The Padel Playbook: Beginner & Intermediate

From your first rally to your first league. Padel is easy to start and hard to master. This book takes you from "I can rally" to winning matches, using court diagrams instead of long theory.

Part one teaches the game: how to find your level, the rules that decide matches (scoring, the serve, the walls and the new Star Point), the right gear, and how to choose between the drive and revés side.

Part two is where points are won: positioning and moving as a pair, the wall game off the back, side and double walls, overheads (bandeja, smash, víbora and when to let the ball bounce), volleys, lobs and the chiquita, the patterns that win points at club level, and what to learn from Premier Padel.

Part three makes you better between matches: twelve drills with court diagrams, weekly training plans by level and time, padel-specific fitness and injury prevention, the mental game, your first leagues and tournaments, twenty-four habits that cost points, tracking your progress and the etiquette nobody tells you about.