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baseball hitting drills

Using baseball hitting drills will make you a far better hitter and get you hitting line drives consistently.

There is a lot of baseball hitting drills that can help you improve your hitting abilities.

Don’t take these exercises lightly. Just execute these drills over and over and you’ll be amazed of the improvements you’ll get.

The nice thing about these drills is that you don’t have to wait until your coach calls a regular practice with the whole team. We’ve listed 2-player and 1-player drills. Whenever you and one of your friend or teammates feel to practice your swing, there you go.

Here is a list of some of them we know will give you fast results:

45 Toss:

One of the players stands in front of a fence, net or backstop while the other is at a 45 degree position from the hitter in direction of the fence. The player tossing is on one knee and tosses the balls underhanded around belt high at the front leg of the hitter. The task for the hitter is to hit the ball on a line directly in the net in front of him. During that drill, always aim towards the middle of the fence or net.

Front Toss:

This drill is usually executed in a batting cage. The hitter steps at the plate in his usual hitting position while the “tosser” is positioned behind a screen ( it can be a square screen or a reversed “L” screen ) The tosses are made underhanded as in the 45 toss. The role of the thrower is to move the ball around the strike zone while the hitter has to go with the pitches and hit line drives to all fields.

One-Handed Swing Toss:

That baseball hitting drill is performed with the exact same set-up as in the front toss drill. The thrower tries to pitch the balls in the middle of the strike zone underhanded. The hitter’s task changes quite a bit. The batter steps up at the plate but the difference is that he is only allowed to hit with one hand.

For that drill, you can use a small bat or grab your standard bat about 8 inches or a foot over the knob. You start hitting with your bottom hand on the bat with your top hand following the swing but never touching the bat. During the second round, it is the top hand doing the work with the bottom hand following the swing without touching the bat.

Then, in your third time around, get back to a regular swing: both hands on the bat with your usual grip. Remember to never over swing during all of the rounds of this drill. Keep a smooth leveled swing aiming towards the middle of the field and don’t try to do too much.

The goal is to hit the ball on the sweet spot. You will see the ball explode off the bat like never before during that third round.

Waffle Balls:

The particularity of this baseball hitting drill is that the hitter gets to see a real arm action. But with the waffle ball coming slower than a real baseball, the hitter can concentrate more on his technique.

The thrower can either pitch the ball like a pitcher or from his knees. (I personally prefer doing it on one knee) The objective for the hitter during that drill is hitting the more line drives possible and staying away from fly balls.

Quick Hands Ball Drop:

As a hitter, the more you can wait to start your swing, the more time you have to recognize the pitch and then hit it hard if it is in the strike zone or let it go by for a ball. In order to be able to wait longer to start your swing, you have to develop quick hands.

This baseball hitting drill is specifically thought for improving your hands speed. The hitter sets up in his normal stance in front of a fence, net or backstop and keeps his eyes on the ball. The thrower stands in front him with a ball in his hand but far enough for not getting hit by the bat

When the batter is ready to hit, the thrower can let the ball fall whenever he wants. At first, the thrower can be on a chair so the ball will drop from higher and the hitter will have more time to react. When the hitter becomes better and makes good contacts more often, the thrower can let the ball fall from a lower height and also try to varying the time between the drops.

The problem is that we don’t constantly have a person to throw at us. This is the reason why you should not be shy of using the tee-ball. It is a very good tool for improving your swing.

Here are some baseball hitting drills using the tee.

Standard:

It is probably the first way most of us learned to hit a ball and it is probably also the best way to keep improving and building up a good, leveled swing. When you use the tee, you should not be hitting with the tee always at the same spot.

You should move the tee all around the strike zone from high to low and from in and away placing the ball at the right spot where we should make contact. (ex.: if you put the tee on the outside corner, the ball should be approximately in front of the back leg.)

Another important point is to focus on extending the arms, trying to make the ball “live” as long as possible. You want to be hitting line drives every time. There’s no reason you can’t, after all, the ball is not moving.

Up and In:

This baseball hitting drill utility is to develop a short, compact swing. Putting the tee high and inside gives you no other choice but throwing the knob out in front and follow with a strong top hand.

The object of the drill is driving the ball up the middle. Long swing hitters will either be jammed or will pull the ball. Just remember to drive the ball towards center field. In order to do that, your swing has to be as compact as possible. It will help you develop quick wrists.

Walking Tee:

The function of that baseball hitting drill is to make sure the hitter does not open up too fast. You should stay closed as long as possible in order to be able to hit the outside pitch with authority and the inside pitch with more power.

The hitter takes place in front of the tee with the ball a little bit inside of his front foot and about belt height. Then, he takes a “cross-step” towards his back leg; crossing his front leg over his back leg and getting back to his batting stance.

Afterward, from that position, the hitter goes forward crossing his back leg behind his front leg and when his front foot steps on the ground the hitter swings at the ball and tries to hit a line drive up the middle. He then restarts it all over, placing himself in front of the tee, going back with a “cross-step” and so on.

For further information and some finer points on hitting, don’t hesitate to go see the section called Baseball Batting Tips

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