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• Good Hitting Drills For Baseball

Remembering back to his backyard baseball days and how hitting the golf ball sized balls helped his eye, he started to imagine a bat designed specifically for hitting PGEE Balls™. The bat would feel like a real bat yet provide the training benefits of hitting with a barrel that has a diameter that is the same size as a broomstick.

There are many baseball hitting drills out there in internet land. In fact, below is the best compilation of hitting drills you’ll find. In this list of videos of the best baseball hitting drills you’ll see my favorite drills. The drills that I think are the best baseball hitting drills, so that you guys can have a hub on where to go to find and implement into your hitting routines.

#1 – The Catch and Crush Hitting Drill

The Catch and Crush Hitting Drill is one of the best baseball hitting drills because it fixes so many of the common problems that I see with young hitters. By catching the baseball and keeping it over the tee, the hitter will learn how to keep his upper body closed, while his lower body starts to open. This creates torque and torque creates power! Try this hitting drill and you will love it!

#2 – The Barry Larkin Drill

I call this one The Barry Larkin Drill because, well…I stole it from Barry Larkin! So, when you teach this to your players, you should introduce it as The John Madden Drill, because I know you’re going to steal this one! Barry was using this drill when working with Rickie Weeks and Dee Gordon at the facility I train at. That’s right, I can drop names with the best of them. Without further ado, I introduce The Barry Larkin, John Madden, Insert Your Name Here Drill.

#3 – The Key West Drill (aka Under Water Swings)

I learned this drill when I was about 12 years old and I never forgot it since because I used a new bat and when my mother saw my brand new, RUSTED, water swishing around inside bat, bat, you can rest assured that memory stuck in my head. This hitting drill is great because it works all the little muscles and promotes stability in the abs, legs, arms, forearms, and wrists, It also shows the hitter how important ground force is and getting through the baseball. When performing this drill, just make sure you’re not using your new bat and if you do, make sure to hide it from mom!

#4 – Pro Hitting Drills Progression

There are many drills in this video but I want to point out a few of them. As a whole, this is a great hitting drills progression, but the best baseball hitting drills in this video are the “Walking Happy Gilmore” and “Angled Toss”. Watch Miami Marlins player Santiago Rodriguez (there I go again) as he goes through this hitting progression.

#5 – Skater Swings

Any ice skaters in the house? This drill will help you be a better hockey player for sure! It will also help you a little bit with your baseball swing. The whole idea behind the Skater Swings is that the hitter will keep his knees inside of his ankles, thus giving him the feeling of creating ground force in a swing. The more a hitter can get used to this feeling, the more power and balance his swing will be. Not to mention he’ll be a beast on the ice!

#6 – The Jose Lobaton Hitting Drill

Jose Lobaton, MLB Catcher, and former teammate of mine was kind enough to teach me a great hitting drill that helped him hit a walk off home run in Game 3 of the Playoffs last season. I call this drill the Jose Lobaton Hitting Drill because he’s the one who taught me. Loby is a great teacher, a good friend, and a hell of a baseball player. Please follow Jose on twitter @JLobaton21 and wish him good luck this season! Check out the video to learn more.

#7 – Shoulder Swings

Baseball Hitting Drills For Kids

Shoulder swings are a great baseball hitting drill for learning to stay short to the baseball. I see a lot of young hitters cast their hands away from their body. Shoulder Swings will help them feel what it’s like to keep that back elbow into slot and be quick to the baseball. You can use this hitting drill if you bar your front arm as well. Watch the video to learn more!

#8 – The Frisbee Drill

The Frisbee Drill is one of the best baseball hitting drills because it fixes so many problems. As you’ll see in the video, throwing the frisbee will help a hitter open up at the right time and finish his energy in the direction he is trying to hit. If you want to take your Frisbee Hitting Drill to the next level, you can always go and get yourself a Pro Glider Training Bat.

#9 – Bat Speed Drills

Bat speed is one of the most important aspects of a great swing. So, to train for bat speed, you must do bat speed drills. These bat speed drills are focused on having you swing heavier and lighter bats to promote speed and strength. You will see an increase in your bat speed if you follow these baseball hitting drills.

