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Level Up Your Padel Game: Effective Drills to Do at Home

Even without access to a court, you can still sharpen your padel skills and improve your game with some dedicated practice at home. These drills focus on essential techniques, footwork, and racket control, helping you become a more well-rounded padel player.

Warm-up:

We all know that warming up is a good way to help prevent unwanted injuries, but it’s also great to benefit from a warm-up routine before you jump on court.

  • Light cardio, like jogging in place, skipping or jumping jacks (2-3 minutes)
  • Dynamic stretches, such as arm circles, leg swings, and torso twists (2-3 minutes)
We highly recommend you follow this great warm-up video from Sandy @ The Padel School

We all know that warming up is a good way to help prevent unwanted injuries, but it’s also great to benefit from a warm-up routine before you jump on court.

  • Light cardio, like jogging in place, skipping or jumping jacks (2-3 minutes)
  • Dynamic stretches, such as arm circles, leg swings, and torso twists (2-3 minutes)
Drills at Home:

Courts can be expensive, especially if you’re looking for a bit of solo practice, so here’s some simple exercises and drills you can do at home to work on your game.

Wall Volleys:

Find a wall with enough space around it. Stand a few feet from the wall and practice volleying the ball against it.

  • Focus on keeping your wrist firm and making clean contact with the ball.

  • Vary the height and speed of your volleys.

  • Aim for consistency. 50 forehand volleys followed by 50 backhand volleys without fail.

    Benefits: Improves hand-eye coordination, volley technique, and reaction time.
Racket Control:

Hold your racket with your dominant hand and practice balancing a padel ball on the face of the racket.

  • Walk around while keeping the ball balanced.
  • Try moving the racket up and down, side to side, and in circles without dropping the ball.

  • Benefits: Enhances racket control, hand-eye coordination, and balance.

Although this may sound a bit silly and pointless, it’s the same idea as a footballer juggling a football. You want the Padel Racket to feel like an extension of your arm. The more comfortable you are with the racket and the ball, the better your game will feel on the court.

Shadow Swings:

One of the most under-utilised training drills are shadow-swings. Much like shadow-boxing, shadow swings allow you to develop a mind-muscle connection through repetition, changing your natural swing path into the one you’ve repeated hundreds, or thousands of times over in practice.

Reaction Drills:

Have a partner (or use a wall) randomly throw or bounce a padel ball in different directions.

  • React quickly and move your feet to get into position to “hit” the ball.
  • Focus on agility, footwork, and anticipation.

  • Benefits: Enhances reaction time, agility, and footwork speed.

  • Reaction balls are also a great fun training tool you can utilise
Ball Toss and Catch:

Toss a padel ball in the air and practice catching it with your racket.

  • Vary the height and spin of your tosses.
  • Try catching the ball with different parts of the racket face (sweet spot, edges).

  • Benefits: Improves hand-eye coordination, racket control, and ball tracking.
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