zip n hit
Zip n hit is a great product! Every summer my ten year old sons hitting gets messed up. He is a good baseball hitter but summer camp underhand softball,nintendo wii and tennis racket baseball really have adverse affects on his "eye" It takes a lot of work to correct his hitting. I saw a coach using a zip n hit pro with his son and it got my attention so I purchased one.I own alot of baseball training equipment and in no time this simple device got my sons hitting back!! You can concentrate on consistent location and speed.The zip n hit is fun and you can do some silly things with it to make practice more interesting. Kids have a blast.My only complaint is the the strings do not last very long but you can purchase extras.
Great for odd reasons
The team my 9-year-old boy is on uses these in practice and will even take some swings on them during the games. His coach also uses them with his 13 year olds team. Not saying the zip and hit is the reason why, but my boy's team has only lost 1 game in over 3 years of baseball, including fall ball. So it's not a bad team, and they use it quite extensively.
At home we have the Hit-Away baseball mounted to a pole and it works great. But, I can't really take it with us. So, we picked up the zip and hit. Now, when the wife goes in the grocery store, we park far enough out for me and the boy to attach it to the back of the vehicle and take some swings in the parking lot. When we go to a Red's game or a Florence Freedom game, ... Read More
Worth the money, but a quality a little iffy
I bought this for my son when he was 9 years old. We attach it to the baseketball hoop and go to town! It REALLY helps warm up the swing and hand/eye coordination. The cord can fray pretty easily, we replaced ours after about a year. Comes with a second cord though.
I can't pitch to save my life so this was a huge help to me. And I didn't have to run after the ball when it was hit.
This also helped my son from dropping his back shoulder too much. If he swings below the string he knows he's dropped his shoulder.
The only thing I don't like... You really have to hold the string TIGHT so that your knuckles don't get smacked with the ball. That's a little bit of a problem for my little ones to use it together.
Don't overuse it
My son hit .515 as an 8 year old last year. This year, he moved up a division and has struggled at around .250, even though he has a fairly nice swing. Using this device for two weeks, he suddenly can't hit anything. I pitched him hardballs today and he swung over the top of every one of the first 60! The problem with this device is that the ball doesn't drop like a pitched ball, so it actually trains them to swing higher than normal. I'll be putting this away for the season and trying to recover my son's swing and confidence. Don't get me wrong, the kids love it. The entire team lines up before every game and begs you to throw fastballs with it. It's great for use around the house - just tie it to a tree and you can take swings that you couldn't ... Read More
Zip N Hit Works Teams Hit over 0.400
I got great results coaching 2 teams last season in 2006 using the Zip N Hit as a training aid in addition to live Batting Practice. We would work it into our routine for pre-game drills and starting practice drills. With every player maybe getting another 20-25 swings at a moving ball at each practice and pre-game session, over a season it adds up to 200-300 extra swings that you can't get from live BP (which takes too long, you must retrieve balls). Both of my teams last year batted as a team over 0.400 in both Bronco and Pony. I had several players bat over 0.500 and 0.600, too. It also helped them develop a level swing which improves the Batting average, and become better situational hitters. Other opposing teams also began copying us. Perfect for ... Read More
