Desired Behaviour over Result I recently played a padel match and watched as my partner, for the umpteenth time, struck a ball full toss from the back court. The ball looked well on its way to hitting the wall directly (i.e. out). His shot went straight back to a...
Telltale Signs of Character In one of the more fascinating podcast interviews I’ve ever had, Trinity squash coach Paul Assaiante said that, over the span of his 30+ years of coaching, he learned one lesson above all others when recruiting talent. Of course, he...
As some of you will know, I’m a keen padel player and have been playing the sport for a long time. That said, my understanding of the subtleties of the sport have only really emerged in the last decade. And I’ve been fascinated by the parallels / extrapolations one...
With padel tennis blossoming all around the world (and now accelerating at a rate of knots in the UK), people are picking up a bat and discovering padel tennis at an impressive clip. New players come to padel tennis through a variety of ways, each having some...