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Padel, Squash & Badminton

Playing padel, squash and badminton better and more often: venue and kit choices, court bookings and partners, box leagues, core strokes and footwork, coaching and tournaments, for social and competitive players.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Padel, Squash & Badminton, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new training programme, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or are coming back from an injury, and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.

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🏋️ Fitness & Sport

Padel, Squash & Badminton

Getting better at fast racket sports with coaching, ladder matches, footwork drills and court bookings for social and competitive players.

  1. Picking your racket sport and home venue
  2. Court booking account and club membership set-up
  3. First racket that suits your sport and level
  4. Court shoes for your playing surface
  5. Protective eyewear for squash and doubles play
  6. Scoring and rules crib sheet for your sport
  7. Six-lesson beginner coaching block
  8. Starting level and rating baseline
  9. Ten-minute on-court warm-up routine
  10. Kit bag checklist and monthly restock
  11. Weekly court booking rhythm
  12. Playing partner roster by level
  13. Box league or ladder entry
  14. Match log with scores and notes
  15. Restringing and regripping schedule
  16. Ball and shuttle stock management
  17. Weekly solo practice session
  18. Monthly match review against the log
  19. Membership renewal and value check
  20. Squash straight drive to the back corners
  21. Badminton low serve and high serve consistency
  22. Padel glass play, bandeja and vibora
  23. Six-corner ghosting footwork programme
  24. Split step timing on the opponent's strike
  25. Doubles positioning and partner calls
  26. Badminton rear-court clears, drops and smashes
  27. Squash boast, drop and volley short game
  28. Learning tactics from professional matches
  29. Marking, umpiring and self-officiating basics
  30. Filming a match for technique review
  31. Cutting your most costly unforced error
  32. Court-speed conditioning block
  33. Choosing a coach for private lessons
  34. Second racket and string tension decision
  35. Racket arm and shoulder strength routine
  36. First padel americano or mexicano
  37. First club tournament entry
  38. Inter-club league team debut
  39. Hosting a social round robin evening
  40. Racket sport camp or coaching holiday
  41. Returning to the court after years away
  42. Switching from tennis to padel
  43. Lunchtime squash around a working day
  44. Mixed doubles with your partner
  45. Family badminton with children
  46. Squash 57 and slower formats for longer careers
  47. Ranking event season plan
  48. Opponent scouting and match plan cards
  49. Between-rally routine for pressure points
  50. String tension and frame tuning experiments

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Picking your racket sport and home venue

Padel, squash and badminton reward different things: padel is the easiest to enjoy in the first hour and is nearly always doubles, squash gives the hardest workout in forty minutes, and badminton rewards speed and touch in a sports hall. Choosing one main sport and a venue you can reach in under twenty minutes decides whether you play every week or twice a year.

First tasks

  • List every padel, squash and badminton venue within twenty minutes of home
  • Book a pay-and-play or taster session for each sport you have not tried
  • Note the peak and off-peak court price at each venue
  • Write down your main sport and home venue

Court booking account and club membership set-up

Most venues release courts through an app or website a set number of days ahead, and the good evening slots go within minutes. Setting up the account, learning the release time and cancellation window, and deciding between pay-and-play and membership saves money and missed courts from the first month.

First tasks

  • Download the venue's booking app and complete your player profile
  • Find out what time new courts are released and how far ahead
  • Write down the cancellation cutoff and the late cancellation fee
  • Work out a typical month's court cost on pay-and-play versus membership

First racket that suits your sport and level

Beginners often buy the racket a professional uses, and a stiff, head-heavy frame punishes every off-centre hit. A round-headed padel bat, a squash racket that is not too head-heavy, or a badminton racket with a medium-flex shaft forgives mistakes while technique settles, and costs far less than the flagship models.

First tasks

  • Ask the venue or club whether they lend demo rackets
  • Play a session with at least two different rackets
  • Compare the shortlist on weight, balance, grip size and price
  • Buy the racket and note its model and purchase date

Make it yours.

Install Padel, Squash & Badminton, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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