Padel
AI match analysis for padel: bandejas, víboras, smashes por tres and por cuatro, glass play, lobs, volleys and golden points, each logged with a timestamp.
AI-Powered Capabilities
- ✓Overhead shots (bandeja, víbora, gancho)
- ✓Smashes (por tres, por cuatro)
- ✓Glass play
- ✓Volleys
- ✓Lobs
- ✓Golden point
- ✓Net vs baseline points
- ✓Chiquita transitions
Use Cases
- →Professional padel tournament analysis
- →Player technique optimization
- →Court strategy training
- →Opponent pattern recognition
- →Team partnership development
Basic Rules & Standards
- 1Ball can bounce off back wall before returned
- 2Walls are in play, serves underhand
- 3Volley at net allowed anywhere
- 4Glass walls frame court (boundaries)
- 5Ball hitting metal frame is out
- 6Similar scoring to tennis
- 7Rally is live when ball bounces in court
What PitchView AI detects in a padel match
- Overhead shots — the bandeja (defensive tray), the víbora (attacking with spin) and the gancho.
- Smashes — smashes out por tres and por cuatro, and smashes that fail into the net or the glass.
- Glass play — the bajada de pared (attacking off the wall) and the doble pared.
- Volleys — winning volleys and forced errors at the net.
- Lobs — the perfect lob that drives opponents back, and the short lob that gets punished.
- Golden point — the deciding point at deuce (punto de oro).
Each point notes whether it was won at the net or from the back, and a chiquita that sets up the move to the net is recognised. Routine rally shots are left out unless they end the point, so you see the moments that decided it.
How it works
- 1
Add your footage
upload a video file (up to 500 MB: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV or WebM), paste a direct video URL or a YouTube link. For YouTube you can choose the download quality; the recommended one is pre-selected.
- 2
Choose the sport
pick it from the list, or let PitchView auto-detect it from a YouTube link. You confirm the sport before the analysis starts, and can pick the two teams from your Teams list so events are attributed to them.
- 3
Standard, parallel or live
standard analysis processes the whole video in one pass, ideal for highlights and short clips. Parallel analysis splits long footage into short overlapping segments and analyses several at once, with events appearing as each segment finishes. Stream analysis works on a match while it's being broadcast live.
- 4
Review and export
events appear on an interactive timeline; click any one to jump to that moment. Mark events as correct, wrong or duplicate, edit them, add your own, re-run the analysis with a custom prompt, and export the results.
What the output looks like
Illustrative example of the output format — not from a real match.
| Time | Event | Pair | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02:48 | Aerial | Pair A | Bandeja to regain the net after a deep lob |
| 09:31 | Glass Play | Pair B | Bajada de pared, winner down the middle |
| 17:04 | Smash | Pair A | Smash por tres, won from the net |
| 26:40 | Lob | Pair B | Short lob punished with a víbora |
| 33:15 | Gold Point | Pair A | Golden point won at the net after a chiquita |
Getting the best results
- A camera behind and above the back glass shows all four players and the side walls — the angle most padel broadcasts use.
- Keep the glass in view: wall play is part of the analysis.
- Full matches: use parallel analysis for faster results.
- Pick both pairs from your Teams list so points are attributed correctly.
Who uses it
Padel coaches reviewing decision-making at the net, competitive players studying how they win and lose points, clubs running academies, and creators building match highlight timelines.
Frequently asked questions
Does it recognise padel-specific shots?
Yes — bandeja, víbora, gancho, bajada de pared, doble pared and chiquita.
Does it log the golden point?
Yes, the punto de oro at deuce is recorded.
Does it show where points are won?
Each point notes whether it was won at the net or from the back of the court.
Does it track player movement?
No. PitchView detects and timestamps match events; it doesn't track player positions or movement.
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