48 Small Golf Ball-Sized Balls Included with Personal Pitcher Pro Pitching Machine

Lynn Marie 1995: I've owned two of these machines for years and use them for a traveling teen baseball team. The light weight and easy transport allows me to set up 2 hittinng stations while the team warms up before each game.. the whiffle golf balls are harmless and do not travel far.. which is perfect for small areas.. I would recommend purchasing the golf waffle directly from the machine manufacturer.. ( off brand balls seem to be made inconsistently and do not perform well with this pitching machine.)

As with any machine. Especially outdoors: checking and maintaining the machine is a must for the machines performance and life span. Check inside the machine after a few sessions. Make sure the connections are solid and no moisture or corrosion is present.. as with any mechanical device.. ie.. your car... maintenance is a must.
1. For improving eye-hand coordination.. I would recommend a 30-32 inch broom handle as a bat. Apply trainers tape or padded tape to the "hitting area" of the broom handle.. this saves the wear and tear on the wiffle balls.. hitting wiffle balls with raw wood broom handle destroys the wiffle balls.. even younger teen hitters generate a lot of bat speed with the...

United States on Aug 04, 2019

M. Housman: Has been good for indoor play/practice.

A setup in the basement with a 30 foot distance between machine and hitter has worked out well for an eleven year old intermediate level baseball player.

Would recommend for indoor (basement/garage) use. We have not tried outdoors.

United States on Jan 27, 2018

Madison T. EdwardsMadison T. Edwards: The media could not be loaded.  I bought this for my son and he loves it. This machine is great for working on his batting at home for extra practice. I have this setup in the garage and it's pretty consistent. I like that the machine will pitch in the zone, but will alternate between inside, outside, high, low and straight down the middle pitches. It forces my son to watch the tiny ball and really work on his hand eye coordination. This is my sons first time playing baseball and having this machine has really helped him with his confidence level when it comes to batting.

United States on Mar 09, 2016

John Smith: We've been really impressed with this machine and it's helped our 7 year old son in connecting with the ball. His practice with this machine has translated to improvements during games and has helped his confidence. It's a great tool to use indoors during bad weather or over the winter, but it would also work great outdoors since it runs on a battery. We picked up a cheap wiffle ball bat for indoor practice so that he's less likely to break something when swinging a metal bat and that has worked well, but we also use it in the garage with a SKLZ lightning rod. This will be something he can use throughout his baseball career and the rest of the family has had a lot of fun with it, too!

United States on Nov 12, 2015

yockaman: I purchased the Personal Pitcher before Christmas for my Kids. I received the item and it was damaged by the shipping company so I contact SPC and they "Bob" emailed me back and sent me a new product out no cost to me and with shipping labels to mail back damaged product immediately. We only had 4 day before Christmas and they where very responsive to making sure that my needs where going to be meet for Christmas morning from the special man.

** Performance of the item **

I know I was trying to decided which item to purchase because their are several items on the market to choose from. The machine throws the balls fast and very accurate. Some please say the they are not consistent on the location of the balls being pitched. You will have an occasional wild ball but this is due to where the wheels grab the ball people need to remember that the balls have holes. I have a 9 years old son that it using the machine daily and the few inconstant balls helps him determine which ones to swing at and not to swing at. I always ask myself one question when I have purchased a product and used it.

Would I recommend this product to a friend? Absolutely!!

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United States on Jan 23, 2012