Use These 5 Types of Training Baseballs to Improve Your Game

Use These 5 Types of Training Baseballs to Improve Your Game

Elite baseball and softball players know a regular game ball is only going to do so much for developing their skills. Specially designed baseball training balls will help improve your swing, arm strength, throwing technique and other sport-specific abilities.

Bownet Sports™ offers a variety of baseball training equipment for all ages and experience levels. We've taken a look at the five best practice baseballs and softballs that you can use to Train Like a Pro.

1. Batting Cage Balls

A batting cage ball is designed for making the most of your batting practice time. The optic yellow shade is more visible than a white baseball, letting players work on tracking it out of the pitching machine. This improves concentration and hand-eye coordination. It's made of durable polyurethane, which stands up to hundreds of cuts. The dimples help replicate the spin and air resistance of a normal ball. We offer them in both a 9-inch baseball and 12-inch softball size.

2. Ballast Weighted Balls

Using weighted baseballs for hitting and throwing adds resistance to your normal drills. In turn, this builds the strength and power you need both on a game-by-game basis and to avoid wearing down over a long season. Our baseball and softball ballast balls weigh nearly three times as much as a regulation ball with a bright orange Bownet™ color and raise seams for your regular motions. We also offer the 18-inch "Bomb Ball" that is cheaper and more effective than a gym membership.

3. Flat Spinner-Pitch Trainer Balls

These training aids are a must for developing spin on your curves and sinkers. The Flat Spinner Ball has exaggerated seams and flat sides that lets newer pitchers get used to throwing breaking pitches. Experienced hurlers also use them to clean up bad habits. Since pitchers receive instant feedback on ball rotation from the black centerline, they can work solo at home or the gym. We offer both two-seam and four-seam flat pitching trainers to improve your spin, grip and pitch control.

4. Blast Ball Foam Baseballs

You can't always hold batting practice in an open field - and with our orange foam baseballs, you don't have to. A soft baseball allows hitters to swing away in gyms, basements and crowded fields. At eight inches in circumference, they're slightly smaller than a regulation baseball, which improves hand-eye coordination. You can't miss the bright orange color! We engineered these foam training balls for the battery-powered Bownet Blast Pitch Machine, which can throw three pitching speeds and sliders, too.

5. Snap Back Baseball Trainers

There are two big benefits of using Snap Back™ training balls. First, the lightweight limited-flight design means they are safe to hit pretty much anywhere, letting you practice more often. Second, they collapse at the point of impact, giving you immediate feedback on where you made contact. This helps improve swing accuracy and muscle memory. Once you've analyzed your performance, simply snap the ploy-flex material back into place for the next cut. We offer both standard-size and Mini Snap Back batting cage balls for getting your cracks from a tee or soft toss.