Project Description:
The Pitch Return is designed to alleviate stress on catchers in collegiate and professional baseball. Nine squares already exist in baseball, but the problem is the pitcher must walk down and retrieve the balls from the catching device, usually a net on these designs. Pitch Return was created to prevent this need and save time and effort. The design uses foam pads to stop the baseball and then uses gravity to funnel the ball into a pitching machine which returns the ball. Also, force sensors are placed behind each of the nine individual pads, which are used to give feedback to the pitcher as to where he or she hit in the strike zone.
