INITIATION TO PADDLE SPORTS – 4º E.S.O.

PADDLE sports are those sports modalities in which we use an instrument or implement called
PADDLE to be able to practice it.

Let's consider the following racket sports:

 TABLE TENNIS (PING PONG)

 PADDLE (PADEL)
 PADDLES BEACH
 BASQUE BALL
 PICKLEBALL

The paddle that we will use can be of different sizes, shapes, weight or made of different types of
materials, although they have some common parts that are:

 Handle or hilt: where it is held

 Neck: It is the intermediate area of the racket that goes from the handle to the hitting area
 Head: It is an area of strings or compact (of various materials) with which we will hit the ball or
the mobile used.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PADDLE

PICKLEBALL

PADDLE/
PÁDEL
 PING PONG
VASQUE BALL

INITIATION PADDLE
BEACH

THE MOBILE TO HIT:

Depending on the modality that we practice, the mobile, the object can vary in shape, weight or size.
Here are several types of mobiles used in racket sports:

PADEL PING PONG

 PERFORATED

PLASTIC

THE FIELD OR PLAYING SPACE:

Depending on the sport we practice, we will see that the playing fields are different in
terms of measurements, type of ground, spaces where you can touch the ball or the
various lines that delimit it.

To get a general idea we will establish these classifications:

• Field divided in two by a net: paddle tennis, table tennis, pickleball and paddles.

• Common court with front wall or pediment: Frontenis or Basque ball

• Field with lateral and bottom delimiting lines (if the mobile touches outside these lines
it is considered a "lost point". Ball that touches the line is "good"): table tennis, rackets

• Field with side and bottom enclosures. (allows you to hit the ball against the walls):
paddle tennis, racquetball and Basque ball

- The serve: Initial hit to put the ball into play. Depending on the sport practiced, the
gesture of the serve will be from below (paddle, shovels, Basque ball, racquetball and
table tennis) (unlike tennis or squash where the ball is thrown upwards and hitting it
above the head) generally when performing the serve the ball must fall or touch within a
defined area.

- Right: It is the most natural blow. The ball that is located on the side of the body
where we hold the shovel is hit

- Backhand (reverse): We hit the ball that is located on the side of the body where we do
not have the shovel
 - Smash: It is the attack blow and more aggressive. Hit hard and down with
the racket above the head and the arm almost straight.

- Globe: Hit that gains a lot of height, in a parabola and that goes to the
back of the opponent's court

WAY TO GET THE “POINT OR SO MUCH”:

As we said before, each point will start with the "serve". If the serve is valid, the player
who receives it (receiver) must hit the mobile with the racket only once, returning the
ball to the opposite court over the net or hitting the fronton and within the lines or
spaces that limit it. In all racquet modalities you can hit the ball directly (that is, without
it having bounced in our field) or after a bounce. If we let it bounce twice, it would be
"bad" for us.

The general idea would be that I must defend my field and reach all the balls that the
opponent puts in and try to return the ball to the other field to a place that the rival
player cannot reach.
Therefore, you will earn a point if you achieve any of these things:

- If the ball bounces in the opponent's court and your rival cannot return it before the
second bounce
- If the opposing player returns it but touches the net and falls into his field or passes
under the tape that acts as the net
- If the ball thrown by your rival does not enter the field (remember that if it touches the
line it is "good"). If it goes out and you return it, the game will continue. If it goes out
but you accidentally touch it or do not let it touch out of the field, it will be a point for
your opponent.
- If your rival commits any "fault" to the regulations such as:

 Touch the ball twice

 Take out from it is not your turn to take out
 Touching the net or tape with the racket or with any part of the body
 Return the ball that he previously hit somewhere in the body