Hitting
Hitting Drills
Hitting
Hitting Drills
Single Hand Drills
Both are good drills to work on bat path and barrel control.
Swing with low effort but intense focus on a clean path through the baseball.
Arm, wrist, and bat form 90 degrees angles in the setup.
For the bottom hand drill, maintain the angles into the swing and stay palm down through contact.
For the top hand drill, keep the barrel inside and behind the hand. Finish out front and high above your shoulder.
Bottom Hand Isolation
Top Hand Isolation
Posture Turns
With a wide split grip, pull your elbows back to bring the bat into your stomach.
Get into a strong athletic posture with some forward bend over the plate.
Maintaining that athletic posture, turn tightly and quickly around the spine to bring the barrel through.
Forward bend over the plate at the beginning of the drill should to turn into side bend over the plate at the end.
Good drill to develop a tight and connected turn into the ball.
Start with a wide base. It is best to do this drill without a stride.
Keeping a still head, turn your back through contact without extending your rear arm.
Stop and hold your contact position just after impact with the ball.
Low effort to start, then gradually increase how hard you swing.
When done correctly, you should be able hit the ball pretty hard but still control and stop the bat.
Drill is a quick and simple way to clean up your swing, and it is especially good for players who pull off the ball.
Take your normal swing through the baseball, but when you get close to your finish, swing the bat back across the plate.
If using this drill with side toss, front toss, or even machine work, the tosser can quickly throw a series of 2 or 3 balls one right after the other.
These are no stride drills. Start with a wide athletic base.
Offset open helps with loading into your backside. Get coiled around so your shoulders are square to the pitcher.
Offset closed helps with posture over the plate and direction through the ball.
In both drills, keep your feet planted and drive the baseball back up through the middle.
Offset Open
Offset Closed
Drill helps with your launch position and with swinging from there quickly and efficiently.
Start in your normal stance.
Stride and separate into your launch position.
Pause for a couple seconds, then swing from that position without taking another stride or separating again.
Good drill to help a hitter stay behind the baseball.
Start with a very wide base.
Step back towards the catcher and take your best swing.
Good drill for feeling the backside and controlling your forward move.
Start in your normal batting stance.
Take a small step towards the catcher with your back foot.
Stride with your front foot and take your best swing.
Good drill for feeling and maintaining the coil around the the rear hip.
Start with your lead foot over and just behind your rear foot.
Bend some at the waist to create good posture over the plate.
Stride with your lead leg and take your best swing.
This drill develops posture and balance over the plate.
Take your swing, then hold your finish at the top of the swing.
After a second or two, take a step towards the plate with your lead foot.
The step will go towards 1B if you are right handed, 3B if you are left handed.
Behind the Ball Block - Promotes a staying above and through the ball.
Behind the Plate Block - Promotes a a direct path from inside the ball.
Inner Half Block - Prevents roll overs and promotes a back to front bat path through the ball.
Outer Half Block - Promotes pulling the inside pitch without hooking it.
Behind the Ball Block
Behind the Plate Block
Inner Half Block
Outer Half Block