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This post is about a product for baseball training.  You will note that it is a bit out of character for me to be writing about sports, but I have two grandsons that are big time into high school baseball and this device is one of the coolest ideas I have seen in years and thought I would give it a plug.  This is not an affiliate link advertisement.

There are many types of hitting and batting practice stands and pitching machines that will train the player on how to hit, how to keep your eye on the pitched ball, timing and when and how to swing.  Those things run in price from very low to very high and only very fortunate teams will own a machine for this type of training of the offense.

So what about devices for training the defense team work?  Well that is where this item comes in.  It is a low priced device that can be used year around for keeping the fielders in tip top shape.  It is called the ReactionPro and what it is is a flexible pad that you roll out on the floor or ground and then you pitch the ball at the pad and the defense players respond to the ball no matter which of the erratic directions it hops off toward.

There is an irregular surface design built into the pad that causes the ball to hop toward an unpredictable direction.  It is simple in design and very helpful in building instinctive reaction in the fielder’s response.  It really simulates just exactly what the ball would do in real play.

No matter the condition of the infield or the outfield the ball just does not always bounce off in the exact same direction that it was hit.  The ground surface will often cause a ball to bounce on by the fielder and then two things happen, the runner advances and the in-fielder or the out-fielder earns an error.

Normally when coaches train the defense the coach hits balls to each of them in turn or at random and one of the players gets some action.  With this unique training device more players are able to train much faster and the team will build up an instinctive response to the ball in play.

We like the ReactionPro so much we bought 3 of them, one for the two grandsons to use at home and two to donate to their school.  Check out the videos and instructions and see how the pad is used in defense training by going to Baseball-Training.net.

We think everyone will be interested in using this tool.  Just don’t tell the teams that my two grandsons play against.

UPDATE:
We think you or your kid would like to know about this most excellent program that is happening in October and November for kids.   The All-American ReactionPro® Defensive Baseball Challenge is happening at various locations around the country.  Your kid can show his or her baseball stuff and have an opportunity to win a training program at the IMG Baseball Academy in Florida.  Click this link to get full particulars on the Baseball Challenge.

If the above link does not work for some reason you can copy and paste this url into your browser. http://baseball-training.net/the-baseball-challenge-2.html.  Please pass this information on to your kid’s coaches.