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What are some good drills to work on at home for hitting? Our coaches do not practice hitting AT ALL and then complain at tournaments when

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  • Nikki Bogden
    Nikki Bogden
    Answered June 08, 2009
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    You and your daughter/son can go to a near by field by
    yourselfs and work with them on batting, pitching, and catching.
    But if you have a big back yard you can practice hitting there.
    some drills are just plain out swinging and getting your stance right. make sure he or she is holding the bat correctly while in the process. Thats the only drill i know. sorry :)

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  • Amber Johnson
    Amber Johnson
    Answered June 08, 2009
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    my family and i have 2 drills we work on. we have a bag of golf ball wiffles and we hit them with a stick just like soft toss. it helps with keeping your head on the ball. another one also works with keeping your head down on the ball. we use our game bats and use the wiffle balls again but this time, you hold your bat out like if you were hitting the ball and someone tosses the wiffle ball. the person hitting does not swing but just watches the wiffle ball hit the bat. you can move it up and down but not forward or backward. those are the drills i use

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  • Lisa Spesard
    Lisa Spesard
    Answered June 09, 2009
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    Check out the drills here at weplay - they've been working hard to help us all become better athletes in a positive way and it's ALL free!!

    I use a tee to start off a batter I don't know. They gain confidence, I see their stance, how they hold the bat and am able to tweak it from there. When the girls get to the point that I have a solid hit, I introduce a toss from the side (the batter and myself would be facing one another) and the team would be practicing defense.
    If the batter has an eye on the ball, she hits...and we make adjustments if necessary.

    You keep moving forward from there, pitch to the batters slowly, but straight - not a slo-pitch; then keep kicking it up a notch at a time so they gain confidence and you both get to know the individual swing, stance.

    I'm not describing a quick process; it's takes time and then getting them in front of a crowd, the pressure of a game is a whole different thing. Mental game, concentrating and not reverting back to what I call the 'scared-get it over with' swing is frustrating and tough. But if you're patient and keep on swinging the basehits will follow!

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  • Christine Burcar
    Christine Burcar
    Answered June 24, 2009
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    first, start off with a tee. After getting the motion of that, start throwing them soft toss and have them hit it into a net. Once you have done that, if you have a pitching machine, a backyard or a field to play at, and some foam balls, have them hit that. If you can, go to the batting cages, have them bunt some first so they know how the ball will come, then have them hit.

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  • Morgan Nickerson
    Morgan Nickerson
    Answered July 08, 2009
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    theres another hitting drill i love that if you can use a ladder and place it on the opposite side of the batter. Then use a bucket of balls and drop them vertically forr them to hit. This drill helps with timing and I personally like it better then tossing from the side if you can't have regular pitching

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