Bat Throwing Drill

Doug Romrell · Nov 20, 2014

I was working with a girl last night who has had a chronic problem of somewhat chipping down to the point of contact rather than turning the barrel and coming in to contact from the back side of the ball. I decided to have her try that bat throwing drill (helicopter). Anyway, I would have her do that a few times (no tee, no ball) then I would put a tee and a ball and have her use the same swing (without throwing the bat). It really seemed to work for her.

Does anyone know where (what thread) shows the bald guy in a batting cage doing this throw the bat (helicopter)? I can't seem to find it. I don't think it was all that long ago.

rdbass · Nov 20, 2014

This drill/guy? Swingbuilder.
Thread is on BBD Quality Dills!

PEPPERS · Nov 20, 2014

Doug Romrell said:
I was working with a girl last night who has had a chronic problem of somewhat chipping down to the point of contact rather than turning the barrel and coming in to contact from the back side of the ball. I decided to have her try that bat throwing drill (helicopter). Anyway, I would have her do that a few times (no tee, no ball) then I would put a tee and a ball and have her use the same swing (without throwing the bat). It really seemed to work for her.

Does anyone know where (what thread) shows the bald guy in a batting cage doing this throw the bat (helicopter)? I can't seem to find it. I don't think it was all that long ago.

Doug check out this article below, at the end is some info on the bat throwing drill also some other good stuff.

http://www.softballmag.com/ceditors/2012_sbm_2_weekleyshk.pdf

obbay · Nov 20, 2014

I don't know but Tim Walton has Francesca Enea demonstrating it on one of his CDs.

Something else to try with her is using a chuck-it. Two hands, practice driving the ball straight away. I used this with a 16 Y.O. who is a strong hitter but tends to roll her wrists early. If she rolled her wrists before contact with the chuckit, she drove the ball into the ground. I think it would be the same with a chipping-down swing.

iMlearning · Nov 20, 2014

bald guy

I wouldn't call him that. .. he might throw one at you!

Fastpitch86 · Nov 20, 2014

Use a whiffle bat and have them release at extension into a net.

smddad · Nov 20, 2014

I'm not against this drill, but we had a team that did the bat throwing drill in our batting cages a few years back. They destroyed the cage. I don't recommend it indoors, or with $300 bats.

Doug Romrell · Nov 20, 2014

I don't think throwing bats into a high-quality indoor net batting cage will cause damage. However, the bat can hit the net just right and go through.

smddad · Nov 20, 2014

Doug Romrell said:
I don't thing throwing bats into a high-quality indoor net batting cage will cause damage.

Have at it, then. Ours was high quality and professionally installed.

Fastpitch86 · Nov 20, 2014

Follow up from my post above, we used whiffle bats as the girls were 10/12U and had 2 stations using the whiffle bats. Nobody got hurt and thought it helped with them getting their hands out. Never tried throwing bats into a net but would probably work if the netting is durable.

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