Speed Sensor Yellow Cover Softball

My daughter was so excited for this delivery! It’s a great way for us to track her progress and see where she needs to be for her goals!

I was skeptical when I ordered this, but for $30 I thought it was worth a try. Received it today and my daughter and I took it out for a test. I thought the instructions were adequate. Its pretty simple...turn it on and select what distance you will be pitching at. Set it to 43 and then watched for the four bars to come up. After they come up you have 10 seconds to throw. We warmed up with overhand throws from the rubber to home and it was showing 42 to 45 on each overhand throw. Starting pitching and presto....first pitch was 52. Next pitch 51. Daughter thought it was totally cool so she started gassing it. Next pitch 53 and then a 54. Told her to throw a change up and boom...42. I have put a gun on her before and 55 is currently her max.....so this $30 ball just repeated what a $700 gun said. Don't know how long it will last. It does turn itself off after 1 minute of inactivity. So, at least for now it looks like a well spent $30. Thumbs up.

I just received the ball a few hours ago. My daughter and some other girls tried it several times. At first I thought I had bought a piece of junk. To pitch the ball, you must use a softball pitching grip with fingers on the seams and thumb at the start button. If your entire hand is not around the ball it will not work correctly. Set the distance while palming the ball. Next grip it like I mentioned above with your thumb lightly pressing on the start button. The dashed lines should stay lit up. It will measure the time from when you let go of the ball until when the glove catches it. I would have rated it 5 stars if the directions would have been better. If you set your distance at 40 feet, but are actually pitching from 35 feet all you need to do is multiply the reading by 0.875 to get the true speed.

The ball was great and accurate. But my pitchers have only used it about 6 times in total and the ball has completely stopped working. Nothing will come up on the screen anymore. I have tried to let it rest, but it no longer works. Very sad, they really enjoyed using the ball and it was a good price. I am assuming it is not made in a way that it can withstand the impact of it hitting a wall or the ground.

Not only did the ball say my 9 year old was pitching 120mph when I sent the ball back the seller received it but never refunded my money. Do not purchase from this seller unless you want to be ripped off.

I've owned a few of these when I was a kid. You know the one where you had to mash the button your thumb or finger and then throw it without letting off the button until release???Not this one. A simple click, get set, wind up and throw. BOOM! Your speed. And it's accurate.I use this with my daughter more to see the difference in speed between fastball and off-speed pitches, not to necessarily track high speed, so accuracy isn't as important. I have not compared it to a juggs gun or anything like that. But even if it's 2-3 mph off, it's still does a great job without spending hundreds or more on a 'real' gun.*Be careful not to click the button and then pound the ball into your glove as part of your wind up.

My daughter is a pitcher and she does have a pitching coach who has one of those expensive radar guns to clock her pitches; however, we really wanted a tool we could use at home to monitor her performance. Not wanting to spend $$$ on a radar gun, I ordered this and figured I couldn't go too far wrong for the price.Once we received it, we took it to her next pitching lesson so we could compare it to the radar gun. The reported speed on this ball was within 1mph of the gun (consistently above by 1mph). This was well worth the price. If the one we received is representative of the general quality of this sensor, I would recommend to anyone looking for an affordable way to clock pitching/throwing speed.

What i liked about the ball was that it was easy to use and the instructions were pretty clear to get good readings. TBH thats about all I liked about it. First major problem is the distance settings are only for 40, 43 and 46 feet. I bought an 11in ball which is 10u and for those that dont know, 10u pitching distance is only 35 feet. So you have to do some math calculation to get your actual speed. As for how accurate it is, Im not sure its that accurate especially compared to a pocket radar which I know is a lot more expensive. Readings will tend to be higher than what they actually are. It provides a good bench mark, but if youre serious about this, I wouldn't go with any radar ball.