Ever watched a non-baseball guy or gal try and take a swing? Apart from the obvious dangers for everyone involved it can be pretty comical to watch.
Now, we don’t highlight this to make fun of people who haven’t played baseball – but we say it to bring attention to how hard it is to actually hit a ball with a baseball bat in the first place.
Bring that up a few levels into a competitive environment with skilled pitchers and you’ll quickly learn that hitting a baseball consistently, with power, accuracy and proper technique is no easy feat.
It takes years of practice, repetition and continuous improvement, learning and training to really hone your skills as a hitter.
A staple to this continuous development is the drills that you or your players do. The creativity you bring to your training and the level of dedication needed to progress.
In this guide I want to highlight a few baseball hitting drills you can get set up and start to improve your own or your players hitting skills.
skills so, get your bat ready, batting gloves on hand choose one of the drills below to upgrade yours (or your hitters) batting game…
Note: We’ve tried to categorize them as much as possible – but as you’ll notice a lot of these categories overlap – and therefore while we might only list 9 batting tee drills, you’ll likely find more batting tee drills in other categories.
Remember: Some drills will be better off using softer balls. For both safety and developmental reasons. You will need to ensure you choose the right ball for the group you are using. You can check out our baseball ball types post here – Warning however: number 7 is controversial…