I Tracked My Padel Stats and Used AI to Analyse Them — Full Match Recording and Chat

Like mentioned here before: at this level, relying on winners and unforced errors can be very misleading. You can make poor decisions throughout a match and still win, not because you played well, but because your opponents performed worse. Let me give you a real example from a match I reviewed. The player, an intermediate right-side player, played a lob on his opponent of a ball that went into the middle of the court, just on the middle line, the opponent mishit the ball badly and put it into the net. So I sent him the clip of that particular point and didn't said anything, and he told me "Whats the problem here? I did a lob and he smashed the net, his error” But that’s not what actually happened The lob was placed down the middle and he kept looking at what happened while standing in the middle of the court, leaving his side completely open, he did not recover his defensive position toward his corner afterward. That’s a fundamental mistake. A more aware opponent would have easily redirected the ball into the open space and finished the point easily. So no,the lob wasn’t “great.” but his position was the worst thing in that scenario and was super obvious to me, but not to him. - When I pointed his position he send me a facepalm emoji and replied "of course... what am I doing?" It was a poor decision that happened to work because the opponent made an even bigger mistake. This is exactly the trap many players fall into: judging their performance based on the outcome rather than the quality of their decisions. Winning a point doesn’t always mean you played it well. And losing a point doesn’t always mean you played it badly, making a good mistake and losing a point is better than making a bad one and winning one if what you're focusing on is your improvement. If you really want to improve, you need to shift your mindset: Focus on decision-making, not just results Evaluate positioning, shot selection, and intent Ask: “Would this work against a better opponent?” I also recommend watching this video it reinforces this concept really well and will help you start seeing the game more critically: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToJ6rtq4-dw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToJ6rtq4-dw)

Interesting experiment. At this point in your development I wouldn't focus too much on winners and errors though. What is important is starting to make good decisions and learn proper technique. Example: A "bad" shot may very well end up being a winner at this level, just as a good decision may result in an error because of technical issues. Of course, you don't really learn technique when playing matches, that is something you do in training sessions with a coach. When playing matches focus on good decision making. For instance in this match all four players are prone to playing for too much compared to their technical abilities. In padel, building points until you get a chance to finish it is pretty crucial. Likewise, all four players could benefit from thinking of most padel shots as "guiding" or "pushing" the ball, rather than "hitting" it. Good luck with your development!

Idk, i feel this is such an incomplete analysis (only winners, errors and ratings) that is basically not very helpful imo.

When I read AI analysis on padel, I was expecting a bit more in depth technical analysis. Not so much, these are my shots, this is what happened. Is overly simplistic but I guess is valid (?) Just feels clickbait.

In the video description on YouTube you say: "If you're a recreational padel player curious about how to use AI to analyse your own game — no cameras, no sensors, just match data and Claude — I hope this gives you some ideas." But you can't do this analysis without a camera recording, right?

Small point of feedback for your padel play: Try to turn you body more for overheads, your left shoulder should be pointing towards where you want to hit the ball, see 21:00 for example Also if you ever see your teammate, shes losing so many points with error at the net with overheads and volleys because shes preparing her racket behind her head or too far from the ball for her skill level

Please stop posting these, really no value at all.