Easton Junior Playback Elite

by Easton

Product Features

• Handy baseball trainer for practicing your fielding
• Adjustable hinge sets up at several angles
• Lets you practice grounders, line drives, and pop flies
• Heavy-duty weatherized netting with S-hook bands
• Sets up easily without tools; measures 38 by 58 inches (W x H)

Product Description

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Take your game to the next level with the Easton Jr. Playback Elite baseball trainer. Equipped with a patented adjustable hinge, the Jr. Playback Elite offers multiple training options: ground balls, line drives, and even pop flies. Just adjust the net to the proper angle, throw the ball at the net, and ready yourself to catch the simulated hit. The Jr. Playback Elite is built to last, with heavy-duty weatherized netting delivering and durable S-hook attachment bands. And it takes virtually no time at all to set up the net, so you can use it pretty much anywhere--from your backyard to the park. The Jr. Playback Elite measures 38 inches wide by 58 inches tall.

About Easton
In 1922, Doug Easton began crafting custom wood bows and cedar arrows in Watsonville, California. Although Doug produced tournament-grade, footed cedar arrows for the archery champions of that era, he was constantly frustrated with the inconsistency and lack of uniformity of wood shafts. Convinced that consistently straight uniform arrow shafts were impossible to manufacture from wood, Doug turned his attentions to aluminum. In 1939, he began manufacturing aluminum arrows in Los Angeles. His instincts about this material were correct, and in 1941, California archer Larry Hughes won the national championship with a set of Doug's aluminum arrows. This was the beginning of a trend that would change traditional archery and transcend into numerous other sports arenas over the next 50 years.

Today, Jas. D. Easton, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of sporting equipment, headquartered in Van Nuys, California. It currently employs more than 1,000 people worldwide in various distribution, manufacturing, sales and marketing capacities. Other operations are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mexico, and Canada. Easton is considered one of the world's preeminent innovators, designers, and manufacturers of sporting equipment. Much of this success is due to Easton's corporate strategy centered around producing products for the highest level of performance. Throughout its history, Easton has not only grown from within, but through the selective acquisition of other technology-based sporting goods companies.

Product Description

With a patented adjustable hinge for multiple training options, the Easton® Junior Playback Elite Trainer is ideal for ground balls, line drives, and pop flies. The trainer also includes a heavy-duty weatherized netting for ultimate playback response and durable elastic net attachment bands. Measuring 38-in x 58-in, the trainer boasts a speedy assembly, with no tools required!

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 15.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000Y7UEC8
• Item model number: JR PLAYBACK ELITE
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pitchback, July 17, 2008

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William J. Short "bshort1023" - See all my reviews
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For my sons 9th birthday my wife bought a bottom of the line pitchback. It did not have an adjustable center point so every ball did pretty much the same thing.

The Easton has the adjustable center so you can set it any way you like. It is also sturdy enough that it doesn't get knocked over when you hit it hard at the top.

Easy to put together and it appears to be okay sitting out in the rain (it's been outside all summer).

Great buy!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easton Playback, December 18, 2008

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E. Price "Rock Chalk" (Ontario, OR) - See all my reviews
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I bought the Easton Junior Playback for my son as he does not have any boys that live by him to play with. He says he likes the way it will throw back both ground balls and fly balls. We tied it to a teleplhone pole and a metal fence post. This keeps it where it belongs. Easton sends 5 extra straps which was a good thing as we needed them at certain spots that keep loosing straps. It seems to be holding up well but you do need to consider how hard the ball is thrown at it. I don't think it would work very good for high school age kids. He has had a lot of fun with it.
Much better made than what the local stores sell.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, August 25, 2008

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Hoss "Darren" (America's Heartland) - See all my reviews

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My son plays with this for hours. It was easy to set up, and seems to be very stable. We haven't had it for very long, and put it in the shed when he's not using it, so I can't attest to overall durability. But, I do know we had one of the cheaper ones that didn't perform even close to as well as this one....no contest.

Would definitely recommend this product to anyone.