SKLZ Catapult Soft Toss Machine - Baseball Trainer

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Product Specifications

Perfect for playing pepper during warm-ups or getting in a few cuts during pregame. Great hand-eye coordination training tool.
Tosses regulation baseballs and most sizes and weights of practice balls
Holds up to 11 baseballs
Builds visual acuity and hitting accuracy
Refer to the user manual below before use.

Product Description

Product description SKLZ Catapult Baseball Soft-Toss Machine. Work on both the offensive and defensive aspects of your game with the Catapult. Use regulation baseballs for soft toss or to practice footwork and glove-hand ball transfer. Or use 9” plastic balls for pop fly practice. The unit adjusts for height and distance and serves balls every 8 seconds. Use with an AC adapter or 4 D batteries (not included). Assembly Required. Materials: Plastic, Steel. Dimensions: 15”L x 7”W x 10”H; 4.42 lbs

From the Manufacturer

SKLZ Catapult Soft Toss Pitch Machine and Fielding Trainer Use the Catapult Soft Toss Pitching Machine to 2ork on both the offensive and defensive aspects of your game. Use regulation baseballs for soft toss or to practice footwork and glove-hand ball transfer. Or use 9” plastic balls for pop fly practice. The unit adjusts for height and distance and serves balls every 8 seconds.

Features Spiral ball funnel holds up to 8 regulation size baseballs Automatically tosses balls every 8 seconds Adjustable height and distance Use with AC Adaptor or 4 D Batteries (not included) Catapult Usage 1) Add baseballs to machine Prior to starting the machine add up to 8 balls to the Spiral Ball Funnel.

2) Adjust ball flight angle Before adjusting the ball flight angle turn the Catapult off. Loosen the trajectory lever knob at the frontof the machine. Adjust leg up or down to adjust the ball flight angle. Tighten trajectory lever knob. Stabilize Catapult by adjusting the rear stability bar. Unscrew knobs on both sides of the bar and adjust height so that the bar rests on the ground. Secure into place by tightening each knob.

3) Adjust ball throwing distance Using the adjustable distance knob, tighten to increase ball throwing distance, loosen slowly to decrease ball throwing distance.

4) Power up machine The Catapult runs on 4 D Batteries (not included) or with the provided AC Adapter. If using the AC Adapter, connect to the side of Catapult Base below the power switch. If using batteries flip the Catapult over. Press down on the black tab and slide the battery cover off. Install batteries as shown. Turn product ON to power up and OFF to power down. Ensure all persons and pets are clear of the Catapult and the path of the ball before powering on.

About SKLZ SKLZ is committed to elevating the athlete in each of us by guiding and serving athletes on their journeys to be their personal best. As the flagship brand of Pro Performance Sports, based in San Diego California, SKLZ develops innovative athletic performance and skill development training products, technology and knowledge for serious athletes of all ages, skill levels and sports including baseball, football, soccer, golf, softball and basketball. SKLZ is known around the world for delivering durable, high-performance training products used by professional and amateur athletes as well as their coaches and trainers seeking to improve on a sport-specific skill or a performance-focused goal such as speed, agility, balance or core strength.

Product Reviews

Tennis balls worked the best.

This will not really toss the ball to you as described. You literally have to stand right next to it and the machine will pop one up to you about 3 feet in the air. Tried to put it on the setting to help with catching, it launched it about 2 feet in front of the machine, very lightly. We tried waffle balls, practice balls, tennis balls and real balls. Tennis balls worked the best.

Upset that I had to even give this item a …

Upset that I had to even give this item a star. The first one was sent with a broken trajectory lever knob. The balls never could get over the lever that placed them in the ejector. I played around with the ball funnel location but that did not work. We I received the replacement machine the spring was off the bolt. Tried for an hour to reattach the but before I realized that I should not have to fix a new out of the box item. Stay away, the videos for the item don’t tell the real story.

piece of junk… get what you pay for

beware of this… it is not worth the money. there is a reason it is so much cheaper than other similar items- its poor quality and doesn’t work properly. i am a coach and i bought this to help my son train while i am away coaching and unable to work with him. however the machine is such junk it is not able to function in the way they advertise it to.the ball feed malfunctions every time. 1st ball catapults out fine, but every time the second ball feeds into the machine the stop doesn’t re-engage and 1-3 more balls fall into the machine causing a 2-3 balls to fly out in various directions. In addition, the net that is marketed with this product also does not work the way it is described. Save your money and spend it on private lessons or on better quality equipment. Remember you get what you pay for!

Nice product if no one else around to do soft toss

If you are going to be doing soft toss with wiffle balls use batteriesIf you are going to do soft toss with hard balls use the 120v ac adapterWorks good and is very repeatable once you get it dialed in

Five Stars

My grandson loves this tossing machine. It really works well. The balls are indestructable.

Great little Unit

This is a great little unit for the price. Not made to last the test of time, but should make it through a season or two. Entirely made of plastic, (including the internal parts and mechanisms,) so eventually one of these pieces will break and it will need to be trashed. The unit needs to be plugged in, but does have a battery section to receive a battery(s) (NOT INCLUDED) for portable use. No idea how long the unit will last with batteries…yet.I’ve had the unit for almost a month and my son has been hitting 100 balls per session every day…so it is holding up well with the use.All in all, this is a good $50 soft toss machine that will serve any level of player for at least a season or two.

difficult to adjust

I’ve tried several different ways, but it doesn’t do “Soft Toss.” I’ve tried different angles and adjustments. It does pop-ups. I might try it outside to see if it needs heavier balls.

I wanted to like it, but …

I wanted to like this. I really did. But a couple of flaws popped up, no pun intended. First, when the machine tossed a ball, it would regularly clip the bottom of the ball feeder, making the soft tosses very haphazard. I solved this by removing one of the sections of the feeder, though the obvious drawback was that it would only hold five balls instead of eight.Less than a month after I bought it, the motor abruptly quit working. Thought it was a battery issue so I switched to AC power, but that didn’t work either, with the unit producing a humming noise as if it was trying to make itself work. Thankfully it died within the exchange period and Amazon was great about replacing it. I’ll update this when the replacement arrives, but for now, I’d be cautious about buying this.

The reload gets stuck and the spiral ball collector does …

The reload gets stuck and the spiral ball collector does not stay lined up. The adjustment is not accurate either ☹️

Four Stars

Great training tool was surprised by its compact size but does the job

Believe the poor reviews!

Never worked properly. Hardly has enough power to get the balls a foot off the ground. Pieces broke off as well.

Amazing product for youth to use to learn on

Amazing product for youth to use to learn on… very quick setup… could use more spiral ball feeders so you can hold more than 8 balls but it works you can also order more…

Three Stars

Cool catapult but not very accurate with putting the ball in the same spot

Rage Worthy POS

Nooooope. Please listen to all of the reviewers. Feeds 2 balls at a time and jams nearly every try. Doesn’t launch high enough for my 10 year old to do soft toss.

First one we received the plastic cover was broken but …

First one we received the plastic cover was broken but stilled tried it and worked well but wires were exposed so the second one is on its way and should be here Monday or Tuesday…

Example of when a product should go back to the design room.

This thing is super weak. Not recommended at all. Unless you want your kids batting to weaken. All the other products I’ve gotten from this company has been just fine, but this…

I tried a real baseball, but the arm/spring didn’t …

I tried a real baseball, but the arm/spring didn’t have the power to launch. I used the Skilz version of the whiffle ball, but the position of the toss was massively erratic–just…