Titus, Alabama
One idea, patented, about half a softball in weight
EZ-Riseball exists to solve a single problem, and it is a problem of physics rather than of coaching: a softball will not rise until it is spinning faster and travelling faster than most pitchers can manage, so the pitch cannot be practised during the years when it would be easiest to learn.
United States patent
What the invention actually does
It does not teach a different technique. The grip, the release and the stride a pitcher learns with an EZ-Riseball are the same ones she will use on a regulation ball. What the eight moulded wings change is the threshold at which correct technique starts producing visible movement.
A regular softball needs roughly 20 to 25 revolutions per second and a release speed with a minimum in the mid fifties before the rise shows. The EZ-Riseball lifts at around 10 revolutions per second and a minimum of about 30 mph. That is the entire invention, and it is why the ball can confirm a good release for a pitcher who is years away from the arm speed a regulation ball would demand.
The ball trains the rise and the drop with the same tool, because both pitches share an arm circle and a stride and differ only in what the hand does in the last few inches.
Where it comes from
EZ-Riseball is made and shipped from Titus, Alabama, and sold direct as well as through Amazon and Walmart. It is a mail order brand rather than a shop or a coaching facility: there is no storefront to visit and no lessons to book, and the instruction on this site is free and stays free.
The phone is answered by Billie. If you are choosing between the two balls, saying how old the pitcher is and how long she has been pitching is usually enough to settle it.
Start with the physics, not the sales page
The technique pages are the fastest way to work out whether this is the right tool for your pitcher. Read those first, and the choice of ball tends to make itself.