The following Batting drills are demonstrated:
Hitting Drills
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Bat Behind Back
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Batting Practice
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Fence Drill
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Front Toss
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Soft Toss
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T Work
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Wiffle Balls
Bat Behind Back
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Place bat behind back secured with elbow creases.
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“Squish the bug”.
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After pivot, belt buckle faces towards pitcher.
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Lower half mechanics.
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60-40 balance to rear.
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Batting Practice
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Coach pitch.
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Maintain flat trajectory.
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Use bats, thunderstick.
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Use baseballs, wiffles, wiffle golf balls, tennis balls.
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Use hitting stick.
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Fence Drill
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Belly towards fence.
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Place bat at belly button move up to fence so the bat touches the fence.
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Practice swinging without hitting the fence.
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Working on getting hands through the hitting zone.
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Back foot against fence.
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Stand with back foot up against the fence.
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Take regular swing, swing without hitting the fence
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Front Toss
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Work outside of plate (hit opposite field).
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Throw strikes (use L screen to get close)
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Soft Toss
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Coach interaction on mechanics.
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Use real baseballs, wiffles, tennis balls.
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Hit into net or out into field.
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T Work
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Coach interaction on mechanics.
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Inside vs. middle vs. outside pitch location.
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Wiffle Balls
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Use plastic wiffle balls or plastic wiffle golf balls.
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Pitch regular batting practice to players.
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