BOLA Fielding Trainer with Gimballed Turntable

BOLA Hockey Ball Machine mounted on a gimballed swivelling turntable. Instant adjustment of direction and elevation. Designed for Hockey goalkeeper training the turntable is excellent for a wide range of Cricket fielding and catching exercises. Availlable with extended legs. Fielding Turntables are sold as a unit with a BOLA Hockey Machine. This is because the dimpled plastic balls (used by the Cricket Bowling Machines)are not particularly well suited to catching practices – they are very hard on the hands - and fielding drills are more effective with cricket balls. The Hockey Machine has rubber based ball throwing wheels which are more efficient when working with leather cricket balls. In addition to this, it is necessary to remove all the Ball Joint / Tripod assembly to fit the machine to the Turntable so it makes switching between batting and fielding with a Cricket Bowling Machine impractical.

The BOLA Ball Trainer is a unique design concept, specifically developed to produce the consistent, accurate supply of ball delivery that is essential to teach youngsters a plethora of hitting, catching, fielding or striking skills.

Dependable Source of Delivery

Until now, providing young players with a consistent and dependable source of delivery to learn the basic skills of games as diverse as cricket, tennis and rounders has been reliant on the throwing or bowling skills of the coach or teacher. The BOLA Ball Trainer is there to fill this gap and enable the coach to effectively train young beginners or improvers with an accurate reference ball for all skill disciplines.

The ball speed range of the all new Ball Trainer is between 20 and 60 mph and it has fully variable speed. Top Spin and Back Spin can be imparted to the ball and elevation and length are easily adjustable.

Remote Control

The ball reservoir holds in excess of 50 balls which are automatically fed into the machine. The ball feed sequence can be operated with a ‘key-fob’ remote control and a ‘traffic light’ sequence warns of delivery.

The BOLA Ball Trainer operates from an internal battery which will run the machine for more than four hours on one charge.

It can be used anywhere from a tennis court to a back garden and is equally at home in an indoor sports hall or outdoor cricket net.

The Ball Trainer is supplied with a plug in charger and mains supply, a Random Ball Deflector for perfecting catching or volleying skills and one dozen, specifically designed 68mm Ball Trainer balls.

What The Coaches Say

'I’m introducing cricket to children from 51 different countries. Many of them don’t have any catching or hitting skills and there is no better tool for teaching them the basics of cricket than the BOLA Ball Trainer'

Ryan Denyer - Gordonstoun School

' Before this machine came along the rounders coach had no suitable means of mechanical delivery for teaching youngsters (7-13 year olds) catching and batting skills'

Caroline Park - Ex-Rounders England head coach now Head of PE at Cumnor House School

'You can take the machine off its stand and put it on the back seat of a car in a couple of minutes. For a coach, its mobility is a great asset and you can have it working at the next location in no time at all'

Kevin Boardman - coaching and development manager at Mildenhall Cricket Club

We use DHL and DX for our domestic deliveries. Our Carriage charges are:

• Up to 10kgs - £10.50

• 10-18kgs - £17.00

• 19-30kgs - £24.00

• 30-42kgs - £35.00

• 42kgs plus - £48.00

All prices are excluding VAT.

UK Mainland only specifically excluding Highlands and Islands Postcodes).

For orders outside of the UK mainland you will be able to request a quote when ordering. BOLA will contact you with a price including delivery to your location.