Jugs | Toss Machine, Screen, Plate and Balls
Jugs Toss Package
Five line items on the contents list. The Jugs Toss Machine, a travel screen, a throw-down home plate, a 24-page drill book, and 2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled baseballs or softballs. Jugs also names a transport bag alongside the screen. The machine is what you are buying: it tosses a ball every 5 seconds, holds 14 baseballs or 10 softballs, and runs 8 hours of continuous use per charge with no cord.
Soft toss normally takes two people, one kneeling beside the plate feeding balls up into the zone. This package replaces the second person. Load the holder, start the machine, and a hitter takes swing after swing at a fixed five-second interval until the balls run out. Jugs lists the package for backyard players, youth leagues, high schools and colleges, and publishes no machine weight, no machine dimensions and no space requirement for it.
Toss Interval5 secondsOne ball, automatically fedBattery8 hoursContinuous use per chargeBall Holder14 or 10Baseballs or softballsDrill Book24 pagesWritten for this machineCordless, rechargeable2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled ballsTravel screen and transport bagBaseball or softball build
How it trains
Four Things the Machine Changes
A toss machine is a scheduling tool as much as a hitting tool. Here is what the five-second interval and the 8-hour battery actually do to a practice, and one naming question worth settling before you order.
?Soft Toss With Nobody Kneeling Beside YouHand-fed soft toss ties up a coach for the whole round, and the feed changes with whoever is doing the feeding: a little higher, a little slower, a little further out as the arm tires. Jugs states the Toss Machine gives players consistent reps without needing a partner, at one ball every 5 seconds. Fixed interval and fixed feed point mean the only variable left in the round is the swing. For a player training alone in a garage or a driveway, that is the difference between a session and no session. For a coach with nine hitters and one cage, it frees the one adult in the building to stand behind the hitter and watch, with nobody kneeling in front of the plate.Ball every 5 seconds?How Long a Charge LastsJugs states the rechargeable battery provides 8 hours of continuous use per charge, making the machine completely cordless and suited to fields, garages and backyards. Eight hours covers a full weekend clinic without an outlet, and it takes power access out of the decision about where the station goes. The ball holder takes 14 baseballs or 10 softballs, so a round is 14 swings before a reload.14 baseballs, 10 softballs❗The Screen Jugs Now Lists Without a NameRead this before you order if the screen is why you are buying. Jugs’ current contents list for this package says only travel screen, described as a sturdy but lightweight travel screen and transport bag. It does not name the Complete Practice Travel Screen, which is the screen that ships in the two Jugs tee packages and carries a published 6.5 ft x 6.5 ft hitting area at 25 lbs. Jugs publishes no dimensions, no weight and no material for the screen in this package. If you need the Complete Practice Travel Screen specifically, ask us to confirm with Jugs which screen this SKU ships today.No dimensions published?Quiet Enough for an Indoor SessionJugs states the Toss Machine runs smoothly and silently so hitters can focus on timing and mechanics, and describes the housing as a durable, lightweight body that is easy to carry and transport. A quiet machine matters indoors, where a loud feeder competes with the coach’s voice and the sound of contact is the feedback the hitter is listening for. Jugs publishes no decibel figure and no machine weight.Compact housing
In the box
The Contents List, Line by Line
Five items on Jugs’ list, plus the transport bag Jugs names alongside the screen. The ball line is shown for both builds.
⚾Jugs Toss MachineBall every 5 seconds, holds 14 or 10?Travel ScreenJugs names no model and no size?Transport BagListed with the screen, size not published?Throw-Down Home PlateDimensions not published?24-Page Drill BookDrills written for the Toss Machine⚾2 Dozen Sting-Free Dimpled BaseballsBaseball build?2 Dozen Sting-Free Dimpled SoftballsSoftball build, diameter not published?Rechargeable BatteryIn the machine, 8 hours per charge
Closer look
Every Item, With Its Own Spec
Item 1
The Toss Machine
Every figure Jugs publishes for this package belongs to the machine. It feeds automatically at a ball every 5 seconds, holds 14 baseballs or 10 softballs in the ball holder, and runs 8 hours of continuous use per charge on a rechargeable battery with no cord. Jugs describes the housing as durable and lightweight, easy to carry and transport, and states the machine runs smoothly and silently. Weight and dimensions are not published, which makes the ball capacity the practical measure of the machine’s size.