#10 – The Basketball Hitting Drill

This is one of the best baseball hitting drills because it helps the hitter drive through the baseball. If a hitter is weak and cannot handle the bat when it makes contact with the ball, then this may be a good hitting drill for them. Just be careful with younger hitters and this drill because you don’t want them to hurt their wrists. But, if they’re feeling good with it, it’s a great drill to work on powering through the baseball.

#11 – The NEW Fence Drill

The new fence drill has been around for ever. Wait, that doesn’t make sense. Well…you see…it’s just the old fence drill with a little something new. Everyone remembers the drill where you stand close to the fence to keep your hands from casting out when swinging. This is the same exact thing except we are going to add a ball on a tee to the mix. This way the hitter can not cheat and pull his front shoulder out to not hit the fence. He must keep that front shoulder in because his objective is to hit that baseball straight down the line of the fence. Make sure to use your neighbors fence and not yours when practicing this drill at first!

#12 – Back Toss

A simple but effective drill for all ages. I see a big difference in my hitters swings who are 8 years old as well as my college and pro hitters. This drill is easily performed by sitting directly behind the hitter (around where the catcher would be) and tossing balls forward into their hitting zone. Just remind the hitter to not let their weight get out front, but do get their hands extended through the baseball. You can work this drill to all angles of the field, inside, middle, and oppo.

#13 – The Bryce Harper Drill

Have you ever seen this guy hit? If so, you might want to take a page out of his book. That’s exactly what we are doing in this drill. The next time you see Bryce Harper at bat, pay close attention to his front foot (his stride foot). He shows the entire bottom of his foot to the pitcher. Why is that important? So his can ask the pitcher if his spikes are clean? No! It’s important because it keeps him closed and keeps his energy bottled up until he unloads it on the baseball. So, that’s what we want to do with this drill. Simply…hit like Bryce Harper (easier said than done)!

#14 – The Bucket Drill

The Bucket Drill is great for any hitter who stands straight up when they’re hitting. This is a common problem I see in younger hitters. They start low in a good batting stance, but then pop straight up as they go to swing. This hitting drill will help eliminate that problem. The hitter will learn how to stay low and stay strong when hitting through the baseball. Watch the video to learn more!

#15 – Ball Between the Legs Hitting Drill

Because hitting is side to side and rotational, it is important for the batter to have a good stance. This hitting drill is great because it teaches the hitter to keep their knees inside of their feet, which is a MUST for a good batting stance. This hitting drill is great for anyone who gets over their back leg too much and has a problem transferring their energy. Watch the video!

#16 – Best Bottom Hand Hitting Drill

This is not only one of the best baseball hitting drills, but it is also the best bottom hand hitting drill. One handed hitting drills are good to focus on a specific area in your swing and train the hands separately. But sometimes when performing bottom hand hitting drills the bat can begin to drag. This bottom hand hitting drill however, won’t let that happen. Watch the video to see the little addition to this drill that makes it so great!

#17 – The Flamingo Drill (aka The Front Leg Post Drill)

Why is it called the Flamingo Drill? Because I live in Florida, that’s why, and because I just make up names for things. Got a problem with that? I’m not even sure if Flamingos stand on one leg but for some reason, I feel like they do a lot of the time. That’s what you’ll be doing in this drill. Creating force off of your backside, enough to propel you into a good front leg, where your back foot comes off the ground. This drill is a little hard to explain in writing, so just watch the video…or just think of yourself as a flamingo!

#18 – Stop at Contact

Stop! Hammer Time! Now every time you see me, my bat’s in the perfect height. My feet are perfect on the floor and I’m balanced on my right. Now why didn’t I ever, stop like this, because without the stinking baseballs, I just can’t hit. You probably have to be born pre 1983 to understand that reference I just made, but you get the point. It’s a good drill. Now stop! Hammer Tire!

