The Tru Toss Soft Toss machine is terrific in practice sessions and in pre-game drills.  We use it so that the coach can focus on helping the hitter to correct issues with their baseball hitting technique rather than focus energy on conducting the drill and having to throw the ball.  We think we also improve the saftey of the practice by not putting the coach or soft toss thrower close to the swinging bat or ricocheted ball flying off of a fence (we recommend using a net, not a fence).