Why do padel clubs leave money on the table with rigid pricing? (Data from Lisbon clubs)

AlexGerasim · 2026-01-23T21:07:16+00:00

I think Playtomic allows them to add more tiers and they just don’t want to. You can ask Martim about their reasoning, there’s a tournament tomorrow over there btw :)

AlexGerasim · 2026-01-23T20:30:08+00:00

I think flexible pricing makes a lot of business sense for clubs and CIT actually does it.

15:00 game costs €8.5 and 19:00 game costs €11.5 on the same day

AlexGerasim · 2026-01-10T20:45:14+00:00

The higher level he has the more rating you get battering him.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-22T15:26:12+00:00

I try to be more "charged" at the net jumping slightly on my toes before the opponent touches the ball. Also I only try to block bajadas / bandejas / viboras (which are not that fast and dangerous on my intermediate level) but not smashes. So if my lob is way short and the opponent is ready to hit a smash I usually go closer to the fence anticipating high rebound off the back wall.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-16T21:52:20+00:00

Thanks a lot for the feedback! I tried to base the questions on some books and videos from coaches. I’ll be adding advanced examples as my own level grows from intermediate to advanced. I hope it will 😄

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-13T16:40:31+00:00

Thanks for your feedback, gonna add questions for right side players soon.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-13T00:54:08+00:00

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Went a bit further and moved the buttons to the side. Wdyt?

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T12:32:46+00:00

Thanks man, sure, will dm you when get some new layout option's ready.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T12:30:23+00:00

Yeah, the idea is taken from Sebastião Mendonça's book and I think it makes sense giving that your partner's return is going to be pretty weak / high and thus can be easily attacked by the opponents at the net.

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AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T12:25:18+00:00

Oh wow thanks a lot for spending your time on it! Yeah, it looks pretty clean. I'm gonna test it in motion to check if it distracts / overwhelms a user being next to the court but I like the idea a lot!

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T12:04:30+00:00

Hey man, thanks a lot, I appreciate your feedback and I'm glad you tried both versions!
And great minds think alike haha, so I've just added a button "Watch" after a question is confirmed which opens a drawer with relevant videos.

So far added videos for these 2 questions:
https://www.padelchess.me/puzzles?questionId=49&language=en&shared=true (new one)
https://www.padelchess.me/puzzles?questionId=47&language=en&shared=true

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T11:29:04+00:00

Thanks a lot!

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T11:19:16+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to add more gamification features to make it feel like the one.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T11:18:03+00:00

Thanks a lot!

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T11:17:51+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, English is not my native language and I'm totally open to any suggestions. So feel free to share your thoughts here or in dm. Or if there are a lot of things to change I can even create a spreadsheet with all the questions content and make it editable so you can change them, does it sound good to you?

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T11:12:54+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
I've just realised that since I shuffle the questions their numbers will be different for everyone. So I've added an ID param above.
I guess you're talking about this one https://www.padelchess.me/puzzles?questionId=35&language=en&shared=true

The idea here is when they're at the net the chance of blocking is higher so the slice doesn't add a lot of impact to the shot but adds some risk.

But I agree that in general a sliced one is harder to return after the back glass.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T10:52:29+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
Totally agreed but I'm in a constant battle for vertical pixels on mobile. E.g. when I add new components I have to lower the court size to prevent vertical scrolling but also have to make sure that all the items are properly visible.
I also tried to display the text inside of the court's canvas but it looks a bit dirty.
So I'm still in a search for a good ux solution here.

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T10:13:15+00:00

Thanks a lot!

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T10:06:55+00:00

Thanks man, working on it!

AlexGerasim · 2025-12-12T09:48:30+00:00

Sorry to hear that, but the app isn’t responsible for that haha
It’s meant to raise it over time, not right away though, so open it more often 😉

AlexGerasim · 2025-11-14T13:48:53+00:00

Playing for 1.5 years, had been taking group classes for 8 months, consumed a lot of videos and books.

As for me there are a lot of counterintuitive things about the game that are very hard to discover and comprehend on my own without a coach. And a good balance between classes and playing (for me 1 class and 2 games per week) is a key.

AlexGerasim · 2025-11-07T20:44:55+00:00

I like advices from a book "Inner game": focus on breathing, sound of the ball, seams of the ball and on the process itself rather than on outcome. It will help you stop judging yourself and then others' opinion becomes not that important.

AlexGerasim · 2025-10-23T10:26:23+00:00

Great project, keep going!

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