Padel World Press .- Let's continue with my post 'To the beat of my partner'and, therefore, we will develop a series of texts about the situations that we can find in the different areas of the track. On this occasion, it is time to analyze the most common circumstances in which the Libra with our partner he will help us in our attack game.
What do we mean when we talk about balance with our partner? Try to imagine that the two of you are joined by a rope and that it is not completely tense, that it has a bit of slackness. It is always better that she is not tense, but that has to drag us with our partner.
We have to be active and moving while we wait for the ball to come from the other side of the court. Therefore, we will take advantage of this situation to get closer to the position that is most favorable to our partner. We will analyze how it has been our beating and, depending on the result of our shot, we must begin to take a balance with our body. This action will be prior to hitting the opponents since at the front of the court we will try to optimize our movements to win the point.
- What is Horizontal Balance?
In the offensive game, the balance that is most applied and that we learn from our first contact with this sport is the one we carry out to cover the opponent's shooting angles. Known as 'windshield', serves to cover the spaces in the most efficient way as well as to complicate the return of the opponent.
If the ball is in the left area of the court, the backhand player will approach the side of the court slightly covering the parallel, while the right hand will close the center and will approach his partner, covering the area at all times central.
In the event that the ball is in the opposite zone, the same movement will be made but to the right. While the forehand player covers the parallel, the backhand player will close in the middle.
When the ball is right in the center, both will be very aware of the ball through the center, in this case, without getting too close but covering the center lane.
We must bear in mind that this situation is not infallible and we will always leave gaps where rivals will try to play to make the point. In this way, it is very important to know that as long as we cover the position correctly, any ball that they manage to get into uncovered positions will be a hit with a high risk for our opponents, so their probability of success with your shovel, in the long term, it will be low.
- What is the Vertical Balance?
In this case, the arrangement of the pair will not always be in parallel since in this type of movement the anticipation on the part of the player counts more than the pure strategy.
When we make a good volley, in which we generate a low ball at the bottom of the court, the players, to try to take advantage and be in a more favorable condition, will tip forward and take a position closer to the net, which will allow them to make more aggressive shots and definitive.
Something similar happens in the case where we leave an easy balloon ball: We will try to anticipate swinging with the body toward the back of the track.
As we have commented, these situations are not infallible and we must not assume that we will always have a definitive advantage. That is why we must try to find the balance point between the risk we run and the advantage we are going to take.
In these anticipation situations, the partner will not always follow us since it is a perception of the game of each player. In the same way, sometimes we can think that the partner is rushing and we will be the ones who will maintain the position. Be that as it may, always remember that we should try to play to the beat of our partner.
An advice: Talking and commenting on the plays with our partner will help us to understand him better and, with it, to be able to coordinate our movements. That 'good feeling' will give us a small advantage over our rivals.
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