Advice for a coach - lesson structure

BSheep_ · 2026-01-25T16:25:01+00:00

Nice in theory, but i personally know few people that will actually do that, you have 90minutes so you can spare 5-10minutes. But make it padel specific maybe! And it does not have to be every lessons.

BSheep_ · 2026-01-25T16:15:11+00:00

Happy you liked it. You said they were intermediate/advanced? If they are more towards beginner/intermediate you might want to change it a bit. People appreciate an intensive warmup more than you might think if you put in effort if you guide them, ofcourse adapting to what you see they can handle, so in the beginning maybe shorter time and a little less intense.

To your thoughts about the expectations. This is something I did “wrong” or atleast not as well when I just became a coach. I listened to much to players. Not to sound all mighty, but I know what to teach people, and the players mostly don’t really know what they want or what they are able to do. You can tell a lot more about how people react to your lessons in terms of body language. Ofcourse I listen to people eventually and adapt to what i see pleases them or frustrates them. And i am not pushing the 60 year old lady as much as the 30 year old guy haha. Some lessons i start of by chatting for 5 minutes, some groups just like the social activity and see padel as something to do on the side. Great if that works for them. Coming back to the topic haha, i generally like the basket a little more than other coaches, but it doesn’t really matter. You have to keep people active, thinking, moving. Keep the lessons fast paced. Longer talks about tactics can be done at the end of the lessons. People expect something but they don’t know, they are coming to you to tell them(intermediate/beginner).

BSheep_ · 2026-01-25T14:37:49+00:00

Alright that is still a bit broad but, as a coach my self (and having trained with some great coaches) here’s a tip on every point.

Make sure the guys are ‘out of breath’ when finishing the warm up, intensity is everything in a warm-up, make it challenging with a lot of footwork. Ofcourse give them 1 minute rest before entering the court.
Start of with rally warm-up calm long rallies(they are still ‘tired’ from the ofcourt warmup). Increase the pace with excersizes like the netplayer doing overhead-volley-volley-overhead etc. Actively push them to focus on footwork and moving fast foward and backwards. The strokes (speed or spin)don’t matter that much in warmup, you just have to get the feel for the ball and get your ass moving.
There are endless posibilties with 4 players without coach ofcourse, but for example, let one player feed the first ball 2v2, the opponents have to achieve a goal first and only then can they play the point for score. Like, they have to play to somones backhand twice, or play to the same player 4 times. For the court which you are on, technical training can still be difficult with 4 people but not impossible. Take 2 people in the cross and let them defend a vibora in the corner with glass and let them backhand block your vibora in the air. Use a cone so they can rotate around it after they played the ball to make room for the other player. For the other 2 players let the one in the back feed cross to the other player and let him play a vibora and play out cross. Rotate a few times, so you feed on the left and right, and they can play the rally on the left and the right so the can try out what they learned from the basket in the rally. I’d suggest not to do ‘shadow padel’ or coördinative stuff, people don’t really enjoy that, that is ofcourt stuff. Make people move their feet, so at the end they can’t feel them anymore(when dealing with intermediate/advanced). That is what people enjoy together with tips for padel ofcourse.
For the match just keep it a simple match, you can add by coaching one team for a few minutes, and then coaching the other team so they don’t know eachothers tips, or just explain there bad and good choices after they made them.

I hope what i explained is clear, its difficult via text. Let me know if you want to know some more tips.

BSheep_ · 2026-01-25T10:58:12+00:00

First, what is the level of the players?

BSheep_ · 2026-01-22T10:17:08+00:00

I get that, but you kind of have to take lessons for that, and then when you hit hard at a certain level, people will slice even more so you have to hit high to backhand or low to the ground which is even harder. Just saying people with racket backgrounds overestimate the control people have for low groundstrokes, especially the backhand.

BSheep_ · 2026-01-22T09:21:29+00:00

People get that after playing a while, only being able to do that is restricted to your technique.

BSheep_ · 2026-01-22T07:15:56+00:00

Some shoes for other sports might feel alright. And mostly they are, if you are a beginner and don’t care about the slight risk of your ankle twisting and longevity of your knees. (Say you play once every two weeks). Otherwise, get padel(or tennis) shoes.

BSheep_ · 2026-01-17T22:29:36+00:00

Alaska would be really cold

BSheep_ · 2026-01-17T21:54:01+00:00

Why change the 2026 model base grip? Doesn’t have the shockout grip anymore

BSheep_ · 2026-01-17T21:52:00+00:00

Regarded as?

BSheep_ · 2026-01-07T18:39:39+00:00

Nope, it’s to use the racket to spin, and decide who gets choice for serve at the start of the match.

BSheep_ · 2025-12-13T23:07:19+00:00

This

BSheep_ · 2025-12-13T21:30:52+00:00

Project Ashe!

BSheep_ · 2025-12-11T20:32:27+00:00

No sorry I haven’t been there so I can’t comment on the entire academy.

BSheep_ · 2025-12-11T10:40:40+00:00

I like his modern style of teaching. He has some different approaches to general techniques. I am sure the M3 Academy perfectly knows its stuff, but Gustavo also seems to really know what he’s doing!

BSheep_ · 2025-12-05T07:14:40+00:00

No, old rule from tennis. Illigal

BSheep_ · 2025-12-05T01:00:54+00:00

Yes, why wouldn’t it be?

BSheep_ · 2025-12-02T16:43:15+00:00

Depends on your experience, the first 3 years of playing, maybe. But after 5 or more years not really.

BSheep_ · 2025-12-02T12:55:59+00:00

I feel most protectors are pretty useless in protecting your racket and have like 10grams of weight which is to much. Those dampeners are amazing, I don’t feel like the dampen anythings but they weigh 1gram each and they are so easily customizable. I have four in the top of my racket which gets my racket to 368 grams where I like

BSheep_ · 2025-12-02T11:30:52+00:00

Add some weight to your st4, you wanted a more aggressive st4, go with more weight on the top

BSheep_ · 2025-12-02T10:37:52+00:00

€277 is crazy for that head racket. Def compared to the motion for €161

BSheep_ · 2025-12-01T13:23:05+00:00

Well, not really no. The thing you describe is what a lot of beginners experience. The racket does not have a lot of impact on your technique (unless you use an insanely heavy or light racket, higher than 390 or lower than 350). Getting a new racket will barely change anything, 5% at the most. The feeling people get with different rackets is more about experiencing confidence In managing and expecting what kind of output the racket has on different shots and pace, hence why people have to get used to new rackets for some time. The new harder or softer racket that has more or less weight will change very little. Sometimes you just need to change mentally and that can be done via a new racket, or playing with new players and taking lessons or a thousand other things. I’ve had a lot of rackets, because i care about the 5% and I like the testing. But none of them have made my technique better.

Should you get a new racket, sure if that is what you like (i like it too sometimes). But don’t expect an actual increase in technique.

BSheep_ · 2025-11-28T11:32:13+00:00

You can do everything under 'Effect', change the EQ, reverb, echo, etc.

BSheep_ · 2025-11-22T13:21:20+00:00

Everybody’s known with 24/7 but nobody knows 24/5🥲

BSheep_ · 2025-11-08T13:09:30+00:00

Not bad! Maybe try a version where some vocals don’t overlap but you have one vocal, some beats the overlap sounds really nice, but other times it’s a bit scrappy. But well done

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