$20 pitching machine. Feedback

[Lsjames]

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I have been looking for a pitching machine online for a while. I have found a few but they're very costly.
While my DD and I were working with practice golf balls this afternoon, this idea hit me. One trip to the hardware store later, I had a good practice golf ball pitching machine.

I understand that this isn't a perfect machine. The golf ball slows quickly, but at that speed I bet she doesn't notice. I am working with her on reaction time and hand eye coordination. I estimate that she has less than half a second to hit this small ball. She's using my hand motion for timing

Best $20 I've ever spent - YouTube

 

[riseball]

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbZNnoIX30U

Pretty cool. Very similar to a product put out by JUGG's at a fraction of the cost. You may want to try the small JUGG's foam balls which do not bleed velocity as quickly. We also used a speed stick instead of a a bat.

JUGS Small-Ball Pitching Machine

 

[JJsqueeze]

love it. Wish I had thought of it.

 

[Ronnie D Smith]

awesome idea! Might have to build one for dd.