Players Experience the PongBot Pace S Pro at North Miami Beach Academy

Florida Tennis Magazine and Simplified Tennis brought players of different ages and levels together at North Miami Beach Academy for an interactive demo day featuring the PongBot Pace S Pro ball machine.

Florida Tennis Magazine recently teamed up with Nodir Azimov, known on Instagram as Simplified Tennis, to host a PongBot Demo Day at North Miami Beach Academy, giving players of different ages and skill levels the opportunity to experience the PongBot Pace S Pro firsthand.

Throughout the event, two courts were dedicated to PongBot, with a Pace S Pro ball machine operating on each court. Players ranging from juniors and recreational competitors to experienced high-level athletes rotated through different drills and tested how the machine could fit into their own training routines.

Florida Tennis Magazine Director of Entertainment DJ Mad Linx helped guide players through the experience, introducing different drills and challenging participants with a variety of ball placements, speeds, spins, and movement patterns.

Rather than simply demonstrating the machine, the event was designed to let players actually train with the Pace S Pro and form their own opinions.

That meant putting PongBot through a wide variety of scenarios. Some players focused on repeating the same stroke, while others used drills that moved them from side to side and required considerably more footwork. Participants also worked on volleys, forehands, slices, and different spins.

For one experienced player, it was an entirely new type of training experience.

“The first time when I tried to play with PongBot was definitely a new experience for me,” the player said. “I was really excited to play because it’s different.”

After competing at a high level, the player saw the machine as another way to introduce new challenges into a daily training routine, particularly through drills incorporating movement and different spins.

“I like when the ball is moving me everywhere on the court,” the player explained. “I like to do slices, different spins—something that challenges me.”

That ability to customize a session is one of the Pace S Pro’s biggest advantages. Instead of being limited to simply feeding the same ball repeatedly, players can use PongBot to create training sessions based around the areas of their game they want to improve.

Another recurring theme among participants was the convenience of having a training option available even when another player or coach isn't.

“I love it. I think it’s amazing,” one participant said. “You can practice all you want. If you don’t have any partner, you can always get it.”

For players looking for a workout, the Pace S Pro can also provide a demanding physical session. One participant suggested using side-to-side drills for 20 to 30 minutes at a time, refilling the machine and repeating the process for multiple rounds.

“Ball machines are a really good workout,” the player said.

Younger players also found ways to incorporate the machine into their training. One junior participant said the PongBot could help players “practice more and improve your skills,” after using it to work on volleys and fast forehands that required movement to both sides of the court.

For another player, the value was in repetition.

“I like that the ball comes in the same spot so you can practice the shots over and over again,” the participant said after trying PongBot for the first time.

That combination of repetition, movement, customization, and independent practice allowed players with very different goals to use the same Pace S Pro in completely different ways.

Having players of different ages and skill levels participate provided an opportunity to see the Pace S Pro through many different perspectives.

A junior developing fundamentals may need consistent feeds to repeat a stroke dozens of times. A recreational player may want a challenging cardio session. A competitive player can look for more demanding combinations of movement, speed, placement, and spin.

Throughout the Demo Day, PongBot was able to serve each of those purposes.

The two-machine setup also allowed Florida Tennis Magazine and Simplified Tennis to keep players active across both courts, creating an energetic environment where participants could watch others train, try different drills, and then share their own impressions of the machine.

With the South Florida heat adding another challenge to the afternoon, attendees were also able to cool down and stay refreshed with CELSIUS.

For Florida Tennis Magazine, Demo Days like this are about more than showing players a new piece of technology. They provide an opportunity for the tennis community to actually experience a product on court and determine how it can complement their own training.

At North Miami Beach Academy, that meant putting the PongBot Pace S Pro directly into the hands of more than 40 players and letting the machine speak for itself.

From juniors working on their consistency to experienced players looking for new challenges, participants discovered different ways PongBot could become a regular training partner.

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Written by Associate Editor Osvaldo Godoy. Video shot by Alex Binstok. Video edited by Nathalia Suarez.