I have been playing softball for over 16 years and coaching softball for almost 10 years. I have been to thousands and thousands of practices, spent countless hours on the diamond and in the batting cage. Coaches bring all sorts of equipment to these practices, from different types of balls, different types of bats or swing-aids, but one piece of equipment that seems to follow most people around to a large number of these practices is the PITCHING MACHINE. Pitching machines