The Bandeja Lab
Chain No. 261 · Friday, 18 September 2026

Today's chain puzzle

One point, played as three or four shots. No reading until the end: pick the shot, and where you tap on it is the direction.

YouPartnerOpponentsBall
intermediateone point, 3 shotspositioningnet play

When your partner is lobbed, from the right

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    How a chain works

    A padel point is a sequence, not a shot. Each step here is the position after the last decision went right: the ball you get when the lob was deep enough, when the volley went to the feet, when you moved in as a pair. Get all of them and you have played the point the way a coach would draw it. Miss one and you get two tries, then the court shows you, and the chain is marked. At the end, tap each number to watch that shot again with the one sentence that explains it.

    A new chain every day at six in the morning, Madrid time, the same one for everyone. Your record stays on this device. Today's one-choice puzzle is on the front page.