Tee Work
Inside wall swing
- Line up facing a wall, fence or net.
- Holding your bat with both hands start as far away from the wall as your knuckles reach.
- Go through your swing, focusing on the slot movement and knob of the bat pointing towards 2nd base, which will allow your swing to clear the wall.
- Continue to inch a little closer to the wall as you feel comfortable clearing. don't hit the wall!
- This should begin at a slower speed and increase with reps.
Belly button snaps
- This is the action as the slot elbow just about reaches the hip.
- The top half and lower half are separated creating tension, slot is leaving the barrel behind, on plane.
- Firing the hips, or "snapping your belly button" as the slot elbow comes through gets the lower half and core involved.
- Snap belly button from from neutral closed position to contact point.
- Maintain balance at finish, not falling backwards from to much rotation.
- Make them fast and snappy!
Front arm swing
- Choke up on the bat gripping the top of the grip with your front hand.
- Place your back hand on your front bicep to help brace the weight of the bat and avoid your swing from dipping.
- You will have to get a little closer to the ball than usual, the length of your bat is being shortened from choking up.
- Focus on feeling the bat getting on plain and getting the knob pointed towards second base.
- Begin this drill slow and increase the speed with reps.
Back arm swing
- Choke up on the bat gripping the top of the grip with your back hand.
- Place your front hand on your back bicep to help brace the weight of the bat and avoid your swing from dipping.
- You will have to get a little closer to the ball than usual, the length of your bat being shortened from choking up.
- Focus on feeling the bat getting on plain and getting the knob pointed towards second base.
- Begin this drill slow and increase the speed with reps.
Crossover step and swing
- Starting with your back foot stepping behind your front will keep your front shoulder closed.
- Focus on momentum into the slot position.
- You must post up your front leg, get your bat on plane,
- Avoid front leg collapsing, rollover, and top coming over the front.
Full swing
- Put it all together, tracking the pitch from the pitcher.
- Start slow and increase speed of swing with reps.
- mechanically focus on pitch down the middle, driving the ball to center field.