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

One of the biggest mistakes players make? Hesitating. 🎾

6 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise coaching monologue, the instructor emphasizes that players must commit 100% to every shot they decide to play. Hesitation and half‑commitment lead to poor execution, so even if the chosen shot later seems wrong, fully committing still represents a sound decision because the player follows through on their shot selection. The speaker frames this principle as a key element of improving one’s game and ties it to the broader service offering of The Paddle School, which provides online membership coaching for players of all levels, including personalized sessions with Sandy Farquharson. Viewers are directed to the website or link in the bio for more information.

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With any shot, you need to commit 100%. So if you decide to play a shot, even if afterwards you think, okay, that was the wrong decision, you have to commit to it. Whereas if you go into a shot and you're hesitant and you half commit, you're going to get it wrong anyway. So you might as well, when you made that decision on the shot, commit 100%. And whether it's the right shot or not, you've still made the right decision because you've committed. It's all about shot selection, right? So if you make the wrong shot choice, it's okay because you've committed to that shot. If you're looking to improve this parts of your game. This is exactly what we do on our membership on thepaddleschool.com. We help players across the world work on every single aspect of their game, from beginner all the way to advanced. And if you want personalized online coaching from myself and Sandy Farquharson, this is the place that you need to go. Go check the link in bio or head to thepaddleschool.com to learn more.