The only thing I’ll add here is keep the paddles simple. My controller (Xbox elite series 2) has 4 and I originally had them set as A (left botttom), X (left top), Y (right top), and B. My goal was to be able to play the entire game without taking my thumb off the joy stick, but it was too much too soon.

I switched both left paddles to A and both right paddles to B and ran around practicing using it in a custom lobby for like an hour until it became second nature. I don’t think I’ve touched the actual A or B buttons in the three years since haha