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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Gamemaster 200160111 Louisville Ultimate Pitching Machine (EA) | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 33.0 inches | | Product Width: | 11.0 inches | | Product Height: | 6.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 12.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 23.0 inches | | Package Width: | 9.0 inches | | Package Height: | 5.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 13.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 53 reviews |
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| | Features | Pitches baseballs, fast-pitch softballs, poly balls, wiffle ballsPortable and compact; weighs less than 20 poundsNo electricity required; spring tension poweredEasily adjustable pitch location and speedThe original spring lasts for at least 20,000 pitches; weighs less than 20 pounds
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 53 customer reviews )
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25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Skeptical at first, but now a believer!!! Mar 11, 2010
By Michael Monaghan
"Mono"
I was looking for a way to toss faster pitches to my daughter who has moved up to "girl pitch" fastpitch softball from the slow underhand coach pitch last session. I looked at many machines in various price ranges. It was funny, because a sales person at a sporting goods store knew very little about the display model and said he has never seen anyone buy one before. Obviously, he too was skeptical of this product. After a little research, the things I liked about this was it requires no electricity (try finding a power outlet at the local ball field), it's compact and simple to use. The other thing I like about it, is that it throws every kind of ball. Regular baseballs and softballs, wiffle balls and batting practice softer balls. I haven't tried a football yet, but one is pictured on the box. Anyway, when I took it out of the box and assembled it and threw the first pitch, I was amazed at the kind of pop that the ball had. I set it up about 35 ft. from my daughter and it threw consitant strikes at a pretty good speed on the medium setting. The pitches were low and flat just like a fastpitch softball windwill pitch. The only downside that I can see is, it does take a little fine tuning of moving a few of the adjustments around to get it right, but once you get the hang of it, you can throw many different speeds and pitch placements. Another thing I like about it, is that although vertually every pitch is a strike once set, they are not exactly in the same spot every time, which makes it more realistic. By the way, wiffle balls fly in at speeds greater than the listed 45 mph and some were even curving, dropping and rising. This thing will also launch some nice fly balls and grounders for fielding practice. If you are a little league or softball coach, I would highly recommend this baby for batting practice and for moms and dads looking to give their superstar realistic BP. I think my daughter, now 9 years old and I will get many years of use out of this.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 A little pricey, but worth it in the end May 21, 2008
By T. Schacht
This is a sturdy, well built product. I don't see it breaking easily. It is a bit pricey considering it is manually operated. However, once I got through a batting session with my son, I felt it was well worth it. The adjustment system is intuitive. It allows you to set pitches from 20 MPH to 45 MPH while being able to adjust the height of the pitch at each speed. The pitches are accurate within a few inches of each other once you get your settings locked in. As the settings are all held in place by bolts/pins, you don't have to do any major recalibration between sessions. I'd recommend it to any mom/dad who is tired of trying to lob strikes to their beginning hitter's already small strike zone.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Ultimate Machine Jun 20, 2004
This machine is great, espically for pitching. The throws are not always accurate, so you can get used to how a real pitcher would pitch, with not all the same throws. I would strongly suggest buying this item for a kid to practice! It has many different heights and speeds
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Great Product Jan 20, 2008
By J. Vogel
This is a great, quality product. As anyone who has tried knows, making consistant and accurate pitches to a beginner is very difficult. This machine makes remarkably consistant pitches with regulation balls and serves as a great training tool for a youngster. It is easy to use and does not require any electricity or batteries - a major plus. You can throw it in the back of your car and head to the park for hours of fun.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Great Product, Worth Buying Jan 29, 2010
By Mondainai
This is a great product. I play on a adult club baseball team. We use this for batting practice before a our games. It throws more consistent strikes than is humanly possible (balls are sometimes high and low of the strike zone but almost never inside or outside). Lunging at balls out of the strike zone is no way to prepare for a game. And you don't worry about one of the players pitching BP and tiring his arm before play. At the maximum setting, the machine throws about as hard as you would toss BP. We placed our machine on a the base of an old movable basketball net (net and backboard removed of course). This raised the machine to adult height and allows us to roll it on an off the field. The results speak for themselves. Our team batting average went up 60 points last season and we hit more homeruns than we had in years.
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