Slider Pitching Machine Games & Drills

Wall Ball

To play wallball, we divide the players into two teams, one team plays the field while the other bats.  A single is a hit ball that gets through the players on the ground and makes it to the wall, a double hits the wall up to about 10 feet high, a triple will hit the wall about 20 feet high and a home run will hit about 30 feet high (very hard to do).  We have markings on the wall in the gym that we use so it is easy to tell where a hit is. 

If a player in the field does not field the ball cleanly it is an error and an imaginary runner gets first base (we do not run the bases).  This is a lot like Home Run Derby that I used to play for hours each day as a kid.  We play three innings and then get to practice.  It is competitive so the kids love it and it gives everyone a chance to have fun prior to practice beginning. The Slider Pitching Machine is right in the middle of the game, chucking perfect pitches from about 35 feet away at a high speed.  We also use the pitching machine for one of the batting practice stations during the practice.  I will hand feed the machine and each player gets 30 swings in a rotation in just a few minutes time. 

The Slider Lite Pitching Machine is a versatile indoor pitching machine.  Among lite ball pitching machines the Slider Pitching Machine is very flexible and allows us to use it in many games and drills.  Click here to see the drills  as part of our article - Slider Pitching Machine Games & Drills - Part 2 .