When taking a look at baseball hitters there are several coaching flaws that can result in poor performance. The first is poor weight transfer. Unfortunately, there are many players that balance their weight evenly between both front and back which results in limited power and explosiveness. Next is poor leveling or not keeping the bat even with the ground. Finally, throwing the hands. This is … [Read more...]
Alex Rodriquez Hitting Lesson
Here is a video fo the great A-Rod taking BP. Read the full article here: Alex Rodriquez Hitting Lesson … [Read more...]
SoftHit Training Balls
We get asked all of the time about what types of balls to use for training aids. There are some hitting aids (like the Insider Bat) that simply don't allow for hitting real baseballs. In these cases, we typically recommend wiffle balls or a tennis ball with a hole punched in it. But now we can offer yet another alternative. Introducing the new SoftHit Training Balls. These balls are the … [Read more...]
Baseball Hitting Tips: Stride & Weight Transfer
This is a great video tip. This is clip 3 in a 7 part series done by Don Mattingly. A lot of hitters get in trouble with the stride so heed Don's advice here. "Watch the first step...it's a doozy". That really holds true for hitting the baseball. If you get yourself into a bad position with a poor first step, it may be difficult to recover. The stride should be a soft step or touch...because … [Read more...]
Baseball Hitting Tips: The Proper Baseball Hitting Grip
Heres's the first video in a 7 part series put on by Don Mattingly of Mattingly Sports. This first video focuses on the critical element of the grip. That grip may seem simple but it can cause a lot ofmajor problems if done wrong. Some of the key elements of a proper grip are to have the bat in the fingers...not the palms and to line up the "door knocking" knuckles. Here's the first … [Read more...]
Coaching Youth Baseball – Have a Plan!
I ran across this article by Mickey B. He brings up some great points about coaching youth teams...or for coaching any team for that matter. His main point is to have a plan and I couldn't agree more. When we starting using practice plans for our teams, the productivity of our practices went through the roof. When following a plan, the biggest challenge becomes clock … [Read more...]
Throwing Drill: Hitting the Cutoff Man
Here's a simple drill that we have used many times in our practices. I would add that this drill provides an excellent opportunity to work on the body positioning of the relay man. As you work with the players on this drill make sure that they are set up so that they can receive the ball by reach the glove out across their body and then turn to the glove side in order to make a smooth … [Read more...]
Inexpensive Backyard Baseball Training
In a world of high tech gadgets, it was refreshing to run across this video showing some great old fashioned baseball drills that you can do in your backyard with stuff already lying around your house. Here's a video trailer. … [Read more...]
Bat Speed Drills
Looking for more bat speed and power? Here is a video with a few drills to build arm strength and increase bat speed. This video is from the folks at XLR8 Speed Bat. If you don't have one of these bat, these drills should work with anything similar in size and weight. … [Read more...]
Tip of the Day form U.S. Baseball Academy
A video from the U.S. Baseball Academy with a good tip and drills to break the habit of "wrapping the bat". This is a swing flaw that can cause real problems as the pitching speed increases. … [Read more...]
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