What a 1.0 does
- Keeps score and serves from the right side without being told
- Rallies from the back with the forehand
- Plays a ball off the side glass when it comes kindly
What a 1.0 does not do yet
- Wait for a ball to come off the back glass
- Move up or back together with a partner
- Lob on purpose
What to work on next
Let the ball come off the back glass. It feels wrong for weeks, and it is the habit that separates padel from tennis in the first year. Padel wall play: how to stop being afraid of the glass.
On the other scales
The converter files 1.0 under Complete beginner: brand new: learning the serve, the score and where to stand. That reads as MATCHi 1 and LTA 1.0; Padel Mates uses the same 0 to 7 numbers as Playtomic. None of it is official, and the bands hold to about half a point. Convert any number.
How the number moves
New players swing: until the reliability figure next to your level passes about 85 percent, two bad evenings can take half a point off. Play, enter every result, and let it settle. More than ten unforced errors in a set puts a player at 2.5 or under. The long version is in padel levels explained.
Test it
In Padel: The Game a 1.0 meets the 800 PELO pair, Sam and Jo (first months). Late to the ball, generous with errors. Learn the menu here.
The daily Scenario is filed by level, and the beginner ones are the fair test at 1.0. One from the bank: