1. For how many years have you been playing Padel?
A: For eight years.
2. How do you see Padel in your life: as a sport, a high-performance sport, or a profession?
A: Everything in general, it’s my life.
3. From 1 to 8, what is the level of balance you have between your personal life and Padel?
A: I would say a 5, because I balance it quite well.
4. Do you consider Padel to be a team sport or an individual sport?
A: Team sport.
5. How many times do you train per day?
A: I usually train once in the morning, and then I do both padel and physical training.
6. Which part of the training do you like the most: physical, technical, or tactical?
A: Tactical.
7. Which side of the field do you feel more comfortable playing on: left or right?
A: On the right, since I’m left-handed.
8. Do you consider you need to improve your team play: yes or no?
A: Yes, you always have to improve.
9. What is the technical move that you most like to use in a game?
A: La volea de derecha paralela.
10. Which technical move do you need to work on the most?
A: The back wall backhand.
11. Which part of the game do you need to understand better: defence, attack, or counterattack?
A: I would say the attack.
In a tournament…
12. Do you prefer to play indoors or outdoors?
A: Outdoors, since people usually aren’t very good at it and at least I have been very accustomed to it since I was little.
13. On a slow, medium-fast, or fast court?
A: Fast.
14. Do you prefer to play in the morning, in the afternoon, or in the evening?
A: In the morning.
15. In a tournament, does training and playing on different types of courts influence your game: yes or no?
A: Yes, but in the end you get used to it.
16. As a partnership, do you study your opponents before the games: yes or no?
A: Generally, yes.
17. In tournaments, do you prefer to have the presence of a coach: yes or no?
A: Yes, of course.
18. When you have the coach at tournaments, what do you like to hear during the break: encouragement, constructive criticism, or tactics to apply during the game?
A:I like that, if I do something wrong, it is pointed out to me, because I do not want to continue doing it wrong and, obviously, anything I can improve in the match should be told to me.
Psychological Scope
19. In the psychological realm, what do you feel you need to work on most to improve your performance: frustration, anxiety or confidence?
R: Confidence.
20. What is the degree of influence that the audience has on your adrenaline: none, little, reasonable, or a lot of influence?
A: I would say a little; a little bit rising.
21. What degree of influence does the audience have on your concentration in the game: none, little, reasonable or great influence?
A: None, I just focus on the game.
22. From 1 to 8 what is your level of acceptance when the opponent sends the ball at your body?
A: If you have left the ball short or if you did it because you played badly and that is the only option she has to win the point, it seems normal to me, so I do not care much. I would give it an 8.
23. From 1 to 8, what influence does a defeat have on you?
A: It depends on the defeat. If it is something I have done wrong, it affects me considerably, but if I know that I have competed at a high level and have done things well, it does not affect me much, so I would rate it as a 5.
24. From 1 to 8, how much importance do you give to the moment of serving to close the set?
A: I give it quite a bit of importance, so an 8.
25. And what do you change in your behavior at that moment: self-esteem, individual concentration, group concentration…?
A: I would say that I would discuss it with my partner to know what we are going to do at that moment and, above all, focus on each point in order to achieve the maximum performance.
26. How long does it take you to recover after a less positive performance: minutes, hours, days, or months?
A: It depends; if it has been very bad, it may indeed be true that it takes a bit of time, for example, a few days. But, in reality, the tournament ends, and you focus on the next one.