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#19 – Rubber Band Hitting Drill #1

For this hitting drill all you will need is some rubber bands. You can use the rubber tubing that you use to strengthen your arms. Just tie it around the barrel of your bat and work on feeling the resistance through a good swing plane. Watch the video to learn the placement of the rubber band and how exactly to perform the swings in this hitting drill.

#20 – Rubber Band Hitting Drill #2

This is the 2nd Rubber Band Hitting Drill. This hitting drill requires a different type of rubber band though. You will need one of those rubber bands that you use to do exercises with it around your ankles. But instead of putting this rubber band around our ankles, we are going to pull it up higher on our legs. Watch the video so I can explain it and demonstrate it for you.

#21 – The Stop, Drop, and Fire Hitting Drill

The Stop, Drop, and Fire Hitting Drill is great for any hitter who wants to break down the swing into some steps without getting too “positional”. The stop focuses on the load. The drop focuses on the hips. And the fire focuses on the swing. Try this hitting drill out and see if you can get all 3 steps down pat. Watch the video for more.

#22 – Angled Back Leg Hitting Drills

I’m going to put two videos under this one because they are essentially the same hitting drills. For one of them you’ll need an object to stand on and the other you’ll need and object to stand in front of. But they both work on the same thing. So I figured you could choose which one you wanted to do depending on the objects you have available. The first video is called The Angled Back Leg Hitting Drill and the other is The Load Hitting Drill.

#23 – The Wall Hitting Drill

For this hitting drill you will obviously need a wall and a hitter. Have the hitter stand close to the wall and swing away from it. If the batter’s bat hits the wall, then he isn’t gaining enough linear energy. This hitting drill is not to be confused with the Fence Drill because we are swinging away from the wall in this drill. In the other one we are swinging in line with the wall or fence. See the video to know what I’m talking about.

Hopefully you enjoyed these baseball hitting drills. If you learned something new from these videos, please leave a comment below and tell me what it was. I hope you all have fun implementing some of these into your practices. Don’t forget to SHARE this page with your friends!

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Baseball hitting drills are designed to teach, enhance, and retain a baseball player’s ideal swing. If a drill is not improving your swing by replacing BAD habits with GOOD habits, then you should reconsider the drill. Good baseball hitting drills consists of developing proper actions that make a swing short, strong and consistent. These 5 baseball batting drills below have been proven to create a baseball player’s swing to meet those standards.

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1.) One-Handed Drill

The one handed drill is one of my favorite drills to make sure your hand path has zero defects. If you have a “hole” in your swing, the one-handed drill will be sure to find it! My philosophy is this, if you can hit the ball consistently well with one hand (both left and right hand) then you should be able to CRUSH the ball with two hands!

In order to do this drill properly you will need a batting tee or a soft toss thrower or machine. Also, you will likely need a smaller, lighter bat starting out. Swinging with one hand is more difficult than it looks like and you will gain a tremendous amount of forearm strength performing this drill!

To begin, grip the bat with your “bottom hand”(choke up if you need to) and place your opposite hand across your body on your opposite hip. You are now ready to perform this drill, which you will do so by taking as normal of a swing as you can at the ball. This swing will include the load, swing and follow through. You will notice that in order to hit the ball effectively you will need to stay “short to the ball”. Take 5-10 swings with one hand, then switch to the other hand and repeat this process.

2.) 3-Ball Drill

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The 3-ball drill is the most effective drill I know that teaches a hitter to stay back and let the ball travel to the appropriate zone before hitting it. A lot of baseball players do not hit the ball “where it is pitched” in the appropriate zone, thus causing weak roll overs and pop ups. When you master this drill you will be able to have the discipline to hit line drives all over the field!

The set up of this drill is actually pretty simple. You will need to take three baseballs and place them in different areas around the plate. One baseball will be in line with the inside corner of the home plate and about 16 inches in front of the plate. The next ball will be placed in line with the middle of home plate and about 2 inches in front of home plate. The third ball will be placed in line with the outside corner of the plate and about 8 inches deep, or about the middle of home plate.

