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Mastering the backhand volley in Padel

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🏆 #1 Takeaway - How can I hit a low backhand volley to build points?
Focus on a short backswing, high preparation, long follow-through with slice, staying low at the net, and stepping into the shot, aiming for a low bounce before the service line through the middle.

What Your Guru Thinks

The coach in this lesson offers detailed guidance on the backhand volley. They cover key technical aspects like preparation and follow-through. There are also practical drills shown to help you practice the technique and strategic uses of the shot. This should be very helpful if you want to refine your backhand volley.

How To Learn The Backhand Volley #PT19

Description

I would like to give you some tools on how to learn the backhand volley. These 6 exercises are something you can do with a friend. You can help each other by following this steps. This may also help you to coach somebody else.

Giving space to 'search' for your volley is a very important step in playing yourself and also for coaching somebody else. The result is leading, the form of the technique will always be second.

Please let me know in the comments, if you like these kind of 'Full lesson' videos. I like to experiment with my videos to create a better video every time. If we reach 150 likes I will make another one :)

Thank you very much Rolf, for being in this video! I really felt like you improved a lot with your backhand volley! I hope you all agree with me?

What drill gave the best result today? Which one do you think was best for Rolf? Please let me know in the comments below.

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See you next monday! Hasta luego, ciao, adios!
Audience: Lower Intermediate|High Intermediate
Skill Level:
65%
Primary Shot: backhand
Play Style: Offensive
Court Position: None

Tags

skill-high-intermediate style-offensive skill-lower-intermediate shot-backhand

Keywords

Padel Technique Backhand Volley Padel Drills Slice Continental Grip

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