# Analysis of Errors and Winners in Men's and Women's Professional Padel
## 4 Discussion  
The objective of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of the finishing strokes made by professional padel players and to ascertain the differences between them, taking into account the importance of the situation during each game and the type of stroke. The results obtained show that both men and women make more errors than winners, which would reinforce one of the main objectives of this sport, which is to minimize the number of errors. [PERSON] and collaborators also conclude that professional players make more mistakes than winners, although in their research, they did not make a distinction between men and women [7]. In addition, the results show that the difference between errors and winners increases as the importance of the point increases during each game in men's padel, where in golden points, more than 60% of the points end with an error. However, the opposite happens in women's padel, as this difference decreases, going from almost 70% of errors in non-key moments, to less than 60% of errors in golden points. The importance of the point seems to modify the behavior of the players, making the game more conservative in the men's category, waiting for the rival's mistake, while in women's padel, the percentage of winning shots increases. Likewise, [PERSON] and collaborators state in their study that the importance of the point on the matc' scoreboard makes players change their game behavior [31]. These findings are very novel, since no previous research in padel has taken into account the importance of the point. Players must pay special attention to the different moments of the game (non-key moment, key moment, or golden point), creating training routines in which specific situations are established, that is, training with scoreboard simulation. The most characteristic last shot in men's and women's padel is the tray or the smash, followed by the wall shot, and then the forehand volley and then the backhand volley. Another investigation [25], whose topic of study is finishing shots, concludes that volleys (30.8%) are the shots most used by players, followed by smashes (22.7%), wall shots (22.1%), and trays (6.4%). They do not make a distinction between forehand and backhand volleys though. On the other hand, [PERSON] and collaborators conclude in their study that the most common finishing shots in professional men and women are smashes, followed by shots from the wall [11]. In addition, while the third most characteristic type of shot is the forehand volley and then the backhand volley in men's padel, in women's padel, the third most common shot is the backhand volley and then the forehand volley. Professional players must train these types of shots, finding the most suitable occasion to make them, since they are the most common finishing shots, and therefore the last action that determines success in the point. The results of this study showed that trays and smashes are the most effective shots made by men and women to score points regardless of the game situation. Several investigations also conclude that winning pairs make a greater number of smashes and winning smashes than losing pairs [5; 6; 7; 11]. Professional players should use trays and smashes as often as possible, as these are the shots with which men and women players earn the most points and make the fewest mistakes. Coaches must provide information on the effectiveness of this type of hitting to their players and create specific tasks where it is treated as finishing actions. In addition, [PERSON] and collaborators indicate in their study that while men perform more flat and topspin shots, women use the tray more, significantly decreasing its effectiveness when the players move away from the net [15].