43Drills

The hitter will position himself in regular batting stance and the coach will be checking placement of the hitter’s knees,feet,hips,shoulders,head and eyes. This drill will help the hitter improve his batting stance.

In this baseball hitting drill, the coach will stand 1 or 1 and a half feet away from the hitter, while the hitter will be standing in its normal position, facing a fence or a screen which is 6-8 feet away. The coach will drop the ball from a height of his head and the hitter will quickly hit the ball, the coach will then slowly start dropping the ball from lower heights. This will increase the bat speed of the hitter.

Heres a drill to increase the strength and quickness of batsman for some quick hits:

Tosser will kneel on one knee, to the side of the hitter and 12 feet in front. The hitter should stand 12 to 15 feet from a screen with his bat in a ready position, and the ball gets tossed underhanded with a fast speed within the strike zone of the hitter. The hitter swings hard at the ball, and after every hit the bat should immediately be returned back to the ready position.