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

What's the biggest mistake players make with the chiquita? 🎾

4 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Sandy Farquharson explains why players abandon the Chiquita shot after one miss. The biggest mistake is not understanding its effective range. Practice the range and accuracy, and it becomes a reliable weapon in matches.

Hey Sandy, what's the biggest mistake that you commonly see on a Chiquita? I think the biggest mistake that I see with the Chiquita is people being afraid to use it because they haven't found the range. So people think, "Oh, it's a great shot, I'm going to use it in my match." They play the first game, they try and hit one and it floats up and their opponents kill it, and then they think, "I'm not using that again," and they stop using it. Whereas really all they need to do is find that range and get good and accurate with the shot, and then it will be a weapon.