Weighted softballs can be one of the easiest ways to strengthen your arm. It is perfect for pitching or just throwing. As you train, gradually increase the weight of the ball as you increase the strength in your pitching or throwing arm.
The Schutt strike zone home plate is perfect for pitchers working on their accuracy or hitters trying to see the zone. It teaches you the proper strike zone, enhanceds pitching and hitting skills and would be great for umpire training.
The different colors of this mat represent the pitching areas. The red is a "No zone". You do not want to pitch in this area. The yellow is a "caution zone" You can pitch in this area but do it with care. These pitches are better then the red but not near as good as the pitches in the green area. The green is pitching area of choice. This zone extends two inches on the plate and two inches off the place. This is a perfect targer and if you can hit the corners you can run the game. The white is an extra zone. Sometimes if you are hitting the green areas, or corners, the entire game try to push it a little further, this will make the ball even harder to be hit by the batter. This is the most portable pitching mat on the market. When your done roll it up or fold it to fit into the most convenient place for you.
Pitcher's Tutor is designed to give the player a visual zone, both horizontal and vertical, where to throw the pitches as well as numerous targets for pitch location. The 30 x 30 inch size gives the approximate size of an adult strike zone. When the coach calls out a number and a type of pitch, the pitcher must hit the corresponding number with the appropriate pitch. The bright colors make it easy to determine where a pitch hits the target.
Pocket Radar redefines the State-of-the-Art in handheld speed measurement. This technological breakthrough brings you the world's most compact, high-performance speed radar. The revolutionary Pocket Radar is ideal for baseball, softball, tennis, racing ... "anything that moves."
The ARM STRONG PRO Model Includes: Light (orange), medium (blue) and heavy (black) tubes providing 7 levels of resistance.
The CannonBall is rapidly becoming the #1 warm up ball around the baseball and softball world because you can throw it with another person or against a brick wall by yourself. The cannon ball is a great way to loosen up and will increase arm strength and accuracy if used properly. When warming up with the CannonBall, you only want to throw it easy about 10 to 15 tosses, and then throw a regular ball easy about 3 to 4 tosses, then gradually pick up the speed another 10 tosses, or until you feel comfortable.
The Power-Push softball pitcher's training aid device was developed to promote a powerful forward push over the front of the fastpitch pitcher's push foot straight down the power line and away from the pitching rubber. The Power-Push provides a channel for the push foot to promote driving the push foot stright down the power line,not up in the air.This promotes opening up at the "apex"of the pitch, not on the rubber.This will give instant feedback to the pitcher if she turns her push foot to the side too soon in the push and performs either a heel drag or having two feet in the air at the same time The Power-Pushwill be thrown to the side as it catches the pitcher's heel if she turns her push foot too soon in the pitch. This will convince her that she is turning her foot too soon , and will provide the instant feedback necessary to create the muscle memory required to develop great powerful habits as a pitcher.
Think about it. World class sprinters push straight over their feet out of the starting block for maximum power and speed, so should a softball fastpitch pitcher. Take a good look at some of the word's best fastpitch pitchers and I think you will see that a majority of them are over the big toe and not on the side of their push foot. Being on the side of your push foot creates a strain on the inside of the knee and lower back as well as taking away from the power of the pitcher.
Seriously! Women use their lower body for the power they need. Most instructors I know always start at the floor and work their way up. The Power-Push is a tremendous aid to teach the correct fundamentals of the push foot and avoid those hard to fix bad habits. Get your pitcher started off in the right direction,stright down the "power line",with the Power-Push.
The 14 inch softball has many great uses for fastpitch softball players. Many of the nations top pitching coaches use these oversized balls for various pitching drills.
The Schutt weighted ball is a 13-14 oz ball that is 10 7/8" in circumference. This can be used at any level of play. It is designed to help build arm strength adn flexibility as well as to loosen up your arm quickly.
The softball Xertube is one of the most effective training tool for pitchers. It safely warms up and strengthens the throwing arm while helping to prevent shoulder injuries.
The ThrowMAX Flexible Arm Brace is designed to keep players from using incorrect arm motions. By not allowing the arm to bend much beyond 90 degrees, players will automatically compensate by raising their elbow to shoulder height or higher. Through using the brace and consistent repetition partnered with intense determination, a person can acquire "muscle memory" and potentially solve many of their incorrect throwing mechanics leading to a higher level of playing excellence.
The Windmill Trainer aka The Perfect Circle is a training system designed to teach the proper placement of the hand in the release zone. This training system is a great pitching aid whether you are working on basic mechanics or on the advance pitching mechanics of the windmill motion such as: FASTBALL, CHANGE-UP, DROPBALL, SCREWBALL, RISEBALL, AND CURVEBALL. Recomended by pitching coach Bill Hillhouse.
The Xelerator was designed to increase pitching speed and accuracy by perfecting the pitching plane. The Xelerator develops a pitching plane that promotes both a long arm and a perfected line of force that translates into the maximum velocity possible while staying within the pitching plane and power line.
The Spinner is a softball training aid designed to teach the pitching spins and rotation directions in fastpitch softball.
The TightSpin Trainer fastpitch pitching aid is a motion specific resistance exercise machine. It is used by over 300 college softball programs including almost all of the top ranked programs in the nation! The TightSpin Trainer is endorsed by world renowned pitching instructors Ernie Parker and Worth Club K's Cheri Kempf and is used by the US Junior Olympic team pitching coach.