If you are tired of throwing flyballs into the air for you child, or using the fungo bat, or even continually hitting with a real bat, then give this a try.This is like a tennis racket, but much heavier. Young kids will not be able to use this to racket as it will be too heavy to swing and get the ball to fly properly (trust me, I've seen numerous 11 and under kids try it).There is a proper way to hit the ball off the racket and it takes practice. Within about ten minutes you should be able to hit fly balls to your child. With more practice you get more accurate on where they go. The other thing you can use this bat for is hitting hard hit grounders. We will take the racket and bounce the ball down towards the ground and it makes the ball go screaming out like a hard hit grounder would fly off a bat. It's good for getting kids to work on grounder work without killing your arm.I will admit my arm is a little sore after I use this for a 1/2 hour + just because it's a heavy racket, but it's so much better than swinging a bat over and over or throwing the balls. To be perfectly honest, it's fun to use this racket. My husband and I both like to be the one using it to give our son extra practice on fly balls and grounders.My husband agrees that this is one of the best baseball tools we've ever bought. My son is much better at catching fly balls now because of it. I would highly recommend.I have a little video review of my husband hitting fly balls to my son using the racket so you can get an idea of how to hit the racket so it sends the balls into the air.[...]
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]