Tennis Technique Drills With The Slinger Bag Ball Machine

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A few weeks ago I reviewed the Slinger Bag tennis ball machine which covered mostly how to operate it and what are its main features.
But today I wanted to show you a few tennis drills that you can do with a ball machine regardless of what brand you own.
In this video article we'll focus on how to work on improving your technique while using a ball machine.
I'll show you how you can gradually increase the challenge of staying focused on a new technical movement you're working on, while the situations become more demanding.
If you don't own a tennis ball machine you can still check out the video as it can give you a good foundation on how to increase the challenge of tennis drills.

[@tomtwells6082]

Great explanation on intelligent usage of ball machine. I've been using one regularly for a year and it has improved my skill from 3.5 to 4.5. Tomas is such an intelligent coach and has practical training modules.

[@vlesmeries]

This is the best drill guide for the Slinger yet.

[@josec.medinajr.9532]

Love your video....as a new slinger bag owner, I'm going to use your tips and settings initially to set up my drills....thanks....and best regards from Miami, FLA

[@tonywilsdon224]

As always, fantastic video. Thanks for all your videos!

[@jonwz]

I love your focus on the non-dominant arm. I took a few lessons from Vic Braden and he was always big on the kinetic chain, and how to stop it to transfer power to the racket. I'm about to try to return to tennis with my 32 year old trusty tennis tutor machine. Hopefully I've forgotten all my bad habits....:) Your ball machine drills are GREAT! THANK YOU!!!!

[@Alex-vi9xb]

This is an excellent drill progression! It would also be great to see "serve+1", slice and drop shot drills. Thank you Thomas!

[@tan.nicolas]

top notch content, cheers from Chile!

[@joyceharris3040]

Thank you, this gives me more focus on my practice.

[@diario_e-bike]

A machine like that it's a dream for any player

[@Jensjutube]

Thanks a lot for the video. I'm sure it will BE helpful. I just received the Slinger and can't expect to practise with it. I Hope that we are allowed to return to court soon again. Greetings from Germany 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@dmytrosavytsky2122]

Tennis ball machine is the best tennis investment I've made so far. Tomaz is fantastic. As always. :)

[@tennismoos6448]

What a lovely tennispark!

[@sashigunturu1522]

Nice explanation by the coach

[@marctaelemans3933]

excellent vidéo !!!

[@nasserzahiri4883]

Great explanation

[@LiamApilado]

@Feel Tennis Instruction Do you feel as if pressureless tennis balls needed in such a machine are bad for your game? Injury wise or building bad habbits from the different feel of the ball? I got the Slinger today and enjoying it but have never hit with a pressureless ball and still getting used to it. Thanks again!

[@htainlindwa80]

I always agree with you sir because it’s true

[@srinivasdonthireddy811]

Great video, I am impressed with the variety of drills that Tomas covered. I am waiting for my Slingerbag to arrive.

[@Charmander009]

U lost this one kid but that doesn’t mean u have to like it

[@abrahamlincoln1677]

So how is it?

[@nonagond]

Thanks!

[@Shaunsweeney-Kubach71]

Great job on the review Coach, the only thing I don’t like about this machine is that it takes like 24 seconds for the balls to start to coming out of the machine. It also only has a topspin ball and no slices. Other than the things I mentioned I love this machine. Thank you Coach!

[@feeltennis]

Very true, and the price is also much more affordable because of these shortcomings.

[@Shaunsweeney-Kubach71]

@@feeltennis I am not complaining Coach, because as you said the Price is Right! You like how I did that? The price is right! Hahe great review Coach. Love your channel!

[@TheMRMEAN69]

If he bought it, I’ll buy it!

[@pentagonvb2010]

Where is the ball positioned on the other side for the feeds? Baseline, or service line?

[@LiamApilado]

Do you think the slinger is worth the investment over "better" machines like the lobster for a intermediate-advanced player? I'm debating to get this and some tennis gear such as shoes/rackets than the more expensive machine. Thanks if you reply :)

[@feeltennis]

Hi Liam, I think Slinger is a very good value for money. Other "better" machines are all more expensive.

[@LiamApilado]

@@feeltennis yes there is a huge price gap. I'll get this one later this week :) Thanks for all your videos, your efforts and passion are much appreciated.

[@e.b.9178]

Is the changer's end a USB or regular charger head? I am asking cuz my town uses a 220 voltage for electricity and a USB charger solves my problem. It is strange how no reviewer talks about this point.

[@Richard8576]

Thank you for this video! I recently got a slingerbag and am working on my one-handed backhands. Why is it a bad thing to over-rotate?

[@johntesoriero3382]

How do you like the Slinger so far?

[@feeltennis]

You cannot hit accurately if you over-rotate. It's hard to control direction if you're turning around.

