Updated Hitting Area

The hitting net is marked with (2) two horizontal lines one line at 51 inches high and another line at 39 inches high, as measured from the floor. The hitting net is also marked with one vertical line down the middle. Paint the 51 inch and 39 inch lines black and paint the middle of the two line red also paint the vertical line black. The Tee is setup to represent a down the middle pitch and is positioned about to 2 to 3 inches forward of Home plate. Tee is set up 4 ½ feet from the net, and 29 ½ inches high. With this setup the 51 inches horizontal line on the net represents a 26 degree angle from the top of the tee, while the 39 inch line represents a 10 degree angle from the top of the tee. If the ball is hit at the 39 inch line, it would make the ball at 86 feet which is second base for softball, the ball would be about 8 to 10 feet high and at the 51 inch line possible out of the park. Provided the middle of the ball is hit with about a 8 to 10 degree up swing. Always line up off the back corner of home plate the length of a bat. We lay the bat down on the back corner of home plate with the sweet spot on the plate. We stand /set up to hit at the end of the handle of the lay downed bat. ( not tee *see picture of schutt Multi position Tee) as a reference point so we are consistent when determining where the ball hit’s the net when doing Tee work. Difficult to establish bat control without having a place to set up that would make hitting a ball off the tee in a fixed position repeatable in my opinion. When done correctly and when hitting up the middle the ball should hit in the zone and be close to the vertical line.

You can figure it out using a contractor protractor and a 2x4. Set the one end of the 2x4 on the tee and then the other end is in the net. Now set the lines at 10 degrees and 26 degrees. We have found these angles to be very productive for our girls over the years.

The red area is the hitting zone and represents about 10 to 26 degree with the Tee 4 ½ feet from the net at 29 ½ inches high. This gives you an approximate angle you are hitting the balls as to hitting on the top of the ball and it is below the 39 inch line or hitting the bottom of the ball hitting above the 51 inch line…if it goes left of center what opened I.e. shoulder, front leg, casting out with the hands, rolling the wrist, turning in on the ball to far with the front shoulder . If the Tee is the center and slightly ahead of home plate (2 to 3 inches) the ball should go straight and if not figure out why.

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mudrunner said:

Looks awesome! Where did you buy the netting from? I'm looking to do something similar by next winter.

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