I Played a GRADE 2 Padel Tournament (Highlights)

[@EverythingPadel]

2 tournaments filmed, 2 L's in the second round🤣 what did you think I could have done better? Come over more to Pietro's side?

[@oliverfreakout]

You should not listen to your mates, they clearly isn't very high level in padel. Crossing over to much in to your partners side will just open the court up to much, you will not gain by this, + you will make your partner feel smaller and the balls he gets he will not have any confidence in. Try to get better so that you can finish more points when you do get it. No offense, but you are still very medioker, if you start running over to a lefies side cause you think you can finish it off better, good luck. Never go more than like 60% court. Leftie and righty can play more aggro, on decent volleys you can close the net and go x4 a lot more, if they lob over you, your partner will always have backhand in towards middle and can cover up for you.

[@MetalGamer666]

@@oliverfreakout When he's asking what a player at his level could have done better, telling him he is not very good, and to get better, is not very helpful.

[@BamLe90Ger]

Easy: Get yourself a better partner 😂…

[@hourlay1]

I think that the level between you and Pietro is roughly similar. If you take all the easy ball , of course , Pietro will not do much winners. You are saying it was a tough fridge but from the video it was a tiny fridge. Just count the nr of shot of you and Pietro and i am sure it is around 60 / 40 .

[@oliverfreakout]

@@hourlay1 100% agree, think the creator of this vid have the classic ego problem that is very common in padel.

[@MetalGamer666]

Some tips on how to deal with the fridge: -Focus on what can you do, avoid becoming frustrated, encourage your partner. -Observe, speak more, give helpful information about your opponents. -Help your partner by making his side of the court smaller by moving towards the middle. -Cover the net when receiving smashes so your partner can cover the back and rest. -When you eventually get a ball, don't overplay and try to play a winner (unless it's a clear opportunity). -Play diagonally, especially with lobs, so it's more difficult for your opponents to play to your partner. -When you would normally take the net, you can stay behind so your opponents might play on you instead of your partner, who is at the net (but don't open up diagonal lines). -If they then lob your partner, you can cover behind him as well (just be aware that your side is open, so play accordingly). -Your partner (who is not in the fridge) has to play with quality to get out of the situation, as he has to play some more difficult shot. It's not always easy. -Your partner should play down the line, especially lobs with high quality. -Your partner should go to the net, with you staying at the back, so they might lob or play to you more often. -Your partner should still play diagonally when he gets a good opportunity to put pressure on your opponents, especially if his best shot is a diagonal volley. -When your partner has played diagonally, be ready to step in towards the middle to intercept with a quick volley if your opponents play the return diagonally. Hope that helped.

[@christopherstanford6315]

The fridge is THE most frustrating part of padel. To be evenly matched with your partner is probably the most important thing. So they don’t get value by picking on one guy.

[@sebulbathx]

I say the fridge is very effective anyway. Even with similar matched players. But becomes devastating if the pair is unevenly matched.

[@sanikubatlija8599]

So much talk about the fridge but if you know how to play and know your tactics then you know how to get involved/involve your partner

[@maxwellcrow9677]

@@sanikubatlija8599 Could you give me some examples of how to deal with the fridge? Or maybe, if possible, the general guidelines to keep in mind?

[@joseandres3500]

Yeahh would like to know too how to deal with that tactic! ​@@maxwellcrow9677

[@WivoRN]

Great work my man. The Bajadas were super delicious. This fridge tactic is super frustrating to watch, can't imagine what it was like for you. Good luck in the next tournament!

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks man

[@antromo1964]

Maan im really happy to see padel thriving in the uk, I have been playing padel for 17 years already and let me tell you, its all experience for the next tournament, i already see a lot of good advice in the comments so im just going to encourgae you to practice more and continue playing tornaments every time you can. Keep it up man and use the frustation of losing tournaments as motivation to get better for the next one, thats what i have been doing at least.

[@bushmanlegend]

Really enjoyed these last two videos. Gives a good insight into some of my own fridge frustrations. Also great insight into the tournament ability at the different levels as it’s very tricky to peg your own level against these LTA tournament levels. Keep em coming 💪

[@ironice85]

Those videos are awesome and very insightful, please do more of these

[@joaogouveia5968]

Loving this content! Keep it up!

