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I know this
drill is old as the hills but I've found it to be rather effective
when teaching younger hitters to hit.
Have the
batter set up approximately 3ft. from a fence in her batting
stance just as she would at the plate. With one exception, have
her bat resting on her shoulder. The coach then tosses a ball up
to her, the batter must then attempt to hit the ball with only the
butt (End cap on the handle) of the bat. Since I work with fairly
young girls I have to remind them on a daily basis NO SWINGING
ALLOWED! The coach can toss the ball in various locations (High,
Low, Inside, Outside, etc.,...).
This drills
teaches the girls to move there head/eyes (Or as I like to say
keep there nose on the ball; Because if you can point your nose at
something you have to keep both eyes on it.) to and with the ball
and take there hands to the ball as opposed to just swinging and
hoping for the best. Hope this helps.
This tip was contributed by Walter Watham
Editors note: We have done this drill
with plastic balls or tennis balls and no bat. The player puts
her hands together as if holding a bat and hits the ball with the
bottom of the bottom hand.
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