I am a hitting for our high school. A couple of years ago I changed the way I teach the art of hitting. I now teach it the same way as Mike Candrea does. Balance in the stance and maintain balance after the swing. Here is the order of progression for hitting: 1. Dry Swings 2. Tee Drills 3. Side Toss 4. Cage Hitting with Pitching Machine 5. Live Batting Practice It is important to go by these. This is how our players develop muscle memory. I see people all the time just do a couple of these.When training someone, you need to start from scratch. An example of this is doing dry swings. People think this is silly, but this is where you can really critique your hitter. During dry swings the hitter can really focus on the technique because they dont have to focus on the ball like you do in the other drills. I use this order of progression on my high school team. I have great results from this. This year was my first year back coaching, I took some time off. We broke several offensive records this year. I hope this shows you the importance of progressionary hitting and I hope it helps you.