Hurricane hitting machine

[4 girl's dad]

Does anyone have any reviews on this device? Have an opportunity to get one from a player leaving the sport. But I dont want DD using it if has negative aspects. Just thinking it might be good to use as alternative to just a tee this winter to keep it interesting.

Hurricane Cat 4 | Baseball Athletic Training Gear

 

[STRIKE3]

Interesting device and I did not know it existed. Seems to make sense to me and would pick one up used if I could.

I hope others with experience will post.

 

[inde53546]

Had one sold it. Didnt care for it. Unless you hit the ball perfectly square it bounces up and down as it returns to you and you have to stop it and start over

 

[Mike Alwine]

We have one, Make sure you anchor it well (Indoors, maybe some sandbags?) Our (her) only complaint is that we cannot use her good bat with it, and the Aluminium practice bat isn't balanced the same. As to the bouncing, I have seen 10-12 swings in a row without that problem. However, IMHO, any swing after the 3rd will not be a quality swing, and defeats the purpose.

 

[Tom]

I got one several years ago from a used sports store when still coaching young beginners team (5-6 yos). The only use we ever really had for it was to set up outside of dugout (when there was room) for the "in the hole" hitter to take a few cuts with before going on deck. Used a couple times in practice as a hitting station when players were first learning how to swing, but it really didn't offer any training value, and the kids just wanted to see how far around they could make it go. It takes a lot of clearance to use and have to constantly keep checking that no one is in the arm swing path (especially with young players). For reasonably experienced hitters, a bownet and tee are much better and easier. It is also pretty heavy and awkward to assemble / disassemble and move around. If you would be using it with her, just save yourself the hassle of setting it up and get a hitting stick to hold, that's basically all it is.