What's the one thing you wish you knew about your game after every match?

Just film your games

Forced and unforced errors. i’d also like to know how deep (and shallow !) I hit my lobs.

You can use SwingVision

I wanted to ask since I found out that I use my wrist a lot for most shots. Is the wrist movement needed for slices, flat shots, topspin shots? My wrist ends up hurting after a session if I’m using a slightly heavy racket. Should I just focus on arm movement and follow through instead of keeping my wrist loose? What shots actually require the wrist movement? Drop shots?

I love the feedback my partner and I give each other. Especially during the 2 games rest time. Just a quick note on what shots the opponents missed and what we can focus on. And also possibly what they do well to us that we need to be cautious about or should counter in a certain way. I will rarely mention my partner should do this or that because he made mistakes etc, just focus on the positives. That also means after the game you'll have more sensible feedback on the things you can work on. If you want to know what to work on in terms of technique, recording yourself is the best/only answer? Or just play with a coach and let him pick what to work on.

I don't think individual play data is very useful unfortunately, or at least the correct metrics haven't been developed. Tennis is essentially an individual technical/physical game. Data is straightforward to interpret. Padel is a pair tactical/mental game. There could be all sorts of explanations behind the same metric in two different matches. Looking at video of yourself playing (or having a coach look) gets you a lot further a lot quicker.

I would try and record a game you play in and watch to back. A lot of Padel is about your positioning on the court so you could look at this and see if you were holding the net enough or were you too far back letting the opponents put on pressure.

Unforced errors

Good job on survey question, maybe consider framing them like this: - How do you currently keep track of your padel match performance over time? (users rarely adopt new digital tracking habits if they are not already attempting to monitor their progress in some way - but you obviously realize this) - Tell me about the last time you realized you needed to improve a specific part of your padel game and the exact steps you took to address it. (actual past behavior, how much effort they put into improving, and where the current friction lies) - What specific tools, coaching, or methods have you paid for or actively spent time using in the last six months to analyze your technique on the court? (willingness to invest resources into improvement and highlights the shortcomings of existing solutions)

Everybody talks about improving this and that, try to just enjoy the game, unless you want to be a professional padel player.