Self toss to improve coordination and timing?

[Rolling Hard]

"I throw 1,500 balls a week to her."

Thats like 7 buckets, 7 days a week?

When my DD takes BP, after we are done with the bucket, I shag the balls in right field and she gets the balls in left field and hits them back in towards the infield/backstop. She tosses with her top hand, too! Like a boss. She will probably someday be a coach.

 

[Rolling Hard]

I have never seen anyone use self toss with the proper technique (here is a college coach saying 'good' after this terrible self toss swing), so I am going to say, don't waste your time with self toss.

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About 99% of hitting drills and instruction is backwards or destructive.

Which drills to you approve?

 

[ArmWhip]

I think self toss creates bad habits, it promotes poor posture and possibly bat drag.

 

[efastball]

Which drills to you approve?

Hitting balls over the L screen. Hitting balls over the fence of a small field. Using radar to evaluate techniques for hitting and pitching. Not much else.

 

[_MIA_]

Hitting balls over the L screen. Hitting balls over the fence of a small field. Using radar to evaluate techniques for hitting and pitching. Not much else.

Dry swings in the mirror are “drills”..:

 

[ang2bmd]

They did this at a college camp we went to it was hilarious nobody could do it


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[CoachJD]

I think self toss creates bad habits, it promotes poor posture and possibly bat drag.

Not if you do it right.

 

[ArmWhip]

Not if you do it right.

And how do you do it right? I find that young hitters will develop a 'level' (horizontal) bat through the contact zone, something that leads to an upright posture (no hip hinge) and the dropping of the bat head to get the bat 'level.

 

[CoachJD]

And how do you do it right? I find that young hitters will develop a 'level' (horizontal) bat through the contact zone, something that leads to an upright posture (no hip hinge) and the dropping of the bat head to get the bat 'level.

You have to start already loaded, and you have to toss with your bottom hand. You can do this upright (like when just hitting infield), but you can also maintain posture if you want. A lot of the bad stuff you mention happens because they're not already loaded, so they're doing a bunch of bad stuff to speed things up so they can make contact.

 

[Westwind]

When my DD takes BP, after we are done with the bucket, I shag the balls in right field and she gets the balls in left field and hits them back in towards the infield/backstop. She tosses with her top hand, too! Like a boss. She will probably someday be a coach.

This is a really good idea!