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If it helps you, the first padel lessons are really important because they will help you to increase your padel dynamics faster and with more safety. The fact that you have never had a pala, a padel racket, in your hand should be an excuse, not an endeavour, and get you back to the first change. Practice playing padel and enjoy the sport! You will not regret it!

Moreover, and although you think this is a disadvantage, it is more of an advantage than an inconvenience, because starting from scratch means not acquiring bad vices, but learning the proper technique of playing padel.

If you need incentives and motivation you don’t know about, padel is one of the most popular sports in Spain, where the number of clubs doesn’t stop growing. Of course, like the rest of sports, playing padel has no secrets, no magic formula, because the best way to learn how to play padel well is to practice, practice and practice.

Keep in mind that starting to play padel will not only benefit you on a physical level as it will help you improve your fitness, toning muscle strength, burning calories and improving coordination and reflexes, but also on a mental level as you will work on discipline, concentration and even team play. Remember that the fundamental premise of playing padel is that it is a doubles sport, so it is your responsibility to create and encourage team spirit.

Factors to consider when first practising the game of padel.
When you register with a club to play padel, you will have an orientation meeting. A specific day and time will be set to go out on the court and dive into the world of playing padel. At this meeting, you should make a number of considerations about the first steps you will take in your lessons and the developmental direction you will work on in your first padel training sessions.

Specify goals.
The first question we need to fully answer is: why do you want to play padel? The ideal would be to define the goals you want to achieve. Although who knows, never say never, that doesn’t mean I want to be like Fernando Belasteguin, first in the World Padel Tour. But you have to be confident in your goals to keep yourself motivated at all times.
For example, to reach an intermediate level, to be able to play with ease, and to become a regular player, taking the game of padel as a reference sport that helps to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.

How do you hold a palu?
Thinking more practically, you choose a palu, a racquet for playing the game of padel. It’s not something trivial, but the correct weight of the pala is the first thing every new padel player needs to learn. So, the first lesson is to know the different types of handle thicknesses that are out there and which one best suits your needs.

Positioning on the court.
Moves are fundamental when playing padel, as they can be key during decanting the balance in favour and beating your opponent. Therefore, by choosing the right positioning on the court, you will progress accordingly.
It is important to emphasise that since padel is a doubles game, it is important that when working your position on the court you also have the need to move in unison with your teammate.

Learn to serve.
This is one of the main criteria, and while it doesn’t seem like a complicated action, it does have its own complexity. And the fact is that serving is one of the strokes where mistakes are often repeated by novice padel players. The basic concepts are the following to try to execute the serve correctly.

Combine the concepts of the game: attack and defence.
As you progress, you will also learn the concepts of the padel game. Two of these important concepts will be defence and attack, and having a clearly defined role in each of these aspects will be essential to improving your efficiency and better ability to play the padel. You must be able to identify each shot or situation as an attack or defence action.
In this case and simplification the defensive play aims to show your opponent that you are not an easy opponent to overcome, try to win back every ball and minimise as many unforeseen errors as possible. Whereas the attacking game has its main purpose in that you can take the lead of the game and dominate the flow of the passing game.