I am working on an Air Hockey game; I tried making the movement physics-based, by doing this:

using UnityEngine;

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody m_Rigidbody;

    private float HorizontalInput;
    private float VerticalInput;

    public float Speed = 1.0f;

    private void Start()
    {
        m_Rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();    
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        HorizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        VerticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        m_Rigidbody.AddForce(new Vector3(VerticalInput * Speed, 0.0f, -HorizontalInput * Speed),ForceMode.VelocityChange);
    }
}

and by adding a PhysicsMaterial to the MeshCollider attached to my player:

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The movement should be quick and responsive, but it feels rather sloppy and unresponsive; I also tried using Input.GetAxisRaw(...), but the controls become quite clunky.
How can I improve on this? Is there a go-to way to do this type of movement in Unity?

(I would like the final version of the game to be played on controllers) [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/OTEHV.png

I am working on an Air Hockey game; I tried making the movement physics-based, by doing this:

using UnityEngine;

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody m_Rigidbody;

    private float HorizontalInput;
    private float VerticalInput;

    public float Speed = 1.0f;

    private void Start()
    {
        m_Rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();    
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        HorizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        VerticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        m_Rigidbody.AddForce(new Vector3(VerticalInput * Speed, 0.0f, -HorizontalInput * Speed),ForceMode.VelocityChange);
    }
}

and by adding a PhysicsMaterial to the MeshCollider attached to my player:

The movement should be quick and responsive, but it feels rather sloppy and unresponsive; I also tried using Input.GetAxisRaw(...), but the controls become quite clunky.
How can I improve on this? Is there a go-to way to do this type of movement in Unity?

(I would like the final version of the game to be played on controllers)