The Step-Back Drill For many hitters, feeling a load, feeling a separation and weight shift is not easy.Trying to explain that to a young hitter can be difficult. I have a drill to help you do that.What I call this drill is the “step back” drill. A lot of you may...
Hitting the Breaking Ball – Angled Front Toss Drill One of the hardest things as a hitter, we try to do is hit a breaking ball. A Curve Ball, a Slider – it really doesn’t matter. We try to time ourself with a fastball, but that timing is off if...
Baseball and Softball Batting Drill- Fastball and Change Up Drill There’s nothing quite the same as the game for a hitter. Practice is never quite the same how we treat it. We can’t simulate the game. What we want to do is try to get close. So, I...
The Batters Box – Where to Stand So we have this giant box right here. We have a giant box. We have home plate and our box. Where do you stand? I mean there’s a lot of space here. We get back here too far, we can’t reach home plate. We get in too close and now...
Mental Preparation : Have a Plan My rookie year I’m playing for the Minnesota Twins and we’re facing the great New York Yankees. Yes the great New York Yankees. I’m facing Andy Pettitte and I’m nervous. For me to have any chance to succeed, I need to be...
Choosing The Right Baseball Bat for You! So have you ever thought about it? Does the bat really matter? Does the length, the size, the color, does it really matter in the success of the hitter? The answer to all those is yes. They all can matter. Yes the size can...
