Sandy FarquharsonFounder at The Padel School | Elevating Padel Players' Performance

One of the biggest mistakes club players make? 👇🎾

14 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this excerpt, coach Sandy Farquharson explains a common error among club tennis players: they attribute losses to a lack of a powerful smash (or vibora) and consequently binge‑watch random online content to develop that shot. They then try to force the smash in matches, leading to frustration when it doesn’t work. Farquharson argues this stems from not truly understanding why they lost and not identifying the specific areas that need improvement. He suggests the first step is to ask what actually makes a player better, implying a more analytical, holistic approach to improvement rather than fixating on a single shot.

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And I think quite often a big problem for club players is they play a game, they analyze the game that they think, and they often come to the conclusion that if they had a bigger smash, they could finish more points. As an example, smash or vibora or whatever, they could finish more points. So they go home and they binge watch loads of random content thinking, how can they get that smash? And then they think, next time I play a match, I'm just going to try and do that in my match. And then that doesn't work, and then it's almost a snowball effect of frustration. And I think it all stems from not really knowing exactly why they are losing that match, what they need to do to improve. And I think maybe we start at the point like, what makes a better player?