Batting Drills For Kids

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At what age/skill level do you start teaching a baseball player to switch hit?

Another coach suggested that I start teaching my son to switch hit. He said that it’s a learned skill, and not necessarily a natural ability (which I wasn’t aware of). He suggested that I start him out just swinging a bat lightly left handed and then have him hit from a batting tee for a few months…then soft toss until he’s comfortable with live pitching.

Well you want to start him early but he has to be a great right handed hitter first. It is too early to say he is going to play one position so do the other drills, but if he is going to switch hit he needs to start with at least 100 lefty swings a day off of a tee.

Batting Drills by Deveren Addison for Little Leaguers

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Baseball Coaching:The 59 Minute Baseball Practice $17.99 During more than a decade of coaching youth baseball teams, Marty Shupak realized that he kept seeing coaches and teams put hour after hour into practices that became so repetitive that they served only to bore the Little Leaguers forced to endure them. He sought to remedy the problem by devising practice routines that can take less than an hour, and which consist of drills that the kids will not …

Baseball Coaching:Hitting Drills & Techniques $16.99 Hitting Drills & Techniques continues with the tradition of the Youth Sports Club and VideosForCoaches.com as nationally known youth coach and video producer Marty Schupak, has put together one of the most creative sports instructional videos to date. This DVD shows some of the best hitting drills used by teams on the recreational level all the way up through the professional ranks. The Hitting Dr…

Baseball Instruction:The 59 Minute Baseball Practice [VHS] $18.99 During more than a decade of coaching youth baseball teams, Marty Shupak realized that he kept seeing coaches and teams put hour after hour into practices that became so repetitive that they served only to bore the Little Leaguers forced to endure them. He sought to remedy the problem by devising practice routines that can take less than an hour, and which consist of drills that the kids will not …

SKLZ Hit-A-Way Target Swing Trainer – Youth $29.99 Horizontal hitter design gives hitter correct feedback on each swing. Can be used in multiple positions for numerous drills. Comfort grip handle and optic ball make it easy to use. Effective for drills to increase power and control bat speed. Teaches switch-hitting skills. Allows for positive feedback and continuous improvement. Use as a training tool and for time-efficient warm-ups. Baseball Hitt…

How to Hit a Baseball – Teach your Kid to Hit the Baseball in as Little as 10 Minutes a Day at Home (9 Day Baseball Systems) If you’d like to teach your kid crush the baseball in as little as 9 days even if you never played and if you just have 10 minutes a day (without leaving home), then this new book will show you how some of the game’s top pro’s got their start.And how YOU can teach your kid – even if you never played baseball.The book is called:“How to Hit a Baseball – Teach Your Kid t…

Hitting Drills (DVD) $39.99 With Jay Martel, San Diego State University Assistant CoachThis is a “must-have” video for all coaches and players that are looking to improve hitting! Coach Martel has numerous years of experience at the local and regional level in San Diego, coaching players of all ages and abilities and was also a successful prep player and played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. In this video, Martel does an excellent job of explaining and demonstrating different effective hitting drills including different Tee Drills and Toss Drills. All of the drills help teach and reinforce proper body positioning, bat control, head positioning, and hand positioning. Teaching these techniques and using repetitions allows players to use the entire field, which will increase their batting averages. All of the drills are ideal for team practices and many of the drills are well-suited for players to use to perfect their hitting skills on their own!45 minutes. 2003.

Hitting Drills and Technique (DVD) $39.99 With Gino DiMare,University of Miami Assistant Head CoachCoach DiMare’s system and philosophy for hitting is highlighted in this DVD. Coach DiMare teaches hitters to stand tall and finish at the plate. Sandbags are used to teach the correct stance needed. The Stride drill teaches players to load up their lower body to create power at the plate. The upper body is loaded up in drills where players position the bat with the barrel at a slight angle. DiMare describes the nine hitting zones in detail. Attention is given to each zone separately through toss drills and by using live hitters in a batting cage environment. The tracking drill helps develop the eye as it picks up the baseball as quickly as possible. Miami players use the tee to work on technique and fundamentals. This is an excellent DVD for detailed drills and hitting technique from one of college baseball’s elite programs. 39 minutes. 2006.

101 Offensive Softball Drills (book) by Sue Enquist and James Peterson $17.87 101 drills for developing offensive softball skills. Covers lower body hitting drills, upper body hitting drills, combination hitting drills, batting tee, soft toss, timing and rhythm, bunting, baserunning, sliding, mental drills and much more.2001, 134 pages.Features the NCAA UCLA Bruins.

Indoor Practice Drills: Hitting Drills (DVD) $39.99 With Scott Stricklin,Kent State University Head Coach;2006 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year;2008 & 2006 Mid-American Conference regular season titlesThis excellent DVD is dedicated to hitting and all of the important fundamentals needed to consistently drive the ball. A player’s stance and set up is the foundation of a good hitter. Coach Stricklin and his players demonstrate how the feet are a big part of the stance. A good bat grip consists of proper knuckle and elbow alignment, which allows you to “whip” the bat through the strike zone. A proper stance will require the bat be at a 45-degree angle. A level head will assure that your eyes are also level. The stride follows a good stance. Loading up the backside prepares a hitter for the pitch and is an important aspect of hitting. A good swing relies on the arms staying compact until contact is made, then hitters extend their arms through the hitting zone. Four things must be present for good hitters: head, back, back side and balance. Stricklin believes in the concept of “staying inside the baseball.” This means you are short to the baseball and hitting the ball where it’s pitched. The first set of drills demonstrates hitting off of a tee. The double tee drill produces two types of hits from two identical swings. To work on the timing mechanism, the soft toss drill gives players lots of hitting opportunities. Other hitting drills include the behind toss, angle toss and front toss. The bounce drill simulates pitches by bouncing the ball off the ground. Moving to the batting cage, players can practice simulated rounds of batting practice. Rounds will develop hitting from different situations such as bunting, hit and run, runner at second with no outs, runner at third base with the infield in, swing away and more. These drills will teach fundamentals and improve productivity and consistency at the plate.51 minutes. 2006.

Addition Drills $15.66 Boost kids confidence and practice the basic facts while progressing from single digit to four-digit addition. Includes 57 pages of reproducible drill and word problem worksheets that can be used as homework sheets or timed exercises. Answer keys and certificate of completion are also included. 64 pages.