Fastpitch Softball Hitting: Utilizing a Revolutionary Batting Tee
As any coach will attest, the key to being successful at fastpitch softball hitting is practice and the right drills. This repetition will cause the perfect swing to become a reflex rather than something the softball player has to think about.
Throughout the pages dedicated to softball hitting drills are drills involving multiple players to provide "soft toss" to a teammate. These drills, although quite effective, does allow only one player at a time to perfect her swing. This results in only a 50% utilization of your practice. As stated earlier, the key to maximizing team success is to maximize practice time. But how to improve that utilization ratio? You need to have two players work together on these fastpitch softball hitting drills, correct?
Well, not anymore. Introducing the PopToss Batting Tee. The PopToss batting tee replaces the need to have a player or coach perform soft toss. The tee does it for you. How? Watch the video:
Ok, you say, but it just tosses the ball up in the air in one spot. What good is that? How does the player work on different locations for the pitches? And what about height adjustments? No two players are alike. Well, the folks at PopToss have thought of that too. This video will show how simple it is to use and how flexible it can be. It is about three minutes, so hang in there. You’ll be glad you did.
Ok, that is great, but the one shown (Girls Purple Tee pictured above) is only for outdoor practice where we are using real softballs. No worries, here is a picture of the "yellow" tee made specifically for indoors and lighter indoor balls (this is also used for tee ball).
The yellow tee comes with multiple springs to be used with different balls so that you can adjust to the drill. Imagine combining this with a pop-up batting net and you have a whole new set of drills where you can observe multiple players at once instead of one at a time.
Ok, last objection has to be that the tees are expensive. They must cost more than the static batting tee, right? Well, not exactly. If you look at the batting tee page, you will see that a batting tee can be as cheap as $25, but the really good ones will run upwards to $60 - $80. The cost of the PopToss Tee is $59.99 plus shipping. That is correct. For the cost of a good static tee, you can basically bring in another set of hands to do soft toss and maximize that practice time, further enhancing your team's fastpitch softball hitting.
Pricing for the PopToss Batting Tee
PopToss Tee
Price per Unit
Shipping*
Girls Purple Fastpitch Tee
$59.99
$19.00
Yellow Indoor Tee
$59.99
$19.00
*Note that for orders of multiple tees, shipping will be billed at $19.00 for the first tee, and $8.00 per tee thereafter. Outside mainland US, shipping will be quoted separately.
To order your PopToss Tee, fill in the form below. An invoice will be emailed to you via PayPal. Even if you do not have a PayPal account, that is alright. You can still pay with your credit card by following the simple instructions.
