“Hitting down first baseline”
Preparatory:
feet shoulder width apart
knees slightly bent
eyes on ball
choking up on the bat
elbow back and up
front shoulder down
stand close to outside of box
about 6 inches off the plate
Execution
as ball comes in step in with front foot inward towards first base
hands together
eye on ball
follow through with the bat coming forward with both hands gripping the bat
step into ball as your body faces towards first baseline
make contact with barrel of bat
Follow through
poke the ball with the bat to right field as you swing
Teaching Cues
Elementary
feet shoulder width apart
choke up on bat
step in as bat comes forward
eyes on ball
Secondary
feet shoulder width towards outside of batters box
choke up on bat
elbow back and up
step in when starting swing
eyes on ball
Lead up tasks: High School Students- a good task for high school students to learn this practice would be to have practice with live game situation. A pitcher, first baseman, second basemen, catcher, right fielder and center fielder, the purpose is for the batter to hit it to the right side of the field by stepping into the ball and the pitch. Anything to the left side of the field is an out. As students start learning not to hit it to the left side of the field they will be physically learning how to hit the ball down the first baseline and to the right side of the field.
Lead up tasks: Middle School Students- a good task for middle school students would be setting up a tee ball stand on the outside of the plate. The batter should work on stepping into the pitch and keeping there eye on the ball. As they follow through they will be using there body stepping into the tee ball stand with the ball atop of it and hitting it to right field.
References
http://www.qcbaseball.com/skills/hitting1.aspx
Baseball Research Journal, the;January, 2005;Ruane, Tom IN SEARCH OF CLUTCH HITTING
1997-2000 Robin Nobles. STRIKE THREE YOU’RE OUT. San Francisco Times
Preparatory:
feet shoulder width apart
knees slightly bent
eyes on ball
choking up on the bat
elbow back and up
front shoulder down
stand close to outside of box
about 6 inches off the plate
Execution
as ball comes in step in with front foot inward towards first base
hands together
eye on ball
follow through with the bat coming forward with both hands gripping the bat
step into ball as your body faces towards first baseline
make contact with barrel of bat
Follow through
poke the ball with the bat to right field as you swing
Teaching Cues
Elementary
feet shoulder width apart
choke up on bat
step in as bat comes forward
eyes on ball
Secondary
feet shoulder width towards outside of batters box
choke up on bat
elbow back and up
step in when starting swing
eyes on ball
Lead up tasks: High School Students- a good task for high school students to learn this practice would be to have practice with live game situation. A pitcher, first baseman, second basemen, catcher, right fielder and center fielder, the purpose is for the batter to hit it to the right side of the field by stepping into the ball and the pitch. Anything to the left side of the field is an out. As students start learning not to hit it to the left side of the field they will be physically learning how to hit the ball down the first baseline and to the right side of the field.
Lead up tasks: Middle School Students- a good task for middle school students would be setting up a tee ball stand on the outside of the plate. The batter should work on stepping into the pitch and keeping there eye on the ball. As they follow through they will be using there body stepping into the tee ball stand with the ball atop of it and hitting it to right field.
References
http://www.qcbaseball.com/skills/hitting1.aspx
Baseball Research Journal, the;January, 2005;Ruane, Tom IN SEARCH OF CLUTCH HITTING
1997-2000 Robin Nobles. STRIKE THREE YOU’RE OUT. San Francisco Times
