Franklin SportsNHL Automatic Hockey Ball Passer Machine - Kids One Timer Shooting Practice Trainer - Perfect Youth Hockey Training Equipment + Toy, 27"

This was purchased as an Amazon Lightning deal for $29! It was supposed to be one of my 6 year old son's Christmas presents but because he is such a hockey fanatic and his hockey coach encourages the team to practice shooting drills at home I decided to give it to him early. It takes 4 D size batteries. We set it up in the basement next to his hockey net and loaded it with Franklin street hockey balls (comes with 4 but it fits 10). There is a red light that flashes right before the pass so that the player can anticipate the pass and get ready for the shot. He absolutely loves it!!!! He spent hours using this the first day and was able to practice independently. Very happy with this purchase especially since it is so easy to use and only cost $29! I can see my son improving his goal shooting and "one timer" shots with this item and I can see him using this daily all season (with or without roller hockey skates). Once spring and summer roll around he will have fun using this outdoors as well. Great item, recommended for all hockey kids!!!

Surprised on how decent this thing really is. 4 D battery's later I took it to the local rink. Really a great time. My kids will love it.

I think this is a genius tool for street hockey players. The ball shoots out at a perfect speed. Maybe it will one day have a ball speed setting. It surprisingly works well with being a battery item. Sometimes battery items are not so durable but so far I've been ok with this. I was little works when it was sort of wet out from the day before but luckily it was durable enough. Only problem I had so far was one jam when I first got it it jammed up bit I found out if I keep loading a abundance amount of balls then it will keep shooting. You can't really just load like 3 balls.

My son is always wanting someone to pass with him and this is helpful for times when he has to play by himself. Totally worth it!

Too slow and pretty useless

This is an outstanding product and works as advertised. It's a great training tool to set up anywhere and it's really fun to use. The only complaint I have, however minor, there's no adjustment on the speed at which the ball comes out of the passer but I think it's a good speed for what I want. I haven't used it enough to run the batteries down but I've put approximately 200 balls through it and it's still running strong. There's about an 8 second break between balls, which is ample time to prepare for a shot and enough storage for 10 balls in the chute. Highly recommend this product.

I'm an adult and this thing really shoots the balls out fast for one timers and passes! It's a great tool to get your timing down. My kids have a blast with it as well!

I tried many other hockey street balls in here, mini soft, large soft, mini warrior speed, glow in the dark, in the end none worked the same as the orange balls it came with.And for my 4 year old (playing hockey for a year+), the ball release was too fast for him to keep up. I suspect you need at least a good 15+ feet of space which tends to put this as an outside only toy. Have a small house so it didn't work. Plus don't get close or in the way near the release, it definitely stung if you get to close and it "gets you".Don't forget to order 4 D batteries for this.Overall, this would be a great outside toy for older kids, 6+. I may venture back to this one day, for now it doesn't suit what I need.