Work on Fear of the Ball when Teaching Hitting –
This drill teaches batters to track the ball without flinching so they can stay balanced and make contact. Equipment: bucket of tennis balls Many players have a fear of the ball when you first start pitching to them. They might… Read More...
Small Wiffle Ball Hitting Drill — Load, Stride and Eye Tracking
Teaches hitters to load properly, separate their stride from their swing, and trust their eyes by tracking a small ball. Equipment: Bucket of small wiffle balls, swiftstick Players needed: 1 1. Have the batter pick up the swiftstick so they… Read More...
Hitting with a swift stick and a whiffle ball
I hope I have this written up somewhere on the web site, but today at practice I brought a bucket full of whiffle balls and some pickle balls and some tennis balls and a Swiftstick and I threw to some… Read More...
What Works and What Doesn’t at Batting Practice
So our team has had an optional batting practice the last couple of weeks and I thought it’d be interesting to share what works and what doesn’t. It hasn’t been a rushed batting practice before our game like the photo… Read More...
Two-Player Knockout
And so it came to pass that I was asked to be an assistant for a fall majors team. I had just coached a AA team this spring, and I wondered how it would go—would I survive the sudden leap… Read More...Get the Book!
