Essential Practice Equipment
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- Dec 13, 2019
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Here in so cal having a field #1.
( probably hardest thing about having a team in this area is not having a field)
( probably hardest thing about having a team in this area is not having a field)
- Jun 20, 2015
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tee's, bownets, plenty of balls, buckets and a field or indoor location
That's a problem in lots of places. However, where I lived in SOCAL, there are school and community fields open for public use. I used to practice with adult SP players on a city-owned turfed softball field available on a first-come basis outside of scheduled games. Where I live now, EVERYTHING has a locked fence around it.
- Dec 11, 2010
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Money isn’t an issue?
2 Bownet Bigmouth Elite or Megamouth Elite. The black ones. Heavy duty. One day you will be glad they can’t be knocked over. Will last forever, you just replace the bags.
2 Bownet Bodyguard pitching screens. Heavy duty. Less flex, balls can’t get to you. (I have one of these. It truly went everywhere with me.)
A Bownet Big Barrier or Low Barrier so you can divide the practice field in half at the plate and run two hitting stations. Two front toss, one machine, one front toss, one “live” pitcher, one front toss etc.
A second Bownet Barrier Net. Million uses. Behind home plate or a net behind pitchers for players to hit ball over.
Hack Attack, not a Hack Jr. 12 dozen Baden dimple balls. Get the $5,000 one that mixes speeds. I have one, it rocks. You can use regular leather balls too but if you take care of your dimple balls you will break less bats. Pick some sturdy looking dads to lug this sweet bastard around.
12 dozen high quality leather cover softballs. Add 4-6 dozen every month or so. There is no such thing as too many balls.
Two regular Tanner Tees.
One short tanner tee or just a short tanner stem.
Two of the Driveline Baseball Hitting Plyocare hitting ball assortments and 2-3 6 packs of the Mini Hitting Plyos. (NOT the heavy yellow Total Control ones or heavy knockoff plyos.). The Drivelines are lighter and assorted weights. Depending on the age of the team you might be able to use these outdoors without a pitching net. Mix ‘em up. Hit balls.
6-8 dozen of the Total Control hole balls.
4 dozen Jugs foam balls.
3 dozen Jugs wiffle balls, three dozen Jugs wiffle baseballs, mix ‘em up.
www.halfbat.com for an appropriately sized Halfbat Trainer or Halfbat Trainer Assortment to hit tennis balls, wiffles and foamies with. (This is a flat bat, not a shortie bat.) Mix the balls, get a realistic trajectory and pitcher to plate time and let ‘em hit. He’s going to add a softball size soon I think, it’s skinnier.
An F-250 diesel 4wd four door and an enclosed trailer two sizes bigger than you think you need. High ceiling so you can put 7x7 nets in if you want. The trailer should have a generator door and a Honda 3000i generator. Lots of thick 100’ extension cords.
Ill think of something else later. I love spending other people’s money.
If some Captain Obvious posts that you don’t need all this, I want to remind them “money is not an issue”, lol!
2 Bownet Bigmouth Elite or Megamouth Elite. The black ones. Heavy duty. One day you will be glad they can’t be knocked over. Will last forever, you just replace the bags.
2 Bownet Bodyguard pitching screens. Heavy duty. Less flex, balls can’t get to you. (I have one of these. It truly went everywhere with me.)
A Bownet Big Barrier or Low Barrier so you can divide the practice field in half at the plate and run two hitting stations. Two front toss, one machine, one front toss, one “live” pitcher, one front toss etc.
A second Bownet Barrier Net. Million uses. Behind home plate or a net behind pitchers for players to hit ball over.
Hack Attack, not a Hack Jr. 12 dozen Baden dimple balls. Get the $5,000 one that mixes speeds. I have one, it rocks. You can use regular leather balls too but if you take care of your dimple balls you will break less bats. Pick some sturdy looking dads to lug this sweet bastard around.
12 dozen high quality leather cover softballs. Add 4-6 dozen every month or so. There is no such thing as too many balls.
Two regular Tanner Tees.
One short tanner tee or just a short tanner stem.
Two of the Driveline Baseball Hitting Plyocare hitting ball assortments and 2-3 6 packs of the Mini Hitting Plyos. (NOT the heavy yellow Total Control ones or heavy knockoff plyos.). The Drivelines are lighter and assorted weights. Depending on the age of the team you might be able to use these outdoors without a pitching net. Mix ‘em up. Hit balls.
6-8 dozen of the Total Control hole balls.
4 dozen Jugs foam balls.
3 dozen Jugs wiffle balls, three dozen Jugs wiffle baseballs, mix ‘em up.
www.halfbat.com for an appropriately sized Halfbat Trainer or Halfbat Trainer Assortment to hit tennis balls, wiffles and foamies with. (This is a flat bat, not a shortie bat.) Mix the balls, get a realistic trajectory and pitcher to plate time and let ‘em hit. He’s going to add a softball size soon I think, it’s skinnier.
An F-250 diesel 4wd four door and an enclosed trailer two sizes bigger than you think you need. High ceiling so you can put 7x7 nets in if you want. The trailer should have a generator door and a Honda 3000i generator. Lots of thick 100’ extension cords.
Ill think of something else later. I love spending other people’s money.
If some Captain Obvious posts that you don’t need all this, I want to remind them “money is not an issue”, lol!
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