Now that the set up is complete, you will need to get a front toss thrower who can demonstrate some accuracy. How this drill works is you will have your front toss thrower attempt to throw the ball over each ball. You as the hitter will have to wait for the tossed ball to reach the correlating ball on the ground before you swing and make contact. Focus on one area at a time. Work on the outside corner first, then move to the middle pitch, and than the inside pitch. When you master hitting the ball to all fields when you know its coming, then your front toss thrower can mix up the pitches and you have to hit them where they are pitched.

3.) High Tee Drill

The high tee is a great drill to keep a swing short and powerful. Many hitters have the issue of having too long of a swing which causes the barrel to drop underneath the ball resulting in pop ups. To prevent this from happening, hitters have found that setting a batting tee chest high and hitting a hard line drive can produce a swing that is short, strong and consistent.

The set up is pretty self-explanatory, all you need is a batting tee and a net of some sort to hit the ball into. Set up the tee about chest high, and make sure you are staying on top of the ball. What you do not want to do is hit high pop flies with a drill like this. The objective of this drill is to stay short, stay on top, and hit hard line drives. This will produce a swing that will be effective in a game.

Two common mistakes when performing this drill include are getting underneath the ball, and having a long swing to the ball. So when you perform the high tee drill, remember you focus is on staying short, staying on top, and hitting the ball hard with authority.

4.) Slow Motion Drill

The slow motion drill is the most effective drills in making sure all of the moving parts of a player’s swing is working properly and in the right order. Many times players do not take the time to perform this drill which causes a lot of problems down the road due to muscle memory. Basically the premise is this, take the time to perform your swing in slow motion so that you can be aware of and watch to see if your body parts are performing effectively to utilize its best swing.

Many players do not understand that all of the power from a swing comes from the ground up. Your swing is chain reaction starting from your feet and works all the way up into your hands and into the barrel of your bat. Like a domino effect your body needs to trigger the appropriate actions and the appropriate time for the swing to be at its peak performance. By slowing down the swing and checking to make sure body parts are working properly, you will know that you are swinging in the most efficient way.

Backyard Baseball Hitting Drills Printout

Here’s what to do: every once in a while, between drills or batting practice sets, stop and perform this drill. All you do is swing in super slow motion and make sure your load is effectively separating hands from front foot, make sure your feet are working to land softly and transfer weight to open up your hips. Make sure your hands are back and at the appropriate time you swing knob to the baseball making sure you get proper linear extension through the ball with a high follow-through.

5.) Walk-Up Drill

The walk-up drill is designed for a hitter to maximize the power output of his swing. After performing this drill you will have used the stored up maximum power potential of your current physical body. By doing this drill consistently you will train your body to exert this full-force power in a normal, everyday swing without having to perform the walk-up.

The set up of this drill is simple, all it includes is a batting tee, some extra space to walk-up, and a net to hit into. The theory of this swing is to use momentum to amplify the power of your swing by walking up to the tee before you hit. So you set a ball on the tee, you start about 5 feet behind the tee and 2 feet away from the tee as your starting point. Take a step with your back foot across your front foot and then take a step with your other foot into a stride position and then swing.

Soft Toss Baseball Hitting Drills

You will want to perform this drill 5-10 times until you really feel that you are utilizing all of your built up strength to exert into a baseball. This drill is fun to do, and you will really enjoy crushing some baseball after this drill has taken effect.

Here’s The Final Word For Baseball Hitting Drills

These 5 baseball hitting drills will be most effective for you if you do them on a consistent basis. Once you master the basics of these drills you can always increase the difficulty of them by adding to them. You can add weight to your bat, you can add movement and velocity of the ball, you can add smaller balls, smaller bats, etc.

Good Hitting Drills For Baseball

The real test with these drills will be your focus and determination for each and every rep. You can always go through the motions of baseball hitting drills, or you can get the most you can out of them. The choice is yours, but I encourage you to take the high road and do your best every moment you have to play this game for as long as you can.

Blessings,

ONU Hitting Coach

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