SKLZ Premium Impact Limited-Flight Training Baseballs, Perfect for Adding Power to Swing, Use Indoors Or Outdoors for Practice and Drills, Baseball, Softball, and Mini Balls, Yellow/Black

I stumbled upon these balls on Amazon when looking for regular plastic Whiffle balls to play with my kids. I was running through dozens of traditional plastic balls over several months as they would crack in a short period of time, especially if any adults started taking turns hitting the ball. I read about these SKLS Impact Baseballs, initially balked (pun intended) at the price, but decided to give it a shot once I read about the composition of the balls allowing them to "squish", the one-year warranty, and some other helpful reviews. After literally thousands of swings now by dozens of children and adults using both plastic and metal bats, I am thrilled to report that the balls look and behave as if they were brand new! -- In summary, these balls are the best practice balls I've ever owned, and the fact that you can use them with both plastic and metal bats means I can use them for back-yard fun with the whole family or for on-the-field one-on-one batting practice with my older sons who can swing away without someone needing to chase balls down 300 feet away.Here are a few things to consider as you think about buying these balls:- Most importantly, they do what they claim to do. I have purchased two dozen balls now, and each of them is in perfect condition. (We lost one ball down a storm drain, but I suspect that it's still in perfect shape wherever it wound up!)- The balls are shaped the same as traditional Whiffle balls, and they will generally behave the same in terms of movement.- These balls include four small triangle-shaped holes in addition to the oval-shaped holes. I've found that putting my two throwing fingers in two of the triangles allows me to throw a straight "four-seam" fastball with no side-to-side movement. I love this feature because it allows me to throw these balls with more velocity than most other whiffle balls without inducing side-to-side movement that I don't want. If you're looking to throw straight batting practice (or trying to throw someone out when playing a game of Whiffle ball), the triangles are very helpful for throwing straight and hard.- The yellow and black ball design is excellent for visual stimulation and "tracking" the ball. The ball designers were also smart to alternate the yellow and black sides (some balls have holes on the yellow side, other balls have holes on the black) to prevent batters from being able to tell what kind of pitch is coming based on he color. That said, the batter can somewhat track whether he's seeing a straight (four-seam) fastball versus a cutting pitch depending on how the colors rotate coming out of the pitchers hand. This is a subtle design choice that roughly mimics being able to pick up the seams on a baseball and is something that hitters can't do with an all-white or all-yellow plastic ball. Nice design touch that helps encourage batters to really keep an eye on the ball!- The balls appear - in my estimation - to fly just as far or slightly farther than a normal Whiffle ball. The description talks about not flying as far so you can gather them more easily, which is true when compared to baseballs (which obviously fly much farther off a metal bat). Because these balls feel slightly heavier and more dense than a normal Whiffle ball (when coupled with the collapsing technology), they fly as far or - perhaps - slightly farther than other plastic baseballs I've used.- The initial cost of the balls is significant, though I feel it's a fantastic value when you consider that you're getting a dozen balls that will last you easily ten times as long as other Whiffle-ball-type practice baseballs.- As with any hollow plastic practice ball, these are not well-suited for pitching practice. The balls are light and hollow, so you don't want to over-exert yourself by throwing hard. These should - in my opinion - only be used for recreational Whiffle ball games (perfect use) or for batting practice.In short, this has been one of my favorite "discoveries" on Amazon this year. I had never heard of or seen these balls before, and I stumbled onto them on Amazon and decided to take a gamble on them. I couldn't be happier with the product and would definitely buy a third dozen if the first two dozen weren't all still going strong. If you're looking for a long-lasting practice baseball for batting practice, you'll be happy you tried these.

I have a 7 year old who hits these. These are great for back yard practice. They a made of rubber and you don't need to worry about them breaking anything. They throw well. I like to throw from 40 feet or so as that is what the kids pitch from just so they can keep timing consistent. You can do that with these balls with no problem. Even when hit well they rarely go further than 100 feet or so, so if you have a reasonably sized yard you can use these no problem. I would highly recommend these.

These whiffle balls are durable and easy to use. They are light weight and do not go far after they are hit. Great value for the money!

perfect weight so it can be thrown from a decent distance, limited flight. Takes a very hard and solid swing to go far. Ie most of my 12 year olds solid shots probably going 80 feet or so. I dont know if they can get past 100 to be honest. firm and durable not flimsy like the red powernets were. only thing you cant really do is throw a curve with these. maybe you can but im not too sure.love these, little expensive, but buying cheaper options that arent right eventually adds up

This is a Great practice Ball for my grand kids and their T ball team.

Bought these to work with my 7 year old. Wanted to try something so we didn't have to go to the ballpark everyday to hit absolutely love them react like real baseballs and heavy balls combined they allow him to take real swings in the front yard without having to worry about breaking a window or damaging a neighbors house or car highly recommend for anyone looking to get real feedback without the worry

My boys live playing whiffle ball but always seem to lose them. We ordered these and they are nice and sturdy. Some of the others we have bought always sent. These have stayed intact. The size is perfect for practicing baseball. Great value for the quality.

no broken windows and nice quality

The practice balls are built to last - extremely durable and still look brand new after many batting sessions.

Great for flight restriction and good quality

estou usando a duas semanas e ainda não houve problema.

Bueno bonito y barato, muy buena calidad de este producto

Las compre para jugar beisbol con mis amigos en el parque, la verdad se lanzan muy bien y son super resistentes para la hora del bateo. Vuelan muy bien cuando les das un buen hit. Las recomiendo para jugar con su familia beisbol en la playa, el parque o la calle sin temor a romper algo de un pelotazo.Actualización: Al mes de mayo de 2023, las pelotas siguen en excelente estado, se usan en promedio una vez al mes. Súper compra