Purpose

Allows batter to practice hitting fundamentals.

Set Up

  • Place a tee and a net in front of home plate.   You can create your own tee by placing rubber tubing in a bucket of cement.
Hitting off the tee.

Execution

  1. Player gets in normal batting stance beside home plate.
  2. Tee is placed in front of home plate.
  3. Batter takes a normal swing and hits the ball off the tee.

Coaching Tips

  • Move the tee inside or outside to simulate different pitches.   Be sure to move the net as well!