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Smash technique
Hey guys, I know this smash is terrible, but it’s the only one I managed to get a video of in the game. I’m not fully under the ball, and my racket drop is insufficient. What else can I do to improve, except of everything 💪🏽🎾
https://v.redd.it/7jticd5fhbig1Comments (26)
u/cmc_9205w ago
Your bodyweight is going backwards. It's not a ball you should be trying to smash (which is a skill in itself knowing which ones are right and which ones to leave).
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u/Goedelnummer5w ago
That's the main point. All other details you can forget about. E.g. From this depth you should also aim deeper in the court, but it doesn't matter, as long as you cannot use the entire kinetic chain of your body to move into the ball.
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well the ball hit the court behind the service line that should be the problem , but your right , i didn’t transfer any legdrive into the ball
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u/PadelGearAnalyst5w ago
Tbh your technique is good, but it wasn’t a ball for smashing as the other comment said.
Usually, you should get more under the ball and explode more into the ball as if you are about to throw the racket to your up and right.
Your racket trajectory is good
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u/zemvpferreira5w ago
Not that bad and I personally disagree that you shouldn't have gone from that smash purely on a movement/positional basis. Kicksmashes x3 can be very effectively hit while travelling backwards. Yours didn't work for two reasons:
1-Your contact point is way too far forward and to the right. The ball should be another meter to the left and behind you. This is where hitting while moving backwards really helps, you can hit extreme contact points much more easily than while standing still.
https://preview.redd.it/xjyad4eancig1.png?width=568&format=png&auto=webp&s=329e36998d5e02deeacb7ba83a920fd4c966b3f8
2-Your arm is way too slow. This comes from not being 100% comfortable which makes you hesitate, and like we discussed in your previous thread not having your shoulder built-up for velocity throwing.
That said, you shouldn't have gone for it because you're not good enough at these smashes and that's that. If you can't hit the correct contact point, it really doesn't matter what your legs are doing when you're that far from the net. Fix the contact point and improve your arm speed and you can get the ball out from anywhere on court no problem.
(also needs to be said we have no idea if the playing conditions were good for kicking balls out which has a massive, massive impact)
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Yes, I was really hoping to smash desperately to see how it turns out. The conditions were slow, so I’ll stick to viboras, slow bandejas, and rulos in matches. I’ll also try now to do some acceleration work for my arm.
As all the top coaches say, I’ll improve my volley first to put so much pressure on them that they can’t lob without me making a mistake on the volley.
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u/zemvpferreira5w ago
Fuck the top coaches, work on what interests you. If that's the smash then the smash it is. The rulo is a great place to practice though since it's essentially the same ball rotated 45 degrees, and much better if played a little slow.
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u/va-va-voom-145w ago
That should never have been taken as a smash. You play against a good player (or even a little bit good), and do that, it’s game over
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u/6regThompson5w ago
Just curious as people are saying he shouldnt have smashed that ball. How should he have played it instead?
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u/ZealousVegetable5w ago
Imdeed bandeja. Keep the ball low and on the back court of the wall. The extra power on the smash just makes it easier for the opponent.
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u/Sarritgato5w ago
Wouldn’t letting it bounce be the best play though considering he had not gotten far back enough for a bandeja either?
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im played only viboras in that match also 3 rulos that went really well into the fence , after we had done 3 sets and still had time i wanted to smash a lot of lobs in the tiebreak
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edit* this was in a tiebreak after we finished the 3 sets and still had time , I played a lot of viboras to the right corner and slow bandejas trough the middle , some of them where really nice and the second bounce was directly at the back glass
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