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks

[@paoloplayspadel]

Good stuff, man. There was about a 20 sec black screen around 06:42 but the video was pretty solid. Also, I know videos like these don't get as much views as tutorials or racket reviews but I personally find them helpful and entertaining. Keep it up!

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks man. Yeh sorry about that. Just an editing error. I much prefer to make videos like this!

[@EverythingPadel]

Sorry about the black - 6:42 - just an editing error, you didn't miss a lot

[@KY-dg8gp]

Thanks for showing the games. We noobs can learn alot from these video;s.

[@fedelercari]

This style of videos is great for learning tactics!!!

[@PhazeOfficial]

Loving this video format mate. We can learn a lot from analysing real games at a non pro level. Keep em coming. Good luck for the next tourney 🤙🏻

[@66gattaca]

Thanks for posting this, clearly not easy! I play in Spain, not sure quite at your level as I’m classed as a veteran, but I feel your pain on being placed in the frigadora! In a hard match when the tide is turning against you, when you realise you are barely getting the opportunity to touch the ball, you find yourself creeping out of your zone…and usually opening yourself up to a nice globo! I am enjoying your posts, good stuff, please continue - and good luck!

[@MohamadSobh]

Love those coverages and the analytical critique right after and then after cooling down.

[@EverythingPadel]

👍🏼💪🏼

[@konstantinos3424]

Pietro must play straight lobs to force your cross player to play you. That’s the only tactic you can do in the fridge. And risk more of course.

Yes also just play straight shots along the fence.

[@tonisoos937]

What prevents the cross player to play straight back to Pietro? Respectively why is it better?

[@EverythingPadel]

It is a bit better because playing cross court has a couple advantages, such as more space in the court and more difficult to defend, but you are right, he probably still would play down the line

[@MetalGamer666]

@@tonisoos937 There is nothing preventing the opponent to play back down the line to Pietro. The point is that it is a more difficult shot. So the quality will be lower, and he might decide to play cross court instead. It's the same reason Pietro should take the net on his own, so his opponents might take the opportunity to play to the fridged player at the back, as it is less risky. If they lob Pietro, the fridged player should cover the whole back of the court and return the lob to get involved and let Pietro rest.

[@tonisoos937]

​@@MetalGamer666 Thank u guys for your fast response, I appreciate it

[@TheBoomsat]

Amazing video. Well sometimes they play all the balls to us sometimes to our partners it happens. Maybe Pietro can play more parallel balls if they are playing all the balls to him. Great video editing the games seemed great. Keep playing you will win the next one and teach us how to do it :)

[@ryss1]

A loss is not always terrible or negative. It's terrible when you lose to someone who you know is worse than you and your partner are. Going into a match as the underdog has this weird energy of 'I have nothing to lose'. Me personally, I like to go into matches as a underdog.. or maybe I'm just getting used to it :DD Nice padel and good analytic content

[@EverythingPadel]

👍🏼💪🏼

[@tangofoxtrot40]

Fair play to Pietro man. That guy got focused for 2 games lasting more than an hour. Id imagine he felt bad and slept through it the whole day but man what endurance

[@diegoabche]

I think it comes down to knowing more your partners and playing before together. Regarding the fridge, someone told me the best way to overcome it is the targeted person should play straight in front or in parallel to force the other to play across, but I'm no expert lol Ps: Really enjoyed this type of content as well!

[@CristobalAmpuero-ls9yg]

Would love to understand how your tactic evolves during the game. You describe very accurately what your opponents think but I don't see how you take advantage of that during the game. Great content!

[@mandazialshidhani6336]

we want more videos like this :))))

[@richardetjames]

One thing to make the fridge harder for your opponents is to wear the same T shirt colour as your partner and then cross sides when opportunity comes during the point

[@hourlay1]

It works usually but not when your partner is lefty...

[@Funkytrip73]

Also lesson learned: don't play with a partner who differs too much in power level as either you get fridged or they get fridged. Always have comparable power levels so opponents have no reason to fridge someone.

