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

🎾 Want to build confidence in your Vibora? Repetition is key!

19 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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Sandy Farquharson presents a coaching segment that outlines a systematic method for mastering the Vibora tennis shot through repeated practice and mental preparation. She describes a 30‑day Vibora challenge offered to members, which combines off‑court drills—such as shadow swings, movement‑pattern repetitions, and still‑ball exercises that can be done at home—with on‑court repetitions using a ball machine, a training partner, or a coach. The aim is to build technical consistency and confidence so that, when a match situation calls for the shot, the player can execute it calmly. Farquharson also emphasizes the importance of staying relaxed after a missed attempt, noting that many players lose the shot in competition despite feeling comfortable in practice. The content serves as a practical guide for coaches and players seeking to integrate structured repetition and mental resilience into Vibora training.

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The technical repetitions and repeating it enough. I was gonna say off the court, but off the match court. So yes, you can practice this at home. And that's actually what we're doing this month in our challenge is our Vibora challenge. So that's where we work with our members every month and we do a 30-day challenge. And this month it's on the Vibora. So we're doing shadow swings, we're doing the movement patterns, we're doing like the still ball exercises, we're doing where you throw for yourself and you practice and you build up. Really good repetitions off the court, and then ideally you're also practicing it on the court, whether that's a ball machine or a training partner or a coach feeding you repetitions so you can really build it up, build up confidence so that when you step onto a match court and that lob comes up, you're like, in your mind you're like, I've got this, and you, and you go and you can relax and you, you throw the arm at it. Now, I would say if you miss it You need to find a way to be relaxed and confident on the next one, and I see this so often where we might work with a player on their vibora and in practice we're like, this is great, like they're so relaxed, and they come to a game and they're feeling good about it, and then in the first game they get an opportunity and they swing and they miss, and then we don't see that vibora again.