Back court
Strokes & Backglass
Own the glass. Reset the point.
The back court is where matches are lost. Eight sessions that rebuild your baseline game around the wall — reading the bounce, setting your feet early, and turning defence into a controlled lob that buys you the net.
Coming soonIntermediateTechnique8 lessons42m
Filming this autumn
The curriculum below is finished and every lesson is scripted. What is not done is the filming. Until it is, the fastest way to get this material is straight from Omar on a Court Call.
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Court Call
30 minutes with Omar, built around two clips of you playing.
Check availabilityWhat you will learn
By the end of this course.
- Read the ball off the back glass with time to spare
- Stand three metres off the wall and hold it under pressure
- Hit a backhand off the glass instead of running around it
- Land a lob within a metre of their baseline
- Run a twenty-minute practice on your own
Curriculum
42m total3 chapters, 8 lessons.
01
Before the ball arrives
2 lessons- 01Read it before it landsTwo looks — one off their racket, one off the floor. Stop following the ball all the way in and start knowing where it will be.Ball trackingTiming5:00
- 02Three metres, not oneWhere to wait, and the small step back as the ball passes you. Most jammed shots are a spacing problem, not a technique problem.SpacingFootwork5:30
02
The shots
3 lessons- 03Let the wall do the workDouble-wall balls look chaotic and are not. Back glass first means step to the middle; side glass first means back and low.WallsAnticipation5:30
- 04Backhand off the glassThe shot most players run around. Turn at the bounce, let it drop to your thigh, and drive through the line.BackhandContact point6:00
- 05When you're stretchedShorter swing, not longer. Getting depth when you are reaching, and blocking a hard drive without a backswing.RecoveryBlock5:00
03
Winning it back
3 lessons- 06The lob that wins the netA strip one metre from the back glass, and how to find it when you are late. Then which side to send it to.LobTargeting6:00
- 07Twenty minutes aloneFour blocks, five minutes each, on any court with nobody else. Four numbers to write down afterwards.DrillsPractice4:00
- 08Three patternsThe reset ladder, lob and follow, and the corner trap. Point patterns you will recognise in your next match.PatternsGame plan5:00
Head Coach, Jago Padel
About the coach
Omar Salem
Omar Salem grew up between Cairo and Jakarta, and found padel at nineteen through a squash coach who told him he moved like a wall player. Eleven seasons later he has played FIP events across Europe and Asia and represented Egypt at junior level.
11
Years competing
#212
Career-high FIP
2,400+
Coaching hours
1
Course in production