[@MetalGamer666]

They can still fridge players to tire out one player. You just have to know how to deal with it and give your opponents a hard time whenever they try it.

[@hourlay1]

You can also fridge the worst player. The best becomes tired and under pressure. the worst makes some mistakes on the few balls he has. After a few minutes , it generates the chaos...😊

[@Cryptopeople84]

Hey dude! There’s clearly some negative people in here. It’s clear to see that you’re a level above your partner. I play with my girlfriend all the time and we have the same thing going on. I find myself often in the fridge. It can definitely be frustrating! You definitely don’t come across as arrogant by stating things how they are. Haters will hate for no reason other than themselves. Keep up the great vids!

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks a lot for the support

[@Kthogersen]

Good and very solid padel. I'm amazed by how slow everybody plays. Maybe it's because the majority comes from tennis here, but the game is A LOT FASTER. Honestly, I prefer a game like yours, where it's more technical and moving people around to set up plays.

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks

[@frane1201]

In the 2nd round match, after noticing their tactic of playing 20 balls to Pietro before playing 1 to you, my tactic would be to replicate their strategy. I would select a bit weaker player out of the 2 and agree with Pietro to focus your game to him (At least 90% of the balls). That would make them frustrated, make 1 of them really tired, and would kick them out of the rhythm - Something they did to you. I get your frustration from their strategy and turning the game basically into 2 vs 1 with you basically being a spectator , but next time try to adopt and change something in your game plan when you see that happening.

[@MetalGamer666]

Most of the time this should be the opponent on the same side as the player that is outside the fridge, forcing them to play down the line if they want to keep playing to the same player.

[@Mollelarsson]

The freezer is my biggest worry now that i'm entering a league. In casual games at my center it doesn't really happen (thank god), but i've tried it once and it absolutely sucks. My only saving grace is my lack of talent, so i'm fairly certain i'm not worth freezing out ;) - Good thing is i'm left handed, so if me or my mate gets frozen, the other is still a good threat!

[@MichaelLefever-ke2td]

How do you like the nox at 10 you are using in this video?

[@garymurraya]

Ive played padel for 5 years in spain. Can I just say that from a friendly view, you need some lessons from someone who really knows. You do play well, very competetive, but your technique is not good and if you dont change soon, it will be much harder later, like for me. I dont want to pick on certain aspects, like letting the ball fall too low on the bajadas de pared, or dropping your pala too much on volleys, but a good coach will set you right on many things and then you will improve. The nevera / fridge is a horrible tactic and I never use it, I'd rather lose than think I have to do that to another couple. However, your partner should hit en parellel when it happens and then the tendancy will be for the person in parallel to him to hit diagonally to you, which happened sometimes from what I could see and yes you need to step across. You also need to play with people at a closer level to you and then it wont happen as much and he needs to lob more, higher and higher, then its harder to smash of course. Anyway, just my two pence worth. I can add that no one there would get into a group A match at an average club in barcelona, the difference in the level is so vast. Even the no.1 UK person would not make the worlds top 500 imho..... but we need more investment, more courts, more players.... and about 10 years to get anywhere near.... Good luck

[@tioburguer]

100% right, grade 2 in UK is grade 4 in Spain

[@EverythingPadel]

Thanks buddy - I agree 💪🏼

[@Funkytrip73]

@@EverythingPadel What playtomic level would this be? I have a feeling the level in the Netherlands is higher than in the UK right now correct?

[@EverythingPadel]

@@Funkytrip73 Not sure exactly cos I don't use it much, but yeh it will be much higher in Netherlands, UK is the lowest level probably cos it is so small here

[@josee-o8k]

this would be probably be like a 3.5 level on playtomic in Spain, no?

