SKLZ Baseball Weighted Baseballs - Strength training balls

Muy buenas, excelentes para calentar antes del juego, el peso de la pelota oficial desaparece por completo, sólo procuren empezar a soltarla a una distancia corta, de lo contrario se puede lastimar el hombro y el brazo (a un compañero le pasó), fuera de eso muy bien.

These balls are heavy! Perfect for gaining arm strength, longer tosses and conditioning of your arm. But be warned, do NOT use these to play catch with your children. 2 broken fingers later and CAS has them. My bad. But hey, at least my arm strength is much better and ball this year will be fun!

These balls work great for warming up. I don't think they are good for all applications.I have some suggestions and safety tips:1) These balls have a standard baseball cover but are twice the weight. The ball will take more skid damage if bounced off cement or asphalt. I recommend using the balls over grass or other soft surface. Even baseball field clay is likely too hard.2) For the same weight reason you shouldn't use these balls for batting (Says no batting on the label as well). Would probably destroy the bat and ball cover.(Might be cause of the "didn't last long" complaints)3) The balls are heavy so catching them in a standard mitt can be hard on the hand. Catcher's mitt is an option. Rolling grounders back to younger players is another.4) I wouldn't recommend these balls for use with kids under 8 and even then would limit usage to seasoned throwers and catchers. A missed catch over the top of a glove could take someone out.5) Prior to using the heavy balls I recommend a pre-warm up with regular baseball6) If suggest a warm down with a regular baseball after using the heavy balls to ensure accuracy.7) If playing catch with a younger player at least one of the catchers should be an adult or very skilled older player to avoid injury. For this reason you may wish to store the heavy balls out of reach of younger players8) Using these balls at pitching speed is likely highly dangerous to tendons. If you must pitch, most youth leagues have limits on how many pitches younger players can throw in a given period of time. I suggest take the recommendations and cut them in half or more. Similar to weightlifting you should allow recovery days between heavy ball work outs.Some of this is "Warning: Coffee is Hot" kind of common sense but just thought it needed to be said.Don't let my suggestions scare you off. These heavy baseballs are great, but just wanted to throw out there that they make better tools than toys...:)

Son buenísimas para el calentamiento hay que hacerlo progresivo, es decir, usarlas después de calentar con una pelota normal

Great tools when properly used.It's important to note that these balls are not for everyone and should be used under direct supervision from a coach that understands the risks of throwing a heavy ball as they will cause damage to a player that has not developed a repeatable and consistent motion.They are roughly the same size as a regular baseball and the seams are great for flipping the ball to work on finger strength.Good value as well.