I second the notion that it is all in the toss. I try to toss it off of my back shoulder so you actually dont catch it square like an in game pop up would be. I hit my pregame infield with a regular sized bat and not a fungo although it is wood. Whatever you do dont become a fungo snob like a lot of coaches. In my experience people who talk about how good they are at hitting fungos is because its probably the most success they have had with hitting anything.