The original
KiTi-Bat
45 cm long, 7 cm wide, American poplar. A narrow face and very little margin for error — which is exactly what sharpens the eye.
R350 each · ages 5–80
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Handmade in South Africa
Train better.
Train better.
Focus sharper.
Play stronger.
A rubber ball on an elastic string and a bat you have to watch all the way in. That is the whole idea — and it works for a five-year-old in a driveway just as well as it does for a first-team batter. Every bat is shaped by hand in our own workshop.
Made by handShaped, sanded and finished one at a time in our own workshop.
Ages 5 to 80Two sizes, so the bat fits the player rather than the other way round.
Club & academy pricingBulk rates on application for coaches, schools, clubs and academies.
Courier R50Anywhere in South Africa, or collect in Johannesburg.
The Range
Three tools. One skill.
Hand-eye coordination is the difference between a player who reacts and a player who reads the ball. Two bat sizes and a rebound net, each training it from a different angle.
The original
For the little ones
KiTi Junior
30 cm long, 11 cm wide, SA pine plywood. A wider face and a shorter swing, so young players get clean contact from day one.
R165 each · 2 for R300
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Back in stock
Catch-It Trainer
The hand-strung rebound net that fires the ball back at speed. Catching, fielding, reaction time — for cricket, netball and tennis.
R2 000 accessories from R250
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How it works
Keep the ball on the bat.
A rubber ball hangs from the bat on an elastic string. You hit it, it comes straight back, and the game is to keep it going on the face of the bat — hit after hit after hit.
- Hundreds of repetitionsIn a few minutes, on your own. No bowler, no net, no fielder.
- Instant feedbackMiss the middle and the ball tells you immediately. No coach needed.
- Trains ball trackingThe eyes learn to stay on the ball right onto the face of the bat.
- Anywhere at allBackyard, driveway, changeroom, hotel room the night before a game.
In the workshop
From a rough plank to a bat with a name on it.
Every KiTi starts as a rough plank. It gets cut, shaped, sanded and finished by hand — and nothing leaves the workshop until it swings the way it should.
That is why no two are quite identical, and why a KiTi feels like something a person made rather than something a machine spat out.
A block of poplar, shaped by hand into a finished KiTi-Bat.
Catch-It Trainer
After many years — we're back.
Catch-It returns a thrown ball at incredible speed. Each net is hand-strung, almost like a tennis racket, and the tension is what gives it its life. Use it solo or as a team trainer — for cricket, netball and tennis.
- Adjustable return heightQuick and easy to change — high catches one minute, sharp ground fielding the next.
- Grows with the playerThe harder you throw, the harder it comes back. It never stops being useful.
- Light and portableRoughly 900 x 900mm, easy to carry, with an optional trainer bag.
Ready when you are
Order direct from the workshop.
No middleman, no catalogue. Send us a WhatsApp or an email and we'll confirm stock and price the same day. Courier is R50 and is not included. Bulk rates on application for coaches, schools, clubs and academies.