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Why is padel training usually done individually instead of in pairs?

010 commentsu/milomylove_2w ago
I’ve noticed something interesting watching padel coaching sessions in different places. Most of the time, the court isn’t full. Training is usually one player with a coach, sometimes two players. But seeing four players training together, which is the actual number in a match, is surprisingly rare. Of course, smaller sessions are easier to organize. But I think there’s a deeper reason. A lot of coaching methods rely heavily on basket feeding, repetition drills, and tight control of each ball. That structure works really well with one or two players. The coach controls the tempo, the placement, and the repetitions. But when you add four players, that system starts to break down. People end up waiting in lines, the rhythm gets messy, and the coach loses some control over the drill. So naturally, many coaches default to smaller groups. But that raises a genuine question. If the sport is played in doubles, shouldn’t the training environment reflect that more often?

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There is a difference between training technique (make sense for 1 on 1 training) and tactical training that is done in a group so it feels like a real game.
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u/jasim_2w ago
I attend training group weekly where we begin with warmup for a second. Then do some pair (line or cross depending on situation) training. Eventually we do different kinds of 2 vs 2 tactical training. It may be that the other pair tries to hold the net and the net pairs other play is not allowed to move past 2nd post. This way the game has evolve dynamically and increases the propability of switching court sides mid rally. I find 2 vs 2 training more beneficial as technique is something that everyone can achieve during basket drills. But when the chaos starts to settle in, not many will have that kind of control technique wise.
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That’s the same across most sports that aren’t individual from my experience. When I played football very little training was actually 11 vs 11. It was all smaller group drills or small sided games to get more touches of the ball and improve technique. Basically the more touches of the ball the better is a training philosophy that goes across any sport, which is usually done by having less players.
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Yeah it’s great for reinforcing training. For example, a match where one team plays defensively and works on lobs to gain the net and one team works on overhead shots and attacking
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I’ve tried getting my partners to join me on my training. They’re just not as interested at me in doing it so I just keep on doing it solo. I have a great coach that also explains a lot of the tactical aspects and why we’re doing a specific drill. 
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Most of the training I do is in a group of 4. Occasionally I do a 1-on-1 training to focus on a specific shot I’m struggling with
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In Portugal the prefered method is class of 4 people and a coach. The coach still makes individual technical improvements, but the focus is mostly tactical. After begginer level, players usually loose most points because of poor choices, and less because of lack of good technique. 1 to 1 classes are great to improve a specific hit, like a bandeja, víbora, rulo, smash and so on. Both trainning methods are useful.
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I train on a weekly basis and I do 1 on 1, with a partner and 4 people training. Every time is a different type of training. 1om1 is technich while during the others os more tactical or game situations
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Actually most training here in Spain is groups of 4, though that's really a matter of cost, not philosophy. I would like a little individual training to focus on shots that are my priorities specifically, and also to get an intense focus on technique , but there's no way I could afford it. Probably ideally a regimen would be a mixture of individual classes and groups of 3 or 4 (for point play with or without the coach) If you see someone like Padelactico, who used to get a lot of lessons at top academies, it's rarely individual.
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4 is usually cheaper than 1 or 2.. not sure your observations are so correct. There’s a multitud of trainings with different group sizes where I am
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