SKLZ Hit-A-Way Batting Swing Trainer for Baseball and Softball

My son loves this! He can hit as long as he wants with no one pitching to him! Easy to install!

We attached it to our basketball hoop pole. It works excellent! My son (10 years old) hits with this for hours. He loves it!

My daughter loves this tool. She uses it often. The quality of the ball is poor and the outer skin started to peel after only a few uses. The cables sometimes slip, so readjustment is sometimes needed.

I have two grandsons, 10 and 13, that love the game. The younger of the two is a natural no matter where he's placed on the field or where he bats in the line-up. His big brother is a good fielder, but he's never been a good hitter. I decided to help him get his swing and stance going for a more rewarding time at the plate.The SKLZ Hit-A-Way Batting Swing Trainer for Baseball and Softball is a great way to teach those skills and makes repetition easy.I was a bit ambitious when I ordered this and mistakenly ordered the softball version, but that actually proved to be a benefit because the ball is bigger, easier to contact and the bright yellow is easier for the eye to track.After explaining the basics of proper batting stance, stride and 'eye on the ball', it was game on. I watched closely for his stance and contact, stopping to show him how to improve both. He probably hit the ball for a couple of hundred repetitions until it started coming to him. It's easy to see if the swing is getting on top of the ball, under the ball or making good contact. So we did it over and over and over and then did it some more. Each day he practices at home before heading to practice or a game and I can tell he has improved and he has more confidence at the plate.The first time he batted in a game after using the SKLZ Hit-A-Way Batting Swing Trainer for Baseball and Softball he clocked the first pitch, sending over the head of center field and managing a stand up triple. Almost at contact his coach looked over at me and asked "where did that swing come from"? He then hit a line drive right past 2nd base for a single and another line drive that got between 3rd and shortstop for another single, driving in two RBI's.This is a great training aid and you can really work out the problems with stance, stride and swing, getting the 'point of contact' sewn up tight, giving batters the confidence needed to be productive on offense.Baseball and softball are tough sports to master. Hitting a round ball, thrown by someone who is trying to fool the batter, moving a various speeds, with a round bat can be a bit of a challenge to master. This is the perfect remedy for that. You can do this for 10 minutes, or an hour. You get immediate feedback and you can spot problems and correct them, building muscle memory and getting the results you want.Today, both kids walk to the plate with confidence.

Purchased for my competitive 7 year old and his coach has stated how much it has helped him!

Great product... but only fits SMALL POLES - think basketball hoop pole. The original (back on the early 2000's) fit around a 4x4 wooden post. THIS DOES NOT FIT AROUND A 4X4 POST (think of a post that holds a stop sign up - simple 4x4).Will have to return because I have nowhere in my town to use it.

Good for working on bat swing safely

My son is 9 yrs old, and like many kids that started a peanut league baseball, we all told them to swing hard. The swing is all over the place, no balance, and back to forward motion, but if they hit the ball at all, we praise them.This training hit-a-way baseball swing CAN help them improve their skill at hitting the baseball at a more consistent, and powerful impact to the baseball.If you take the time to understand what this does, it will teach your kid how to hit the ball harder and have a bigger pop.If they hit this Correctly, the energy the bat will create will force the ball to swing back Fast, and no shaking up or down, just straight back wrapping around the pole. The sound will also have a big pop with a direct straight hit from the bat.If they hit it Wrong, not squaring the bat to the ball, not hitting with a direct force, the ball will naturally try to Pop up or Down, but the cords won't let it, (it shutters instead) thus the energy from the impact of the bat, is wasted and not swing back fast.You can visually see the difference between a great direct hit v.s. to a not so great hit.So once I figured this out , I taught my 9yr old son to understand the difference. He now strives to see that ball swing back faster and straighter.I watch him, and he expresses when he does it right or wrong. That is great , because when he is playing a game, he only has himself to use his inner-coach to use. That to me creates a great lil- baseball player.NOTE: You need to help-- Since my son is at a beginning stage, after he hits it, yhe ball will NOT come back at a fast pace. So once the balls winds up, I force the ball, I swing it back with my hands Hard- so it comes back at a faster pace.This is a Close To View, action pace training, so mentally it helps my son to focus on the ball. The Ball going round and round is not so easy to track, and timing is also developed.My son can hit the ball about 12 times every five minutes, so this also is easier to build repetition faster, and no running for the ball. Like other people that did a review, and have used this for a few years, their kid is now hitting harder so it comes back faster, and they can just do it on their own, without your help. That's my goal with my 9yr old.This will develop good habbits and erase the hold habits of just swinging out of control.This is not to replace the time at a batting cage. But it has improved my sons hitting IQ and improve hitting.