Smushballs® started with a simple idea: give baseball and softball players a training ball they could use almost anywhere while getting more meaningful repetitions and spending less time chasing balls.
Smushballs began as a solution to a problem every player, parent and coach knows: getting enough quality repetitions without needing a full field, a giant bucket of baseballs or somebody constantly chasing balls.
The result was a baseball-size, limited-flight training ball designed for hitting, fielding, reaction work and high-volume practice in backyards, cages, gyms and training facilities.
What started as a training idea grew into a product used by players, coaches, teams and instructors across the country.
Better training equipment should help athletes get more useful work done, not make practice more complicated.
Tools should keep athletes working instead of waiting, retrieving or resetting.
Backyards, cages, gyms and facilities should all be useful training spaces.
Good training should give players immediate information they can feel, see and use.
Training gear belongs in daily work, not sitting untouched in a garage or equipment room.
Smushballs are built around how baseball and softball players actually train: quick reps, repeatable drills and more opportunities to work on a skill without needing perfect conditions.
That was the idea at the beginning, and it is still what Smushballs® is built around today.
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