Omar Salem
Omar came to padel from tennis in 2020, played a World Cup, and has competed across four continents. He has coached since 2023, and teaches padel as a game of position and patience — not power.
Twenty seconds, no script.
Filmed on court in Jakarta. Spoken in English, with Bahasa Indonesia subtitles.
Tennis, then Paraguay, then Jakarta.
Omar came to padel from tennis, with more than thirteen years in racket sports behind him. He picked the game up in 2020 and was competing at national level in Egypt soon after.
In 2023 he was selected for the Egyptian national team at the Padel World Cup in Paraguay. He has competed nationally and internationally since, across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
He started coaching the same year and is now based in Jakarta, where he still plays international tournaments. His teaching is unfashionably patient — no trick shots, no drills you cannot repeat alone. He believes most club players are two or three habits away from a level they think is out of reach.
Three things every lesson has to obey.
Position before power
Almost every unforced error starts two seconds earlier, in the feet. We fix where you stand before we touch your swing.
One correction at a time
Lessons isolate a single change and give you a way to test it on court the same week. Layered fixes never hold.
Play the point you're in
Reading the ball off the glass is a skill, not a reflex. It can be taught, drilled, and measured.