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

Lo siento pero no me veo capaz de expresar todo esto en inglés. Si alguien esta interesado puede usar el traductor. - Tomar mas riesgo no suele ser una buena táctica. Hay que ser consistente en el juego y no permitir que los contrarios se crezcan con nuestros errores. - que tu compañero juegue globos en paralelo para provocar que la bola te vuelva a ti en la diagonal. - intentar cruzarte en la red para interceptar el juego sobre tu compañero pero sin arriesgar demasiado. Muchas veces simplemente amagar les creara dudas. - en ultima instancia, que tu compañero juegue en la red y tu retrasado para que los contrarios jueguen mas sobre ti. Está claro que la nevera es una situación dificil de resolver, por eso se usa 😉. Suerte para la proxima. 👍🏻💪🏼 -

[@EverythingPadel]

Estoy aprendiendo español, así que gracias por tu comentario .

[@EverythingPadel]

Creo entiendo! Muchas gracias . Intentaré traducir todo de las palabras en mi próxima clase de español 💪🏼

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

@@EverythingPadel suerte en tus proyectos 👍🏻

[@MetalGamer666]

Buen comentario. Compartí algunas de las mismas ideas en mi comentario.

[@Aziz-zi8bn]

Way too shy for a left side player you need to be more aggressive and more agile on your feet ! Incredible bajada though and very good defense

[@marcussatherstrom5502]

Don’t you ever play three full sets in UK?

[@mocee83]

When u go out to tournaments and maybe league games do ur opponents recognise u as a yt coach? that would also b another good reason to fridge u, fearing what u myt do to them if they hit to u. They probably even learnt a few things from ur content and nw we have to fight the grandmaster, nah lets just fridge him. Btw clean, pop out, counter smash at 5:05

[@EverythingPadel]

Don’t think the first guys knew me but Oli and Oscar do as I’ve played before . Yeh maybe!! Thanks

[@KY-dg8gp]

What if you get fridged, why not so the same back? So the guy that gets fridged keeps playing the ball back to the same guy.

[@EverythingPadel]

Yeh I said, we need to play everything to Oscar

[@blastocistos]

Grade 2 in the UK is like grade 5 in Spain 🙀

[@RZoro2626]

Ok

[@RZoro2626]

Cool

[@rumlehvidtved205]

Balls...... padel balls

[@jamesweatherup9106]

Great effort , why not fridge one of the other team and or put up high lobs and temporarily switch sides with your partner during the point - just to confuse your opponents

[@kukko5985]

I think you should play with a partner that can hold his weigh better or even be better than you next time!

[@EverythingPadel]

Pietro did really good it was just unfortunate how many balls went his way and the tiredness kicked in

[@kukko5985]

@@EverythingPadel thats true👍🏻

[@FlyFoxAir]

Have you ever done a successful salida?

[@namrinb]

Maybe find a stronger right player who is even stronger than yourself and see how it goes? 😊

[@samuelpeeters7114]

didnt the lady at the start say it was normal sets why did you play super tiebreak third set?

[@EverythingPadel]

She meant normal sets but then a super tiebreak

[@mingi1489]

Getting fridged is probably what will happen in my first tournament.. my teammate misses a lot of easy balls so it’s going to be tough once they focus on my teammate

[@mollycollins2125]

I hate the fridge so much but game is game sadly. It does not always benefit being good in padel. It might have been more beneficial to be less good so you will go down to the same level as your team mate so the fridge is not as tempting for the opponents.

[@CalliPadel]

Was that just a really tough draw, seeded opponents? Having 2 long, tough matches in 1 tournament?

[@EverythingPadel]

No average draw to be honest

[@jj9749]

Fridging seems kind of against the spirit of the game. It would be like targeting the woman in tennis mixed doubles (perhaps they do, I don't know).

[@kukko5985]

The thing is in padel in tournaments everybody wants to win and the fridge is an excellent tactic to beat your opponent if the other one is a bit weaker..

[@EverythingPadel]

It’s fair enough in a tournament cos the goal is to win

[@thirty30tennis86]

I noted that the tournament had 32 couples. Matches were best of 3 sets - 2 Tie-Break Sets and a deciding 3rd set 10-point Match Tie-Break. And no Golden point played at Deuce, i.e. 'normal' Deuce. Was the format straight knockout?

[@tennisone6376]

Interesting video but foot faulting not cool man!

[@FlynnGray-m2b]

Stop being so tough on Pietro. Win and lose as a team.

[@mynietbellen]

Was he tough on him?!? Nope!