RENT A TENNIS BALL MACHINE: March 27, 2011

Thursday Hot Shot Miami 2011

Use Tennis Ball Machines to Practice Regularly without Needing a Real Opponent

I don’t know about you but I have always found team sports to be difficult to practice. It always seems like when I’m interested in a particular sport, none of my friends are. I either have to make a new group of friends just to play the sport or I have to give up on the sport entirely. The nice thing about tennis ball machines is that they eliminate this choice entirely. You can be a solo tennis player all you want as long as you have the tennis ball machine across the court from you.

Every good athlete will tell you that to succeed in sports you need to practice. You need to practice as much as possible to get really good at something and tennis ball machines allow you to practice tennis constantly. You can go out to the court at any time of the day with a tennis ball machine and get that two hours of practice time in.

You don’t have to rely on anyone but yourself if you use tennis ball machines. Now, if you’re serious about playing tennis you better stop reading this article and get out onto the courts.

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Tennis Ball Machines Help You Train Up on a Particular Swing

The one advantage a tennis ball machine has over an actual player is consistency. While real people are prone to fatigue, errors, and generally bad form, a tennis ball machine will be on target at least 99% of the time. The level of consistent accuracy a tennis ball machine provides allows you to practice your technique against particular shots.

Let’s say you are having problems with your backswing from a certain angle and you want to improve that particular swing. You can set the tennis ball machine to launch a tennis ball at a particular spot on your side of the court and just repeatedly backswing tennis balls for hours. You can adjust the position and firing power of the tennis ball machine so that you can work on just about any swing.

Tennis Ball Machines Can Randomize Practice Drills to Work on Response Time

If you get tired of working one particular swing over and over you can change the settings on most tennis ball machines to practice a variety of drills. The lobster tennis ball machine for instance has about six pre-programmed drills in it you can use to practice the common tennis techniques or you can program in your own drills to make it personalized.

Work a combination of drills into the tennis ball machine to simulate real tennis players. You can have the tennis ball machine randomly hit lobs, volleys, backswings, spikes, and all sorts of other complicated moves by adjusting the tennis ball machine’s computer. Of course, certain tennis ball machine brands will have more options than others but you can really get a good work out and practice regimen going if you’re smart enough.

How to Use Tennis Ball Machines to Improve Your Game

Ask any great tennis player how they got to be so good at their favorite sport and they will probably tell you it took a lot of time, patience, practice, and tennis ball machines. Tennis isn’t a sport that you can easily practice on your own. You need at least one other person who is of equal or greater skill than you to volley tennis balls back at you over the net. Generations of tennis players have been forced to play socially, hire personal trainers, or play against cement walls but all of that can stop now because of the tennis ball machine.

Tennis players of all skill levels can improve their game using tennis ball machines if only they use a little forethought. There are a few different types of tennis ball machines but they all boil down to the same basic idea. Whether you purchase a portable tennis ball machine, a tennis twist ball machine, a wilson tennis ball machine, or just one of the many cheap tennis ball machines you will still be using it to improve certain aspects of your game.

Most tennis clubs will have tennis ball machines that you can use or rent out (mine has a nice Wilson portable tennis ball machine) but you can always buy one yourself if you don’t mind spending a little money. Remember, the best tennis ball machine is the one that you are most comfortable using.

In my next blog you'll find a few tips on how you can use a tennis ball machine to improve your game: