coachtrev writes "Why Baseball Hitting Drills - The
art of hitting a round ball with a rounded stick was identified by USA
Today as the hardest feat in all of sports…what other sport identifies
prime talent as those who only fail 7 out of 10 times (a .300 BA) and
the greats of the game by failing only 6.50% of the time (a .350 BA)!Your actually considered pretty good hitter with a .280 batting average.
Who Else Wants To Be A Better Hitter In Less Than 1 Week?
Youth Baseball Hitting Drills
Baseball Hitting Drills | Be A Better Hitter
The ugly reality is that by age 13…70% of players have left the game
and the #1 reason given in the one major study I have seen is that its
not fun…Possible translation = a lack of success. Hitting is one of the biggest measurements we put on our youth baseball players
We humans thrive on success and the approval of our peers. We enjoy
being good at things and getting slapped on the back for a job well
done! Good golfers don’t play tennis on the weekends…bad cooks probably
don’t enjoy cooking in their spare time.
Some of The Greatest Pro Athletes Never Get Out of Low A Ball!
Some of The Best Amateurs Never Even Thrive In High School or College!
The best players don’t always become tomorrow’s superstars. Take talent
and add commitment and you will have many of the MLB Players you see on
TV… Take tremendous gifts and add that same competitive work ethic and
you have the few superstars that exist in any generation!
Kids Don’t Swing Enough… so most players don’t ever maximize whatever gifts they have!
Team practice just does not give kids enough quality swings to go
beyond their physical talents to become a successful
hitter. Baseball batting drills are a must at home and need to be made fun! This
encourages today’s players to stay in the game…long enough to thrive!
So How Do You Become Your Best?
It’s a 2 Part Answer:
- Learn how to most efficiently swing your bat…this takes a coach, a
dad with some knowledge and maybe one good video or book on the subject
(remember, even the best in the game have a hitting coach in the dugout
so there’s always little tweaks until the day you play your last game)
- Do it over and over and over…the right way.
Baseball Hitting Drills - The short is that there are 3 basic areas…
where any age youth player can really develop a better game… and the first two right at home:
- You Must Hit Off A Batting Tee… a lot! This will
help you perfect your swing mechanics without having to track a moving
baseball. All it takes is a good batting tee and a catch net to keep
the balls out of the neighbor’s yard (and yes, you can pitch into it as
well)! Baseball Tips offers over 14 different tees and 6 catch nets…
good stuff starting from under $100. total! They say that Derek Jeter
wore his tee station out during the long Michigan winter months.
- You Must Hit Angle Toss… a lot! Soft Toss, also
known as flip drills is simply a drill where a coach sits on a bucket
at a 45 degree angle on the open side of the hitter and tosses a
looping flip about every 6 seconds. You can use the same catch net from
your Tee Station, saving you some extra cash. This valuable drill
builds on your tee station and adds timing and the focus you must have
to consistently hit hard shots. Balls are tossed toward the front knee,
the mid body and then the back knee to teach hitting to all fields
- Soft Toss…a lot! A coach or a partner either
stands or sits on a chair 25 – 30 feet in front of the hiiter and
behind an “L” screen for protection. The coach/partner soft tosses
baseballs to the hitter. It’s a good idea to alternate hitters or rest
after every 5 or 6 tosses other wise the hitter loses his focus and or
gets tired, resulting in poor hitting mechanics and thus destroying
everything the hitter has tried to build on.
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