some balls till the moment that one ball is short enough to take the
risk to hit the ball with higher speed and a direction closer to the
outside lines. Then the player goes to the rear of the player-row
and the new player starts the next ball.
==> This training could also be done with the “2-line” function or
“horizontal movement” instead of one fixed horizontal point.
Servicereturn
Although the machine is not especially made for training the
servicereturn, this is possible with some detailed positioning of the balls.
1. Place the ball machine just behind the baseline at a position close
to the horizontal middle (where players normally serve the ball).
2. Turn on the machine and set the machine at “topspin” (2x
“topspin” button, “slow topspin”).
3. Set the horizontal position to a fixed point in the servicefield,
change the speed (= amount of topspin) to somewhere between 40
and 80 km/h so that the balls fall inside the servicefield. Eventually
the ball machine could be placed some further behind the baseline
so that the balls bounce inside the servicefield.
==> When the balls fall inside the servicefield, the horizontal position
could also be set to 2-line “narrow”, move the direction of the machine so
that the left and right position of the 2-line is just inside the servicefield.
Playing doubles
A nice training with 2 people is to put 2 players as a double close to the
net (but they could decide themselves where to position). The goal for the
double is that they shouldn't let the ball hit the ground inside the court at
their side of the net. When 3 times the ball has hit the ground inside the
lines without a hit by one of the players, they will be relieved by the next
double. A wrong shot doesn't count in this training either a ball that
bounces outside the lines, only a ball counts when the ball hits the ground
directly.
1. Place the ball machine much behind the baseline (close to the court
barrier) and expand the lob-foot for extra high balls.
2. Set the machine at horizontal and vertical movement (3x vertical
button).
3. Set the speed at 60 – 80 km/h so that the deepest ball is just inside
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