Priego Quesada, J.I., Olaso Melis, J., Llana-Belloch, S., Pérez-Soriano, P., González García, J.C. & Sanchís Almenara, M. (2013). Padel: A Quantitative study of the shots and movements in the highperformance. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 8(4), pp.925-931. Padel is a sport that has increasing its importance in recent years. Despite this evolution, there is a lack of scientific papers analyzing padel aspects, specifically about the quantification of movements and shots during match. The purpose of this study was to perform quantitative analyses of movements and shots in padel in order to establish the importance of each type. Twenty male professional players were recorded with a video during ten matches and movements (lateral, head-on and backward displacement, split-steps, jump for a smash, and turns pivoting on the right or left foot) and shots (direct and indirect drive, backhand, smash and lob, and direct volley) were identified, quantified and classified. A movement predominance was observed for the lateral displacement followed by head-on displacement and split-step. Direct volley (24.66%) and indirect lob (20.52%) were the most frequent shots, followed by direct smash (17.76%), indirect backhand (14.70%) and indirect drive (14.55%).

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El pádel es un deporte muy practicado en países como España, Argentina y Brasil, pero existen poco artículos científicos que muestren la lesividad de su práctica. Los movimientos más frecuentes del pádel pueden incidir de forma lesiva en el pie y en la articulación del tobillo. Por ello el objetivo del presente estudio fue profundizar en el análisis del rol del pie en la ejecución de los movimientos más representativos del pádel mediante técnicas de video y de presurometría. El estudio fue dividido en dos partes: análisis presurométrico de dos gestos (carrera frontal y el split-step), y filmación del pié en el trascurso de dos partidos.Las principales conclusiones obtenidas del estudio son la importancia del antepié en los movimientos analizados, la importancia de un diseño específico del calzado para el pádel, y la importancia del entrenamiento neuromuscular y propioceptivo del complejo pie-tobillo, especialmente de los flexores plantares.

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This Thesis is focused on the identification of the most relevant properties of artificial grass for padel with the aim of carrying out a standardization procedure.Since padel is not a majority sport, technical documents to establish the properties of surfaces for this sport (mainly artificial turf) do not exist. This has caused that artificial turf installed in padel facilities does not have the most appropriate properties to ensure safety and performance of players, especially if the specific requirements of this sport are taken into account.

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