@toburu.cow: Padel AI app taught me to read where a smash is going before it even lands. Most players watch the ball, but the tell is the hitter's shoulder and the paddle face at contact: an open face swinging across the body almost always sends the ball cross-court, while a square face and a closed stance means down the line. Read that half a second early and you stop guessing, you just start moving to the corner the ball is already heading for. The best defenders are not faster than you, they simply start moving sooner. Which way do you send your smash, cross-court or down the line?