Baseball Tips: Using the Count Against the Pitcher
Knowing how to take advantage or be way of the count is a decided advantage for the batter. Different counts require different stances and different hitting strategies. These slight adjustments can
Baseball Hitting Drills
How to Use Pitching Technique to Improve Hitting Technique
The athletic stance is almost universal, across all sports. While there are slight adjustments, maybe putting more weight on the back or front foot, or spreading the feet a little wider,
Developing the Perfect Stance – Stacking the Lower Body
As a batter, the only part of your at bat that you have complete control over is what happens before the pitch is thrown; getting into stance. That's why getting into
Baseball Game for Learning to Hit a Curve Ball
Here is a game called Half Rubber"¦.it is an actual game that began in South Carolina. Here is the short and sweet of how it is played. We use
Baseball Hitting Drills – Massive Hit Drill & Balance Board Drill
As a coach you can't have enough hitting drills to liven up your practices. Give these two drills a try with your teams. Massive Hit Drill 4 Soft Hit stations set
Baseball Batting Drill – Plug in the Socket Drill
To get my players away, 8UAA, from thinking about squishing the bug to hip rotation I used the following idea that I picked up from another coach. Plug in the Socket
Rubber Soul Pepper Drill
Here is a pre-practice warmup ice breaker where everyone is involved. It is simple, fun, challenging and, for the survivor, rewarding at least for that day in practice. It
Baseball Hitting Drills – Hitting Zones and Hitting Box
Our baseball practices always include hitting drills. Hitting and fielding are so key to the teams success. Here are 3 quick drills or tips to use to help your
Baseball Tips and Drills – Improving Hitting Skills
If you're working with younger players and want to work on their hitting skills, give these tips a try. The first one uses a basketball to improve strenght and
Baseball Plays – THe FBH Drill & the 4 Watch the Bunt Play
Try these two ideas with your team next practice. The first is a drill I call the FBH (Fake, Bunt, and Hit) drill. The second idea is a bunt
Baseball Hitting Drill – Bunting Practice Drill
I used to use a nice, slow, old pitching machine to teach bunting. I wasn’t getting the results I wanted, so I have abandoned the machine and now take
How to Teach or Correct Batting Stance
I noticed after looking at pictures and videos of my players last season that alot of them had all kinds of different batting stances. Some looked good and some just
Baseball Hitting Drills – Beach Ball Hitting Drill
I've come up with a pretty cool and really fun hitting drill for the kids. It goes along the same theme as your tee drill hitting square targets on
Baseball Hitting Drill – The Hit Stick Warm Up Drill
One of the best drills for hitting that I have found show immediate results is using a "hit stick". I know this is not new, but the big difference
Baseball Training Drills and Tips – Hitting and Fielding Drill
Here is one of my favorite baseball training drills since it is great for all ages and levels of experience. It keeps skills sharp, is fast paced and the
Fear of the Ball Drill
When I was coaching youth baseball I started doing this to help the coach pitch kids (ages 6-7) get use to catching above their head. My hopes are to
Hitting a Baseball – Eye on the Ball
One of the drills I use with my younger players, ages 7-8 years, is something I started with my oldest son when he was that age. He had trouble
Baseball Practice Plans – Hitting Basics
I’m coaching a team of first time players this season"”all body types and conditioning. The one thing I want to work on with them is hitting"”the basics. This