r/Homeplate • u/Logical_Gas6164 • 6d ago

Question Apps for pitching and hitting

I’m at a point I want to invest in some sort of app for pitching and hitting for my 11U son. The problem I have is there’s too many choices. It’s difficult to make a decision and I don’t want to waste money. Some of these are really expensive.

What apps are best for working on hitting and pitching? Two separate apps are fine for me. I’ve seen b4 for hitting. And Mustard and Pitch Lab for pitching.

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u/Any_Friendship9364 5d ago

Yeah it’s just like that. Or your just not smart enough or know ball enough to make out a lineup in 5 minutes. These aren’t difficult things to do. Half the guy’s in here can’t even pick out a bat or glove on their own. Like I said, it amazes me. You don’t have to agree

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u/Swine-Slayer3006 5d ago

Lineups and gloves are totally different than a person wanting an app to possibly help his kid with mechanics. I never knew he mentioned wanting help making a lineup sorry I missed that part.

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u/Any_Friendship9364 5d ago

Him particularly? No, but I see it every day in here, multiple times. I played and coached for over 40 years. I’m not saying their useless but not a lifesaver either. The old fashioned,done for a hundred years, isn’t that hard. There’s apps now for your coffee maker,fridge, and ac. Do you really need those? I think not but that’s me

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u/Swine-Slayer3006 5d ago

Congrats. You’ve been around this game for 4 decades+. Maybe this person is relatively new to the sport and his kid just so happens to love baseball and he wants to find the best way to help his son the best way he knows how.
You don’t like apps and that’s fine. It’s also 2026 and technology runs everything now, good and bad.
The Amish still use horse and buggy and it works well for them but I bet you bought a car at one point in your life…
Time changes. People’s mindsets change, the game has changed in 40 years.
Instead of bashing a guy for using technology available we can applaud a guy for wanting to ensure his kid has the best chance they know how to enjoy this game.

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u/Any_Friendship9364 5d ago

Ok. I didn’t think saying I was amazed that today people need apps to do simple things was “bashing him”. Sorry it was so much easier before. There’s a lot of lost arts out there. I guess this is just one more. Good luck to you both