Baseball Hitting Drills - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Thousands of baseball hitting drills have been created and designed by baseball coaches to help develop their players.
But it is important to remember that hitting drills are just that... drills. Coaches and players should not participate in hitting drills just to participate in drills.
Remember, baseball hitting drills are designed as a teaching tool. A tool that should teach "feel" to players.
Coaches can see what a player is doing and, from experience both as a player and coach, can tell the player what should happen throughout the skill of swinging a bat.
It is the players job to interpret the information conveyed by the coach and turn that information into "feel." And that is the purpose of drills. Hitting drills should never be confining, the athleticism of the hitter should be allowed to come out.
Baseball players are athletes first and hitters second. So the basic rules of athleticism (balance, body control, and freedom of movement) come before any "hittingism."
Once a player learns how a particular drill works or "feels" then the drill can work for the player.
Coaches should not confine a player's swing with restrictive movement drills that promote non-athletic moves. Instead they should promote freedom of movement, rhythm, and timing in the swing.
But it is important to remember that hitting drills are just that... drills. Coaches and players should not participate in hitting drills just to participate in drills. Remember, baseball hitting drills are designed as a teaching tool. A tool that should teach "feel" to players.
Coaches can see what a player is doing and, from experience both as a player and coach, can tell the player what should happen throughout the skill of swinging a bat.
It is the players job to interpret the information conveyed by the coach and turn that information into "feel." And that is the purpose of drills. Hitting drills should never be confining, the athleticism of the hitter should be allowed to come out.
Baseball players are athletes first and hitters second. So the basic rules of athleticism (balance, body control, and freedom of movement) come before any "hittingism."
Once a player learns how a particular drill works or "feels" then the drill can work for the player.
Coaches should not confine a player's swing with restrictive movement drills that promote non-athletic moves. Instead they should promote freedom of movement, rhythm, and timing in the swing.
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