Padel World Press .- Do not miss this great article, in which Nito Brea, a restless, analytical coach with a great teaching vocation, once again shared his concepts, his methodology and his experiences with the fans. On this occasion, he will talk aboutimportant points.
With his usual irony and sense of humor, with his spontaneity but with his demand, the technician returns to surprise us with a very useful report for any player, amateur or professional, who wants to improve and progress day by day.
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“In this case, we are going to challenge mathematical logic to try to replace it with sports logic. Conclusion: in paddle tennis, one plus one is not always two.
More than once they will have played games in which even having lost they made more games and points than the rivals. How is this? They can lose a game 6-0, 5-7 and 6-7, in which the opponent added 14 games and your 17 pair.
What's more, the games you won may have been blank (15-0, 30-0, 40-0 and game) while the rivals scored them more closely, after playing several advantages (15-0, 15 -15, 30-15, 30-30, 40-30, equal, advantage and play). In this case, at the end of the game they will have scored much more points than their rivals. However. Why did they lose then?
There are matches that are very even but, both the tie break and all the advantages in the games, the rivals won. One of the answers is that, often, there are players who play very badly with the score. This is where you have to analyze that although all the points are important, it is not the same to play an 15-0 of the first game than a set point (point to win the set), an advantage for or against in a game, or the points of a definition by tie break.
I'm going to give you some tips to help you better play those key points:
- Always know how they go. There are players who for distraction do not know how the score goes and, when losing a silly ball, they have breakfast with which they have lost a set. Stay aware of the score all the time, accentuating the concentration when you reach the second half of the games (30 onwards .ej 30 the same).
- Be absolutely faithful to your game system. Have the behavior to play as you know, without innovations and overcoming the temptation to define in any way for the desire to earn those points.
- Keep the tactic that has worked for you.
- The key is not in the search not to feel pressure or fear but in accepting these sensations, learning to live with them and master them to make them play in our favor. Personally, I do not believe in players who do not feel pressure in games or situations ... I do believe that the winning mentality and the confidence they have in themselves will make them dominate that pressure and play their best points in key moments.
- Choose hits with a high percentage of effectiveness. Play with your best shots and do not experience blows for wanting to change the game to the opponent.
- Try to direct your balls to the worst blows of the opponent.
- Play your best shots decisively and do not hesitate to define when you have the possibility.
- Learn to channel the fear and pressure generated by these points so that it leads you to be more attentive and focused:
There are several ways to manifest errors in this regard.
- Wanting to ignore the score (score) so as not to get nervous in the key points. In this case, it is about dodging the responsibility to not feel the pressure.
- Shrink the arm trying to take care of the ball exaggeratedly for fear of making mistakes leaving the balls served and giving all the initiative to the rivals.
- Hurry and make mistakes of raptures or simply by playing the ball to kill or die. This case is popularly better seen than the previous one because it is identified as a demonstration of courage and courage but, in general, it is just another form of fear and insecurity in the dispute at the point where the pressure is expected to last at least possible prioritizing that to the obtained result.
- My advice is not to force the shots to define or depend on the opponent can miss or win the point. Do not hurry up or fall asleep.
The most effective way to strengthen the winning mentality is with physical, technical and tactical training and with the so-called invisible training that is basically food, breaks as well as everything that does to a player's behavior off the court.
For example: Imagine you are in the Faculty and have to take an exam. The tranquility and security that they will have will depend on what they have prepared studying and they will be able to solve and handle situations with the certainty that they know, beyond their temperament and audacity.
The same thing happens in a match. The better they have done their homework, the less nervous they will feel in those key moments of the game and will be able to rely on that to overcome the adversities that arise.
Some Training Exercises
- Play games only of tie break, to the best of 5, 7 or 9 points.
- Play your training matches by starting 30 the same.
- The server can always start all the games of the 30-40 match with a single serve ... You can also start 40-30 with the first serve, to transfer the pressure to the remaining player.
- Play matches with lower level pairs starting (depending on the level difference that exists) all games 0-30, 0-15, + 30 or 0-40.
- Exercise control with a ball and not so much basket to give more value to each ball.
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