SKLZ Hurricane Batting Swing Trainer for Baseball/Softball with 4-Band Power System

Great training aid. My 8-year-old has gotten serious about working on his hitting in the off-season, and this is a great tool. He loves it and has a bunch of fun hitting in the basement. The Walmart online order and curbside pickup processes were super easy and convenient. Recommended across the board.

My nephew is very happy with the SKLZ hurricane 4. He is working on getting stronger and more coordinated at the plate, so far he's gaining some confidence and building better form with the SKLZ hurricane 4.

It works really well for younger kids

We have only had this for a couple of weeks, but the kids love using it and it works great. There is going to be 7-12 inches of snow today in Kansas City and the kids will be able to practice hitting on this in the basement. Once they begin hitting on it, they don't want to stop, so it definitely make practice time more fun. This will help improve their hand eye coordination and get them tons of reps to build up their strength before the season. Looking forward to seeing how this translates to pratice and games this summer. The machine itself seems to be put together really well. it is very stable even and it stays upright and doesn't slide around even when I swing on it. I am 6' and weigh 190lbs and I am taking full swings at it. This is much better than standing there holding the hitting stick and you can tell when you get a good hit or not because the arm will just bounce up and down if you don't hit it cleanly. Not sure how it would hold up to an entire team using it daily, but for my 2 boys (age 5 and 10), it works great and I don't see them wearing it out anytime soon.

This is a well made item. You can adjust height and how fast it returns the "ball". My kids spend hours with it. Definitely have them use batting gloves and a bat that is not used for games. It is nice that they don't have to chase the ball and I don't have to squat and catch for hours. Definitely a product that will grow with them and their needs/talent. It is heavy, so I don't see us transporting it to the fields as a warm-up.

Works really nice grandsons love it they use it all the time.

This is a great machine when you are out of hands at a travel tornament or when you have young ones around the house who are always looking to do some batting practice. Great to be able to differentiate solid hits from the uppercut or downward swing. I just wish there was something to make it stop sooner and reset so kids don't get bad habit of swinging at a bouncing stick.

I purchased this for my 7-year-old son to use. Set it up in our basement during winter months and it is a good hitting trainer. I coach high school age kids too but I don't think that I would let them use this. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that it would help and they could use it, but I know that they would try to hit it as hard as they can and I don't think that it would hold up long to that. It was very easy to set up. It is a little on the heavy side but I think that will help its durability. This is a great deal too from Walmart...cheapest price around.

Didn't even get to try it but when I received this and one of the legs were defective had too much metal inside to fit over other pole so I am returning

this is a nice quality product however ours came with a broken piece right out of the box. It also came with a few holes in the storage bag, which does not make me very happy Honestly if it wasn't so heavy and already put together I would have sent this back.