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Baseball Drill For Coach Pitch – Swing Down
Most baseball coaches will teach their hitters to swing down on the ball. When you watch professionals in the batting circle, they are swinging down towards the ground. This helps prevent swinging upwards and creating fly balls.
What you need (set up): Tee (or pitchers) and a batter with an infield.
How this drill works: Either with a tee, or with a pitcher, in this coach pitch baseball drill balls are hit downward into the infield. Each time a batter hits a grounder they get a point – up to 10 points. If they hit a line driver they get zero points, if they hit a pop up, they lose all of their points and must start again.
Results: This drill will help people to swing down at the ball, to reduce the number of times the ball pops up in the air. Pops up are easier to defend and play for the defense, and ground balls are going to be hit with regularity by players who utilize this drill.
Baseball Drill for Little League – Opposite Field
Teaching kids how body position and timing can affect the direction their ball will travel, will help them become better all-around hitters in the future. One of the baseball drills for youth called Opposite Field works on this skill.
What you need (set up): This baseball drill can be done with a tee, or with the coach pitching. The tee will help players with their positioning, and the coach pitch will assist with timing.
How this drill works: By showing players how their body position and timing can affect the direction the ball will travel, players can develop the skill of hitting the ball to different places on the field.
Have each batter, open their shoulders and stance (while staying in the batter’s box), and point it toward the third base side of the field (pull for RH batters; opposite field for LH batters). Then have them swing and watch the ball head to left field.
Then have the player close his or her stance and aim towards right field. They should practice hitting the ball to this field as well.
If you use a coach to pitch the ball to the players, have them swing slightly ahead of time to get ahead of the ball and pull it into left field (right field for LH hitters). Conversely, you show them to wait for the ball to hit it later, and it will go to the opposite field.
Results: Once a player realizes their body position and the timing of their swing has a dramatic impact on the direction of their ball. It can help their hitting once it develops further, as they will have greater control over where they want to hit the ball.
Baseball Drill For Little League- Balloon Drill
This little league baseball drill will help to teach the players the right stride length to take when they are hitting. Don’t drop the balloon.
What you need (set up): Line up 6 batters with nearly filled balloons. Don’t fill the balloons up too much, as they will pop too easily. All batters should have bats and helmets to start.
How this drill works: As you can imagine from the beginning segment of this drill, that the balloon cannot touch the ground. The ball should be placed between the thighs of the batter and then they should assume their batting stance. When a batter strides forward on their swing, they need to keep the balloon from falling to the ground.
Results: This baseball drill helps players learn to not overstep when they are going to strike the ball. If the balloon drops, the player needs to recognize that they have taken too large a stride and that they need shorten it up.
