SKLZHit-A-Way Junior Youth Batting Swing Trainer for Baseball or T-Ball , Yellow

In general this is not a good product. To use it properly, you MUST fill the base with something to weigh it down.Set up: I filled the base with sand for stability. The unit has a very narrow hole which takes a long time to fill the unit. To make this easier, a wide hole that could fit the top of a milk jug. After filling the base, set up is relatively simple. The unit easily converts from T-ball mode to hit away mode.Use: it’s not useful at all. Even filling the base with sand provides little stability. The hit away feature does not work well at all. Even when hitting the ball with solid contact the ball rarely returns in a pitch-like location. Trying to throw the ball hard enough makes the unit wobble.I cannot leave a good review for the T-ball feature. The center pole shattered after the 5th or 6th hit.

My son loves this SKLZ Hit-A-Way Batting Trainer! This batting trainer is VERY good quality. The ball is attached to the batting stick with a super durable elastic piece. Not only is the ball securely attached to this unit, the ball can't be lost!!! Yay!! The bat is a very good size and is also very durable. I honestly was very surprised that this training batter is so durable since it was really inexpensive! We filled the base of the unit with 'some' (garden) pebbles and he is able to carry his ball trainer around in the yard. With the amount of pebbles that we added to the base, it has never blown or knocked over. The shipping was very fast. I'm sure that anyone that decides to order this for their child will absolutely be thrilled with the quality and durability for years to come!

This is pretty chinsey. The line that holds the ball doesn't really serve any purpose and would be impossible to use as it was intended (per the description). We just cut it off and let our son use it as a standard T-ball set. For the cost--I guess it served its purpose.

This product is very disappointing, we got this for our youngest as he wants to use his older brother’s skillz trainer but isn’t big enough. He used this for maybe 10 minutes before the pole broke from a hit with the foam bat that came with it. The string is not long enough for the ball to swing around the pole like the versions made for older kids. It’s a good concept but the product needs more development and durability

Cord is way shorter than the image shows. I wanted to cut the pole so it would be shorter and so the cord is longer but once the coupling is in there is no pulling it apart. Base is too small to stay upright so I’ll hold the top while my kid hits.Good idea toy, not worth $50. Probably make one from home depot supplies for $50

It's a toddler practice product. If that's your intent great, if not keep looking. Its short in height and not great for one person. The ball is very close to the yellow tube.

Broke in one week! So disappointing!! I’ve got a five year old in baseball and this would have been the perfect practice for him! He went out thirty times a day the first week we had it. Then it broke in several ways. First, there is a little black thing that holds the ball on the line, it snapped right off which makes the ball fall to the ground and you can’t even keep the ball at a height to hit at.The yellow “pole” Is thin and very flimsy plastic. When you put it all together it’s not sturdy at all! It is barely hanging on. We only used the provided bat to make sure it wasn’t beat up and only used with parental supervision.It was pointless and a huge bummer!

My 6 year old wants to learn to hit the ball. I want something that can be placed indoors that he can practice. With mixed reviews, I still decide to give it a try.The reviewers are right in that the material is cheap. The base must be filled with water to provide some level of stability. The pole is assembled from three pieces. The pieces can be assembled in different order as well as in reverse, therefore provide additional height options depending on your kids size and the desired hitting zone (higher or lower).When the ball is properly spun or hit, it will come back in a good location faithfully. However, if the ball is not hit solidly (e.g., tipped or awkward swing), the ball will not come back right. This is where the kid need to re-spin the ball around the post, or an adult if the kid is too young to do it him/herself.There is a another adjustment that needs attention: the rope that holds the ball. The rope can be pulled back and forth to allow fine-tuning the height and distance adjustments. It has a small wrap to keep the adjustment in place. However, after the child hits the ball a few times, the rope/ball adjustment will need to happen again. This is more work from the supervising person, which can be adult or older kid.Overall, it does it's job to help a kid learn how to hit. But it's not something that one can leave the child alone doing it all by him/herself as the rope/pole need constant re-adjustments.