Having Trouble with hitting the baseball. PLZ does any one have advice.?
Question:I play for my high school, and all of a sudden for the past two weeks in batting pratice or games i cant hit the ball very well at all. In batting pratice, my coach pitches like 20 to me and latley i can only hit like 3. On frieday i did really well but now im doing bad again. Last year i have never had this problem. I was really good last year, my coach is saying im droping my elbow when i swing, and stay level, and right now for some reason its hard for me to but last year i swung upper cut and still hit really well.. I really need to get my hitting back, so do u have any adcvice fo me. thanks alot.
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As you get older and play at different levels the players are different. Pitchers are different and obviously hitting is going to be different, it seems you are just having a tough time adjusting. When you drop your elbow when you swing that means you are trying to get the ball in the air and trying to swing for the fences. As someone stated above spend some time in the batting cages. One thing I notice when I teach people baseball is they let the bat swing them -- this is usually a case of the bat is 1. too heavy, or 2. they are lunging at the ball. Dropping your elbow is more of an example of lunging at the ball. Stay back, let the pitch come to you then swing down at the ball. This will help you drive. When you uppercut, it does something I like to call a loopy swing. This leaves holes in your swing, especially pitches up in the zone and even down and in. Here are some suggestions:1. as stated above by others spend time in the cages
2. use a lighter bat in BP to work on your bat speed and leveling your swing
3. keep your elbow up and swing down, this will give you a more level swing
4. ask some friends to help throw live BP to you at a park
5. one thing I have used to help me and even a couple of friends swing is 2 mirrors...one in front of you where the pitcher would be and one where the other side of the plate would be -- practice swinging in slow motion and watch what you are doing, if you notice you are leaning on your front foot then you know you are lunging and not waiting for the ball to get to you...also with your elbow you can catch it and do what you can to rectify it.
Just keep practicing, eventually your determination and will to succeed will help you get your swing back. You will be back to form soon. Good Luck!
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Go spend several hours a day in a batting cage. Give your muscles a good memory. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.stop thinking about it second thing you want to do is take a couple of balls and throw one up at a time and swing at it do this for about a half hour this will help your eye hand coordination and watch when pitched balls are thrown they will look the size of a grapefruit good luck oscar
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