Padel World Press.- When our partner tells us: "Go up to the network" ... we run as if we were at war and we had to reach the trench where they can reach us easily, or as if the network was electrified ... Those thoughts have to disappear from our heads and we must begin to lose our fear of the network.
When we go to the network, we have to be clear that we must cover it, prevent our rivals from winning the point with low shots and difficult recovery ... In short, be safe.
Here are some recommendations for you to take advantage of this area of attack:
1.- We do not have to be very close to the net, but a few 3 meters away from it to be able to volley the ball that comes near us. We can also take a few steps back and be positioned to make a smash in case they make us a balloon.
Yes we will have to hit when we make a shot that generates difficulty to respond, like a ball with very little bounce and low, we see that can lift. In that case we will stick to take advantage of and attack it.
2.- We can not cover the whole track, so we must anticipate the opponent's blow. We will have to think what is the most likely hit you can do to, in that way, cover those directions and have a little more careless the blows that for the opponent are risky and impossible. With this, we will force a more risky game and there will be more chances that they make mistakes and win the point.
3.- Our position has to be in block with the partner. No more than 4 meters, because we would leave many gaps and more unprotected spaces ... And always in front of the rival who will play the ball.
4.- One of the objective zones of the rivals when we are in the network will be the medium. This position is always a zone of conflict, "who goes to those?" Both! The player who is diagonal with the opponent who plays the ball is the one who closes the middle and who will solve all the balls that are in that area.
Without relaxing, the other member of the couple will have to help so that he does not have to cover the whole track only. The communication has to be clear ... You have to shout who is going to go for the ball, so that the partner has it clear from the beginning. Individualisms aside, the failure is not one, but the point has been lost by the couple.
If the opponent decides to direct the ball in parallel and stuck to the fence, it means that we are forcing him to make a more risky game by covering the medium perfectly and, therefore, has more chances to fail.
5.- In the game we have lost that position and we have to re-cover the network. They can not take us in the middle, or in a race because, depending on the force of the blow, we can send it to the glass as well as generating gaps that our rival can take advantage of.
We must follow our play and go up to the net, giving us our own time to arrive. That is, we throw a balloon that sends our rivals to the bottom or a volley that sticks to any of the walls ... It is important to give depth to the blows and not give high rebounds, so they can not counterattack.
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