SuperCoach is a perfect tool for a tennis
coaches to help their students to improve their games.
Professional coaches can create complex game like situations.
Individual tennis players can use it as a partner for
the same reason. It is the only tennis ball machine
on the market, which is capable to simulate real games.
You can program it to provide you with a different ball
type (flat, topspin, backspin and lob) for each ball
and place any of these shots anywhere on the court.
Let's take an example. McEnroe was famous
for returning increasingly faster topspins to the opponent's
forehand. Balls with a topspin bounce high therefore
he forced his opponent to move more and more backwards
in order to position himself for the proper ball return.
When the opponent was far enough McEnroe returned a
drop shot behind the net on the backhand side, which
was almost always a clear winner.
You can program the SuperCoach tennis
ball machine to do just that. In an advanced programming
mode you increase the topspin for each ball for a few
consecutive shots, then program a backspin ball on the
other side, right behind the net. If you practice this
starting at level 0, where you have enough time between
balls to return all of them, then slowly you can work
your way up to level 7 and the next thing you know you
are playing like a pro.
We have watched coaches using the SuperCoach
to simulate other difficult scenarios with their students.
The first few balls are normal flat or topspin around
the T-line or baseline, then the machine returns a drop
shot close behind the net. The next ball is a lob to
the baseline. It takes a lot of practice to return this
lob correctly while running backwards and keeping an
eye on the ball.
With the SuperCoach tennis ball machine
a coach can create an infinite number of scenarios to
drill someone on their weak points. For an individual
this machine can be a "fun" partner. If you
are tired to play your buddy because he or she is inconsistent
in playing and showing up, the SuperCoach will never
disappoint you. It is reliable and it never argues.