Unfortunately, this doesn't fix the mechanical swing flaw
It doesn't hurt though. And can help with pitch recognition.
Unfortunately, this doesn't fix the mechanical swing flaw
It doesn't hurt though. And can help with pitch recognition.
it starts upstream in the headbone area. our 3rd base coach is always talking to batters about watching for a change up. it plays in 2 heads. one is the batter's and one is the pitcher's. many times pitchers will stop throwing change ups once they think they've lost the element of surprise or they'll throw them out of the strike zone. start hitting them and they're done.
At the "A" level in 16u I have a pitcher that throws a 45 MPH change up on the outside corner....
coaches said. "Let it get deep!", "Wait for it!", "Scoot up in the box!"...
How do you teach to build resistance into their swing? What are some good drills?
Is there any drills besides the obvious of just pitching slower to them in the cage to help with them adjusting their timing to hit slower pitching? Seems like everyone has this problem but no solutions.
I took a 2x4 sheet of plywood and cut out an 8 inch x 24 inch slot in the middle of it. I then built a stand to hold it. There are 2 timing mechanisms involved. 1 is timing the swing which many players do simply by doing tee work. It entails timing the swing from the launch point to the contact point. However, the second timing mechanism involves timing the ball. By using the board I made and varying the pitch speed from 15 or so feet away, the only thing the batter sees is the ball releasing from the hand at the last few seconds. Therefore, it's imperative that they time the ball and initiate their swing on time. this has helped my team tremendously when it comes to change-ups or off-speed pitches.