As a new baseball coach at the high school level, I am looking for some good drills to quicken bat speed.?
Question:I have a lefty with a beautiful swing and beautiful mechanics, he is just a tad slow and hits everything to left field. I am dying to get him to hit the ball in the right center gap. Any helpers?
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Bat speed is tough to teach, some kids have it and some don't. I would recommend a couple of drills that I was put through in college.The "quick toss" from the side of the batter, but make sure players are tossing the ball on a line and not lobbing it.
Also the toss through from behind is very good, the player should be around 5' behind the strike zone of the batter.
You can also have a drill where a player will be standing on a platform or even a chair and drop the ball straight down. These drills will atleast help them recognize the ball in the zone quicker.
A couple of other good drills that we did: hitting the old, somewhat deflated basketballs that the school would throw away. That drill can help get some power behind the bat and be a workout in itself. Also place an old folding chair behind a standard tee. Have the ball just above the top of the back of the chair. This will teach the player to swing level/down or they will hit the chair.
Just some ideas, hope this helps.
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Try toss through. its just like soft toss but the person throwing the ball is behind the batter. It really helped me to learn how to pull the ballCan i afford to give up 2 of my top starting pitchers?
1. put a weight on a rope, have the kids hold their arms straight out in front of them, and have them roll the rope up with the weight on it.2. use the samll wiffle balls, like those that golfers hit inside, and have the batters soft toss them.
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A lot of bat speed is physical. I recall Ernie Banks answering a question once on his quick bat. He said that as a youngster he spent hours and hours squeezing a tennis ball or a racketball. He said that the wrists provide the speed at point of impact and that a strong wrist will greatly help in bat speed.How do i get better at hitting?
Shorten his swing iT may be tOo wide. Instead of extending his arms, shorten them and drive the hips to right field quicker. The arms should follow through after with more momentum.Drill: If you have access to a pool, get a broom stick and tell them to swing it in the pool as if it was in a game. This works out all the muscles for hitting and builds bat speed.
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i had a couple of players on my team when i coached that was like that and what i did was i would get ping pong balls and a broom handle to get their sight and speed down it works well about 10 min a day in practice.More Questions & Answers...