Becoming the best possible baseball or softball player takes a decent amount of commitment, both in time and energy. These days, everyone is busy: players, coaches and parents. Spending hours at the field or batting cages may not be possible, or may not even be enough. Batting cages at home, especially those with baseball or softball pitching machines, make practice that much more convenient and fun. Instead of working around operating hours, overcrowded facilities and transportation to and from, take a look at the possibilities in your own backyard.

Having a batting cage at home helps you keep up with competition. Make no mistake, there is always a competitor out there training harder than you. This doesn’t mean slack, but should be seen as a motivating factor. What are the best strategies for you or the baseball player in your family to succeed as a hitter? What have you done today to improve your skill? Having a baseball pitching facility in your own backyard allows the player to fit considerably more time swinging the bat, as opposed to stuck in traffic, waiting to take a turn, or in many cases, not practicing at all. Continue reading →

Pitching machines are an invaluable tool available to coaches and players for developing a high skill set in hitting. The sport’s best hitters, on all levels, have reached their maximum potential from practicing with baseball pitching machines. Having a focus for your practice will insure that you or your player’s skills improve significantly.

While it can be therapeutic going into the batting cages to focus on hitting without over-thinking, it is recommended that you map out what you’d like to accomplish as a player or an observing coach from your hitting session. Going into the cages to blow off steam is a fun thing to do, but it won’t do much good if you are aiming to become more competitive. So, have a plan of action before starting practice. Are you going to focus on improving speed? Or would you like to build hitting skills against difficult pitches, like sliders or curve balls? Commercial pitching machines have the ability to throw many different types of pitches, accurately and without getting tired…so use your practice time wisely and take advantage of this!

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