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

Week 3 is where improvement becomes match-ready 👇🎾

10 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this video Sandy Farquharson outlines the objectives for Week 3 of a tennis training program. The core message is to establish a clear technical focus for every court session and directly link that technique to a tactical aim during matches. She recommends using a pre‑training and pre‑match journal to answer specific questions about the chosen technical element and its intended tactical use. Using the backhand as an example, she explains how to practice the stroke in warm‑ups, then decide on a match‑play target (e.g., hitting the ball down the middle). Additionally, she stresses the importance of developing a broader game plan with a practice partner, such as pairing the backhand tactic with a response to short balls. The overall aim is to make each training session purposeful, translating technical work into match‑ready strategies.

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So in this week, week 3, it is let's get really clear on our technical focus every time we step on court, what we're working on, as well as putting that into a tactical area of the game. And you don't have to use the journal, but I highly recommend getting clear. We have a, a pre-training and a pre-match section that actually asks you these questions and what you're focusing on and what your tactic is. And then we want to get really clear on that. So if we keep using the example of the backhand, you're going to practice the backhand in the warm-up, then when you get to the game you're gonna say, right, every time I get a backhand I'm going to focus on hitting this ball down the middle, for example. So you're making a tactical focus for this technique, and also you want to work on your game plan as a whole. So yes, we're gonna work on the backhand, but we're also going to work on our game plan with our partner. So it might be every time I get that backhand I'm going to go down the middle, but also every time I get a short ball I'm going to hit a