- 1 x Jugs Toss Machine
- Toss interval: a ball every 5 seconds
- Ball capacity: 14 baseballs or 10 softballs
- Battery: rechargeable, 8 hours of continuous use per charge
- Power: completely cordless
- Housing: durable, lightweight, carried by hand
- Machine weight and dimensions: not published
5-second feed8-hour batteryCordlessItems 2 and 3
The Screen, the Bag and the Plate
Three items with almost no published specification between them. Jugs lists a travel screen, and calls it sturdy but lightweight, packed with a transport bag. It gives no model name, no dimensions, no weight and no material for that screen on this page, and it does not name the Complete Practice Travel Screen the way its tee packages do. The throw-down home plate is listed without a size. Treat these three as line items you know are in the box and nothing more, and confirm the screen with us if the model matters to you.
- 1 x travel screen, described as sturdy but lightweight
- Screen model, dimensions, weight and material: not published on this page
- 1 x transport bag, listed alongside the screen
- Transport bag size: not published
- 1 x throw-down home plate
- Home plate dimensions and material: not published
Travel screenTransport bagThrow-down plateItems 4 and 5
Two Dozen Balls and a 24-Page Drill Book
Two dozen balls against a 14-ball holder gives roughly a round and a half before anyone collects, which is the working rhythm of a solo session. The balls are Sting-Free dimpled, in baseball or softball to match the build, and Jugs states they are compatible with the Toss Machine. The drill book runs 24 pages of ideas for getting the most out of the machine, which is the part most owners never read and the part that decides whether the machine gets used for one drill or ten.
- 2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled baseballs (baseball build)
- OR 2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled softballs (softball build)
- Softball diameter: not published on this page
- 1 x drill book, 24 pages
- Drill book content: ideas for getting the most out of the Toss Machine
2 dozen ballsSting-Free dimpled24 pages
Compare
Five Jugs Hitting and Toss Packages
This is the only one of the five with a machine in it that feeds a hitter by itself. The two tee packages need a hand on every ball.
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Five line items: Jugs Toss Machine; travel screen; throw-down home plate; 24-page drill book; 2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled baseballs or softballs. Jugs also names a transport bag alongside the screen.Jugs no longer says. The current contents list reads travel screen, described as sturdy but lightweight and supplied with a transport bag. Jugs does not name the Complete Practice Travel Screen on this page, and publishes no dimensions, weight or material for the screen in this package. If the screen model matters to your purchase, ask us to confirm it with Jugs before ordering.One ball every 5 seconds, automatically. Jugs states that gives players consistent reps without needing a partner. The interval is fixed; no adjustable feed rate is published.14 baseballs or 10 softballs. With 2 dozen balls in the package, that is a full holder plus 10 spare baseballs, or a full holder plus 14 spare softballs, before anyone collects.No. The machine is completely cordless on a rechargeable battery that Jugs states provides 8 hours of continuous use per charge, which suits fields, garages and backyards. Charge time is not published.Yes. That is what the automatic feed is for. Jugs states the machine gives consistent reps without needing a partner. Load the holder, start it, and the interval does the feeding while the hitter swings.Jugs states the machine runs smoothly and silently so hitters can focus on timing and mechanics. No decibel figure is published, so treat that as the manufacturer’sand not a measurement.24 pages of ideas for getting the most out of the Jugs Toss Machine. Jugs publishes the page count and the subject; it does not publish a drill list or a table of contents.2 dozen Sting-Free dimpled balls compatible with the Toss Machine, in baseball or softball to match the build you choose. The baseball version is the Sting-Free Dimple Ball Baseball. Jugs does not publish the softball diameter for this package.Jugs publishes no space requirement for this package, and no machine dimensions either. What it does state is that the cordless battery makes it suited to fields, garages and backyards. Allow room for the hitter’s full swing clear of the screen and the machine.Four levels: backyard players, youth leagues, high schools and colleges. No age range is published.Yes. The Jugs Toss Machine is stocked separately, as are the Sting-Free Dimple Ball Baseballs. If you want a screen with published dimensions, the Complete Practice Travel Screen and the Instant Screen both have their own pages.
