Top 5 Essential Work Stations for Team Hitting Practice

[2bucketdad]

My 5
1. negative stride and leg drive,

(batter sets up on T looks long takes a reverse step onto the inside of her rear foot as the foot hits the ground she fires it back into a firm front side initiating the swing)

2. Reverse Top Hand

3. Two T's
( set up about 10 feet apart for a target up the middle, if the batter misses it needs to be to the oppo side never pulled)

4. Freeze at contact (start stop swing)

5. Live hitting or TCB balls tossed...

 

[T.J.]

I bought 8 bat jacks)QUOTE]

I looked "Bat Jack" up. What's the difference between the firm and soft models? What would be best for 10yo and 14yo?

Thanks.

 

[Mr T]

Essential Stations

Top Hand / Bottom Hand swings with a shorty bat
Rope/String Drill
Walk ups
Front Knee swings (regular bat)
Inside Tee or Tee with pole barrier to force bat path

What's your rope string drill?

Inside tee are you setting ball up on the inside for bat path, is that the gist? And is the barrier idea like the drill with swinging near a fence? Has anyone ever tried that pujols bat that is basically a barrel on a rod? I wonder if you set up an inside tee and had them use a bat like that it might be interesting.

 

[redhotcoach]

IMO the soft bat jack is good for any age. If you wanted to move you finger while on it, you would have to pull really hard.

 

[Bouldersdad]

What's your rope string drill?

Inside tee are you setting ball up on the inside for bat path, is that the gist? And is the barrier idea like the drill with swinging near a fence? Has anyone ever tried that pujols bat that is basically a barrel on a rod? I wonder if you set up an inside tee and had them use a bat like that it might be interesting.

You better have superb hand path using that bat in that drill or your gonna break something......... quick lol

Tim

 

[hen]

ProHammer Home Page

IMHO better than the Pujols bat (looks sturdier and forces you to hit line drives). It is pricier though...

 

[RayR]

Similar to this pic

Tee on other side of rope/string. Ball height - top of ball even with rope....you can drop ball height for experienced hitters....forces them to keep hands up and use a diagonal barrel path....rope also used as visual constraint as hands are supposed to not cross rope.

What's your rope string drill?

Inside tee are you setting ball up on the inside for bat path, is that the gist? And is the barrier idea like the drill with swinging near a fence? Has anyone ever tried that pujols bat that is basically a barrel on a rod? I wonder if you set up an inside tee and had them use a bat like that it might be interesting.

 

[Bouldersdad]

ProHammer Home Page

IMHO better than the Pujols bat (looks sturdier and forces you to hit line drives). It is pricier though...

I like the idea.. but im a cheap so and so.... Puljos bat is $39 to 49 at dicks.

 

[SBFAMILY]

MTS. I built something like that around 10 years ago. Whiffle didn't last long, so I updated it to a pitching machine softball and drilled a hole thru the middle. Prohammer bat. Tim wouldn't it work the same as Howard's Hammer bat ? I wonder what they would think if we posted the axe bat that we pulled on Howard!

 

[RayR]

SB - we don't string the ball through the rope. We just set up a tee on the other side of the rope and set the ball so the top of ball is even or below the rope. the rope keeps the hands and thus barrel up as it should so it is a down to and up through bat path....Our aim is to hit the ball into the back drop keeping the ball on that side of the rope....if the ball is pulled we know they are sweeping....