Practice with a ball machine

A local club to me (Pure Padel - Stockport) has a ball machine that they allow you to use FOC with a court booking. I managed to book an off-peak court yesterday for £40 for 60 mins and called up to reserve the ball machine. I was very fortunate as the club was fairly quiet and I actually ended up being on court for 3 hours! I kept checking with the club that they didn't mind and they were perfectly happy for me to stay on court. I found it very addictive and kept telling myself "just one more basket". I just wanted to say that I found it really helpful in practicing certain shot types. I managed to practice bandejas from a lob by standing in a net position and setting the balls to go high over my head, mid-court, forcing myself to get into a shot position then side-step backwards to take the shot. I also practiced backhand and forehand volleys at the net position and also flat smashes from a net position. I know this might sound obvious, but if anyone is fortunate enough to have a local club that has a ball machine I can highly recommend getting a session with it and building the required repetition to be comfortable with certain shots. I'd class myself as a lower intermediate although my Playtomic rating is only 1.1, but this is mainly because I haven't played a competitive match for a few months. I have a levelling session booked in a couple of weeks time so we'll see what happens to my rating then.