stance backhand
- Short-angle backhand
- Squash shot
- Down the line
- Cross-court
- Volley basics
- Punch volley
- Flat volley
- Slice volley
- Reflex volley
- Stop volley
- Swinging volley
- Drive volley
- Counter-volley
- Stretch volley
- Emergency volley
- Forehand volley
- Forehand volley cross-court