What makes the padelshooter so special?
All ballmachines are made for tennis
What is necessary for Padel?
In Padel, the balls are played low and high continuously. Even the best tennis machines don't play low and high balls in 1 training. A tennis machine can shoot high balls and it can shoot low balls but not both varying in 1 training. For Padel it is very important to interchange the low and high balls and sometimes also with different speed and spin. So, with every ball machine, you can train only 1 kind of shot with 1 speed, which can sometimes be varied horizontally. With the PadelShooter you can train all shots you want at different heights, different horizontal positions, with different speeds, spin, frequency and much more, exactly what is necessary for a good Padel training.
A very important part of Padel, what makes it difficult for a ballmachine to play the balls right, is the speed and the height. When the height is high, the speed should be low otherwise all balls bounce to the back wall. But when the height is low, the speed should be higher, otherwise the balls will be shot into the net. This makes a Padel ballmachine much more difficult than a Tennis ballmachine.
Special padel features:
It is not the machine, it is the software of the machine...
- Make your own trainings (programs)
- Choose your preferred side (left/right) of Padelcourt
- Many special trainings with volleys and bandejas (high balls)
- Balls with different speed and spin
- Define exact areas to vary in-between the balls randomly
- Set "Net position" so, at every speed, no balls will be shot in the net
- Set the pause between balls and add extra pause after the high balls
- Choose to play with 1 or 2 players and also trainings for 2 players
- Store your own trainings on your phone so you can use every time
- For beginner and professional padel player level
- Tune the machine for your Padel level (for beginner and pro!)
Some “smart” people might recognize the pictures of the PadelShooter as our Powershot 3 tennis machine or some other brand machine, but the machine is totally “rebuilt” as a Padel machine with new software and some necessary enhancements and is only available from our website. We are the real designers of the PadelShooter and not just resellers of a machine made somewhere else.
App controlled machine: 2 kinds of apps
For private use
For the most advanced Padel trainings
When you buy a Padel machine that can play (almost) everything you want, you need an app to full control the machine. You have the time to get used to the machine and how to use the app and you can then train whatever you want. This app is therefor used for players that want to "get everything" out of their Padel machine.
*) At the moment only available on Android, we expect iPhone app within a few months available
For Easy use (Padelcenters)
Easy use with pre-programmed trainings
When a player uses the PadelShooter for the first time or only hire the machine for 1 hour, there is no time "to get used to the machine". Then the machine should easily start doing the training that you want. Therefor this app is meant for people that hire the machine in a Padelcenter and immediately want to work with the machine by answering some "easy questions". This app can do many trainings but not all the machine can do.
*) At the moment only available on Android, we expect iPhone app within a few months available
Some moments...
Videos of PadelShooter 1 ready
In September 2022 we introduced the PadelShooter 1 during the World Padel Tour in Sweden. Many people tried the machine and liked it very much. Some Padelschools used the machine for some trainings with many people on the court. The videos are now being placed on this website.
PadelShooter 1 is now available!
The PadelShooter 1 has been tested by several customers and it is all working fine, the Padel world can now use this great machine.
A unique machine
Training with the PadelShooter 1 makes learning Padel so much easier. Not just a tennis ball machine with 1 Padel feature, but a real Padel training machine for beginners but sure for professionals! We worked long time on the machine and we listened to the high level Padel players and trainers to make the machine perfect.
How to start playing
The basic idea of the PadelShooter is to have standard settings at beginner level (when newly installed) for all trainings which you can change all as you want.
For all trainings you can set speed, spin, frequency, width and height of the ball(s) in a training:
Speed: speed of the ball(s)
Spin: topspin or backspin to the ball
Frequency: the pause between each ball
Width: Horizontal position to play
Height: Vertical position to play
These settings are made so that everyone can train with the PadelShooter, even beginners. But you can set the machine for YOUR level, even for professionals!
Basic settings
For trainings with variation (between 2 heights or a left and right position) the height defines the highest possible position to shoot, the width defines the horizontal area to vary the balls. These can be set as easy/difficult as you want. For trainings with high and low balls (bandeja and volley) the height defines the position of the high ball.
If the ball(s) bounce to the back wall, you should set (1) the height lower or (2) the speed lower for the training. If the balls are shot into the net, set (1) the speed higher or (2) the height higher. Because for many trainings the height could vary, you don’t want the ball to be shot into the net, therefor you can fix the net position so the lowest balls will not be shot lower than that net position when playing random balls. This makes it perfect to define an area to shoot your preferred balls in between, horizontally and vertically.
Divide the court in left/right
The Padel court could also be divided in left and right side, normally in Padel a player stand only left or right side. For the trainings, the horizontal area of a Padel court is from 0 (most left) to 100 (most right). The area where you want to play is mostly left (0-50) or right (50-100) side of the court. You can limit the area, you want to play with “Limit Left-Right”, only left side (0-50) or only right side (50-100). Within the limitation of the court, you also should specify the area to play the balls (with Width).
For example one of the trainings is “Random”. The PadelShooter is then playing balls within a horizontal area and vertical (height) area at continuous different positions. You define then the horizontal area (100 to full left-right, 50 for only half area or a smaller area like 20). For the height area, you define the highest ball for that area and the Net position for the lowest ball. If you defined your side to left side (0-50 % of court), then for horizontal “100”, the machine shoots at full left side but horizontal “50”, the machine only shoots at half of left side.
The Height of the highest ball could be set to “50”, the Net position could be set lower like “10”, the machine will then play, for “Random” training, random balls between height 10 – 50.
Some special trainings are the “Bandeja – Volley” trainings. A “~” means that you get some random number of these balls. If you choose “Bandeja – Volley ~”, you get 1 Bandeja and a random number of volleys and “random” means that you really don’t know how much volleys and when the Bandeja will be played. Also with these trainings, you can specify the side you want to play and the horizontal area where the volleys and bandejas are played.
The “2-Line BV” means that you get a Bandeja and a Volley at 2 positions, so it is real fun to play this with 2 players. You can see a video of this training in videos.