[@feeltennis]

I like it. It's looks cool, it's smartly designed, it's quiet and it shoots out balls consistently. ;) The only main con I see is that the ball always has quite a lot of topspin which may be too tough to handle for lower level players.

[@YehShano]

Over rotating is bad if you rotate too early, power generated will be lost and control as well….many players these days (Wawrinka comes to mind) rotate heaps and you might think they’re over rotating but it’s all in sequence and a natural rotation caused by how hard they’re swinging

[@robertasblagusauskas8282]

Thanks Tomas! What tennis balls you recomend to use for Slinger? By the way,nice court and place!

[@feeltennis]

Thanks! I still use the original Slinger training balls which are harder than the normal tennis balls. I would assume the usual balls would deteriorate faster... (but they are easier on the arm)

[@modeleonline1089]

what settings use for drills ?

[@edbrunia642]

@feeltennisinstruction what is the exact angle of the setting???

[@rl1491]

How to you practice the split-step with a ball machine? Do you just not do it at all and move according to the speed of the ball?

[@feeltennis]

Yes, that's very tricky, you won't really do much on the split step with the ball machine because you have no visual cue before the ball is shot out. I don't recommend you spend time working on split step with a ball machine, focus on technique or consistency / accuracy.

[@FrostyTheBeerMan]

Hello, do you still use your Slinger ball machine ?

[@haojunlong9594]

Why do the taking time away forehand and backhand drills are not included?

[@feeltennis]

You mean hitting the ball on the rise? I showed the forehand, the same can be done on the backhand.

[@haojunlong9594]

@@feeltennis No like time the ball to the chest high level and hitting the ball down when it’s high enough to take time away. The one you showed was hitting it right off the bounce.

[@nijiak]

@@haojunlong9594 the ball gains speed ridiculously quickly on the bounce especially on the higher settings, so you're better off trying to hit on the rise than to time the ball to chest level

[@MR-eh5mk]

nice drills for use with a great new product (slingerbag). Pity the slinger bag costs twice as much in the UK as it does in the USA. Bloody import tariffs !

[@markeden6587]

Totally agree. Price difference makes it disproportionate. Great drills btw.

[@simondesert6454]

What a pity. In europ we are forced to buy the "full options" Model (with oscillator, balls etc...). No way to buy the "cheapest" version 590$

[@robaltdelete]

What skill levels can benefit from the Slingerbag?

[@feeltennis]

All skill levels. Just for beginners might be tricky because of topspin as it's always there. You just need to set low speed of the ball and place the Slinger Bag closer and then the spin effect will be low.

[@leviticusspeaks7732]

@@feeltennis Thomas come on now. I just left the court from hitting with this machine. Entirely to much HEAVY Topspin from this machine. Balls jump off of the court at twice the speed of before the bounce. 😂 Difficult for beginners or intermediate to receive a nice ball to work on technique. Too powerful of a delivery. 🤦😆

[@vjb2813]

@@leviticusspeaks7732 I have a ball machine but not the slinger. It seems to me you need to balance the speed (yellow area?), loft and then move the machine closer to receive the desired ball. Once you manipulate the variables, you will learn the set ups to work on your desired ball. This includes setting the ball machine on the same side of the net you stand on. It is not a $4,000 playmate machine but with some thought you can get it to work well for beginners. There are more videos that show this on KZbin.

[@VIPULKAM1]

Can you please also add lobs

[@nijiak]

caveat for people who want to buy, it's not worth the price it is at this time, way too expensive. the only thing this slingerbag has got going for it is that it's still the most mobile tennis machine you can get at this point in time, but the speed of the ball leaves much to be desired if you are an advanced player (the topspin is perfectly fine as you can tell from the video, it kicks a lot faster than one would expect for a ball of that speed when hit by real players).

[@spongebobby188]

If this bag were to cost $50 dollars max I would consider it.

[@rturgut]

If you can get this bag for $50, I will buy 10,000 units from u at $60. Lemme know :)

[@abrahamlincoln1677]

If I could buy a brand new car for $5k, I'd consider that too.

[@spongebobby188]

@@abrahamlincoln1677 u can in some countries!

[@vlesmeries]

Maybe if it fell off a back of a truck. It is worth it to me to be able to do drills without bothering someone.

[@Charmander009]

Hitting wit machine will never be fun

[@rl1491]

lol okay

[@modeleonline1089]

If you have a partner and if you know how to hit correctly. But when you play on points, everything related to the shot technique disappears and you don't make any progress.

[@PhilippedeHerte]

Impossible to progress as nicely and quickly as you'd like if you only pay matches. I'm a 5.0 and it's almost impossible to find players of a similar level who can give me a consistent ball. It's a pain rallying with people who can't put in three nice balls in a row.