Over weight bat hitting drills

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Sep 7, 2017
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We did overload/underload training over the winter time. We went 3ish ounces heavier and 3oz lighter plus regular bat. I went the cheap route and used 2 3/4" washers that I taped to the cap of barrel. DD1 swings a 33" so I took an old 33/23 and added washers for heavy and for the lighter bat I took her sisters 30/20 and used it but tinkered around with weight on knob.
Drills- Nothing special really. We started with dry swings 5 sets of 10.
Command drill
SNF both into a punching bag.
We later translated all that to just "feels". In that email you got it says "constraint drills" but I'm not sure about +15,18 oz. Kid does workouts so to me that's plenty.
I did implement it with DD2 but with a 32"
If DD is pushing the barrel through, this won't help anyone. That's my opinion anyway.


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RESULTS?

Measureables? Bat speed? Exit velocity? Or just a drill you did without testing?

Numbers before and after?
 
Mar 13, 2015
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Omaha, Ne
RESULTS?

Measureables? Bat speed? Exit velocity? Or just a drill you did without testing?

Numbers before and after?
We measured EV/LA for my then 12 yr old who is now 13 in December. She's 5'1 120ish now. She was 67/68 EV with a 20-30 LA. She touched 71 with a 0 or lower LA(We did this purposely). This was off a tee.
EV/LA for my then 15 yr old who is now 16 (they both have Jan Bdays) unplanned lol
Was 72/74 EV and LA was 20-30 range.
Unfortunately, I didn't measure them before we started at the end of October. So all that training could be eyewash but when you work with someone consistently you know and feel something special is happening. I'll measure again sometime but for now I'm happy, they're happy. Sorry for the late response.


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