I have a 9 year old lacrosse player and 10 year old softball player. Can this be used for ground balls for softball?
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It's heavy enough that it could be placed on it's side to do ground balls. I really love this for lacrosse. My 11 year old just made an elite team from practicing with this.
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No. I only use for softball currently & use the soft lite flight balls. Works great!
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My 9 yr old loves it for fielding, mostly in our hall INDOORS. As for batting, it is only good at close range in light wind. I do recommend this product for ages 7-12. It has 3 speed settings that range from soft toss to maybe 45 mph at close range. Great motor for the price. If you want to spend $$$, players and coaches rave about the Sklz hurricane 4 for batting.
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I don't see why not, but bear in mind it is for softball. The openings will allow a baseball to make contact with your face if hit.
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Coach, I would say probably. Get one of the poly softballs if you don't already have one and hit it around the gym and check the damage it does and make your decision from there. The machine will pitch the ball at 60 mph or so. Good luck . Bill
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Yes, we use it to measure the speed of lacrosse shots all the time. The lacrosse ball is significantly smaller.
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Yes, we bought this last year for our 9 year old son who pitches in tournament baseball. He is 10 now (4'8" 80 lbs) and it's plenty big to last him into his early teens.
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I got this ball for my 7 and 8 year old grandsons and it was a little to big. It should be fine for a 10-11 year old.
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This will be our second season using the Accubat and our players are a mix of 13 and 14 year olds. You can definitely hit a baseball further with a regular bat but this product is very effective for medium and short-range fly balls. It takes some practice to get your range down but once you figure it out you should do fine with it.
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I think your son will love it. I have used it with my 11 and 14yr old sons for a year now. They are both good hitters, and we have a blast. We use the faster balls and they come in at a challenging pace. they are generally strikes, but not always.
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I've used it to hit softballs off a tee to warm up for my men's softball league. It worked fine.
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Yes. We use the 12" softballs for our younger girls just learning to track fly balls in the outfield. Again, it does take a practice or two to master but you will love it.
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My son uses it for his lacrosse ball.. I think it would be fine for a baseball.. the lacrosse ball is pretty hard..
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Yes it is definitely small enough for golf balls. We use it as a lacrosse goal backstop but have also hit golf balls into it. No issues.
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I agree with others that you shouldn't have a problem using it for slow pitch but I personally have not used it in this particular fashion. You can change the speed of the pitches and you can change the angle of the ball trajectory for pops or grounders so I am sure you could adjust for your purposes.
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Space between the net strands are 1-5/8" and do not deform much so that spacing should hold tight.For comparison, a lacrosse ball is around 2.5" in diameter which is just smaller than a baseball so I think a lacrosse ball would be fine.
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My son-in-law used this for when coaching youth league baseball so I asked him and he said softballs would be no problem. I know it is built sturdy. Hope this helps. I do know that when he used this, the fielders (10 to 12 yr olds) had to get used to not hearing the bat hitting the ball.