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Aug 31, 2014
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What are the best drills to improve team hitting.

Front toss, soft toss, walk throughs, pitching machine, Coach pitch?

We are struggling when we face faster pitching.


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Oct 11, 2010
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Not sure age but older players need some community service, call HS and get an older player pitching against them.

Her job is to strike them all out, not batting practice.

(I have had better luck with another player then an adult)
 

ian

Jun 11, 2015
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What do you mean by this?

He is talking about hitting practice on the field where one batter is at the plate and everyone else is shagging. That really chews up time, BORING. If you have the equipment and personel you can split the field and have two players hitting at once and a some soft toss off to the side and that helps a little.
 

ian

Jun 11, 2015
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What are the best drills to improve team hitting.

Front toss, soft toss, walk throughs, pitching machine, Coach pitch?

We are struggling when we face faster pitching.


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If mechanics are mostly sound, I would have the team take some hacks in the 80MPH baseball cage. This so they get accustomed to seeing really fast pitching, it will be very hard to time but let them know you dont expect them to hit the balls, some players will make contact and gain real confidence. When they face 58MPH they will think its slow. If you have a fast HS or older pitcher in the org that will throw BP, do that as much as possible. If those options arent available, get a heavier wood bat and front toss them some baseballs, This will increase strength and improve hand/eye. Also dont underestimate 'Pepper'. Playing pepper will really teach a hitter bat control. More important, pepper is also a fun game to play.
 
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