System for pitching sports balls

A system for delivering balls to each of two players playing on opposite sides of a field, said system comprising:

• a remote control configured to be placed on each of the two players and configured to send a wireless signal that identifies a location of a particular player of the two players that sent the signal;
• a ball pitching machine comprising:
• a housing configured to receive and hold the balls,
• a ball feeder,
• a ball shooting mechanism that receives the balls, one at a time, from the ball feeder and is configured to shoot one of the balls at a time;
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• a rotatable barrel in communication with the housing and oriented at an angle to the housing, the barrel having an ejection component that cooperates with the shooting mechanism;
• a controller comprising a position-locator, the controller configured to receive and process the signal, direct rotation of said rotatable barrel such that the ejection component faces the player that sent the signal and shoot one of the balls in a direction of the player's position, in accordance with the signal received from said remote control unit,
• further comprising an apparatus for collecting the balls, the apparatus comprising:
• a ball-adhering ribbon surrounding a perimeter of a bottom of a net on the field;
• a scooper attached to the ball-adhering ribbon and configured to advance relative to the ribbon and thereby collect balls that have adhered to said ribbon and urged the collected balls into the ball pitching machine for re-use so that the players do not need to chase after the balls used during the game, thereby enhancing the game experience.