Bucket of JUGS Low Impact Multi-Use Practice Baseballs, 4 Dozen
The Bucket of JUGS Low Impact Multi-Use Practice Baseballs includes 4 dozen (48) orange, dimpled practice baseballs and a Rutsch Bucket with a lid. These 9-inch, 3.5-ounce baseballs are built for high-velocity hitting and receiving drills. The lightweight sting-free formula will not hurt hitters' hands, even at higher pitching machine speeds, and the balls will not damage bats, so baseball hitters and catchers can get through a lot of hard work without sore hands or beat-up equipment.
Built for High-Velocity Batting Practice
Advanced hitters need to see velocity in practice, and turning a pitching machine up usually means harder contact on the hands and more wear on the balls. These practice baseballs are made for that kind of session. The dimpled design is built for accuracy and performance out of a pitching machine, and the sting-free formula gives hitters a real-world baseball feel at contact without the sting, even as machine speeds go up. Hitters can take round after round against higher velocity without fear of hurting their hands, damaging bats or burning through several balls each practice.
Receiving and Blocking Drills for Catchers
The multi-use part of the name is about catchers. A machine loaded with these balls can deliver high-velocity pitches for receiving work and balls in the dirt for blocking drills. Because the ball is lightweight and sting-free, a catcher can take a high volume of reps without the punishment of a bucket of hard balls, and a missed block does not mean a bruise. Coaches can use the same bucket for a hitting station and a catcher's station in one practice.
Bat-Safe, Including Wood Bats
These practice baseballs will not damage bats, and they are a strong choice for batting practice in wood bat leagues and with wood training bats. Players can take machine rounds with their game bat, wood or metal, without adding wear from practice. The regulation 9-inch size keeps the ball the same size a hitter sees in games.
High-Visibility Orange
The vibrant orange color is easy to pick up out of the machine and easy to track off the bat, against cage netting, an indoor wall or an outdoor background. It also makes these balls easy to tell apart from game balls and other practice balls in the equipment bag, so a coach can keep the high-velocity set with the machine and make sure lighter practice balls never end up in a game or in a drill that calls for a 5-ounce baseball.
The Bucket
The included Rutsch Bucket with lid holds up to 60 standard-size baseballs, so the 48 balls fit with room to spare. The lid keeps balls secure for storage and transport, and the bucket makes a convenient seat for a coach feeding the machine.
Who the Bucket of JUGS Low Impact Multi-Use Practice Baseballs Is For
These practice baseballs suit backyard players, youth leagues, high schools, colleges, practice facilities and professionals. They fit best with:
- Advanced hitters who want higher-velocity machine work without hand sting.
- Catchers and catching coaches running receiving and blocking drills.
- Wood bat leagues and players who train with wood bats.
- Practice facilities looking for a bat-safe ball for high-speed cages.
Practice Ideas With Low Impact Practice Baseballs
- Velocity rounds: turn the pitching machine up to game speed or above so hitters learn to start their swing earlier and stay short to the ball.
- Two-strike rounds: run a short round at the top of the speed range and have hitters focus on putting the ball in play.
- Receiving work: set the machine to deliver pitches to the edges of the zone so catchers can practice receiving them cleanly.
- Blocking drills: aim the machine at the dirt in front of the plate and have catchers block pitch after pitch, keeping the ball in front of them.
- Wood bat rounds: give hitters who play in wood bat leagues a full round with their wood bat without adding wear to it.
Keep a protective screen in front of the machine and the person feeding it during every round, such as the JUGS Protector Series L-Shaped Screen.
Bucket of JUGS Low Impact Multi-Use Practice Baseballs Specifications
- Quantity: 4 dozen (48) practice baseballs
- Size: 9 inch (regulation size)
- Weight: 3.5 oz per ball
- Color: orange
- Surface: dimpled
- Formula: lightweight, sting-free
- Bat safety: will not damage bats; suited to wood bats
- Use: high-velocity pitching machine batting practice; catcher receiving and blocking drills
- Bucket: Rutsch Bucket, included, with lid; holds up to 60 standard-size baseballs
- Warranty: 1-year warranty covering normal wear and factory defects
What Is Included
- 48 JUGS Low Impact Multi-Use Practice Baseballs
- 1 Rutsch Bucket with lid
Frequently Asked Questions
How heavy are these practice baseballs?
Each ball is 9 inches and weighs 3.5 ounces, lighter than a standard 5-ounce baseball, which is part of what keeps contact sting-free.
Can I use them with wood bats?
Yes. They will not damage bats and are well suited to batting practice with wood bats.
Are they good for catchers?
Yes. They are designed for high-velocity receiving and blocking drills as well as hitting.
Will they sting at high machine speeds?
The lightweight sting-free formula is designed so hitters and catchers do not get stung, even at higher machine speeds.
How do they compare to Sting-Free baseballs?
Both are bat-safe and sting-free. The Sting-Free Dimpled Baseballs are 5 ounces to match a leather baseball, while these are a lighter 3.5-ounce ball built for high-velocity and catcher work.
What warranty do they carry?
A 1-year warranty covering normal wear and factory defects.
