Increase bat speed and power?

Question:I need help increasing my bat speed and power so I can hit home runs more often and also hit more line drives. I do have the power to hit a home run I just want to be able to hit them more often. All help and drills are welcome.

Answers:

Hitting help! please help!?

As others have mentioned, forearms and wrists are where the power is at. Do wrist curls.alot. Also, swing a bat with any resistance you can find. i.e. if you have a pool, swing a bat under water or find a tire and secure it to a post - so that the tread is butted up against the post - then swing through the tire and bring the bat back through the tire, swing again, bring it back through the tire, swing, bring it back, etc.

Also work on your lower body. Back squats are great at building your quads/thighs/gluts. Notice most power hitters have big thighs/gluts - lots of power comes from their. Bat speed and quickness comes from the wrists (which helps power, obviously) but sheer power comes from the thighs.

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You need to build up your wrist and forearm strength. This will help you a lot in you power and speed.

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strengthen your wrists... or use a lighter bat...

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I don't know your age but I suggest you bench press 60+ LB.Helped me out a lot.

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okay listen im a very good power hitter what u wanna do is grab a friend and tell him to toss u the ball while u stand in front of a gate. during this drill u would want to work on the position of your feet and practice ur stride also try swinger for the fences early in the count then go for contact with 2 strikes.. and dont let anyone bring u down one underrated part of hitting is confidence

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Just lift weights. Start with a light one and then go on to heavier ones. Do this every day to build arm strenghth. This helped me a lot. I also practiced hitting the ball with the sweet spot of the bat.

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Start working on one handed hitting drills. Use a shortened bat and work the bottom hand first. Make sure and use a quick explosive motion. After 10 hits, switch to your top hand. Again work on a quick explosive motion. After 3 sets of each, you can start using a regular bat with both hands. Focus on the quick explosive motion and follow through.

As the other answers have said, you need to work forearm strength. After words, your contact on the ball will be much better, which will in turn allow yo to hit more homeruns.

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