| Once you have stepped up to the plate and | | | | backyard, continuously repeating the motion of |
| starred down the pitcher, there is only one | | | | bringing your arms across your body towards the |
| weapon of choice, a big stick. Baseball training, | | | | ball will become second nature. Make contact and |
| good training, leads to great baseball hitting. We all | | | | feel the shift in your hips. It doesn't matter if you |
| want to hit it out of the park whether it's at a | | | | bat right or left, the same standard movements |
| company picnic or with friends doing the baseball | | | | apply. Get a good stance that holds you to the |
| pitching for fun. Swinging and missing just makes | | | | ground but doesn't anchor you. The balls of your |
| the pitcher shiver, there is an art to hitting a | | | | feet are your spring, don't bounce too much or |
| baseball. When mind and body connect with the | | | | your upper body will have to compensate. |
| bat and ball, it could be your shot heard round the | | | | Practice swinging a few times at hitting an |
| world. | | | | imaginary ball, feel the motion that it takes to |
| Swinging a bat takes more than just motion, it | | | | swing. |
| takes poetry in motion. Watch any major leaguer | | | | Once you have the familiar movement in your |
| and he's not hoping he will hit, he is gearing up to | | | | mind then you can understand what your body is |
| smash it. The main focus on hitting a baseball is | | | | supposed to do when a pitch is coming at you. |
| transfer of motion. You may have read or heard | | | | When you swing at a pitch it's very important to |
| somewhere that Babe Ruth struck out more | | | | not take your eye off the ball, of course you |
| times that he hit home runs, it's true, but his RBI | | | | can't watch a pitch come all the way down the |
| stats are seldom recognized. Why? It's because | | | | pike, which defeats the purpose. But you can |
| he was known as a home run hitter. | | | | know your swing will be consistent every time if |
| Before you can crush the ball and loosen the | | | | you practice the motion of hitting. Knowing when |
| stitches, you have to learn what it takes to hit it | | | | to swing is also very important. |
| first. Many people who have played baseball for a | | | | The strike zone is measured from the batters |
| team when they were younger practiced a lot, | | | | elbows to their kneecaps while they are at the |
| probably more than they wanted to. They hit | | | | plate. If you get down to low then the pitcher is |
| thousands of pitches and sometimes just making | | | | going to throw lower to get you to chase those |
| contact with the ball is refreshing enough. But | | | | pitches called "worm burners". If you stand too tall |
| those who want to hit it continuously know that | | | | then he'll be throwing "chin ticklers". Bending your |
| the mind and body have to work together. | | | | legs slightly and resting on the balls of your feet |
| You've got to train yourself to know where and | | | | will have him throwing right in your comfortable |
| when to swing. | | | | strike zone. You have to concentrate on your |
| Text is no substitute for practice, reading about | | | | swing more than hitting the ball, if it's in the zone |
| how to hit a baseball effectively will only get you | | | | you'll get a piece of it. A hit is a hit. |
| past the first page, but not past first base. To | | | | When you have determined that swinging a bat |
| know how to hit you've got to get out there and | | | | and hitting a baseball takes the mind and body |
| get a feel for what it takes. Whether it's a | | | | working together you'll begin to understand the |
| pitching machine that's eating your tokens or a | | | | science behind it. Baseball hitting isn't just stepping |
| real live cannon in polyester, finding out where the | | | | up to the plate and reacting, it's knowing the |
| strike zone is at means all the difference. You | | | | motion it takes to hit and achieving the process. |
| have to feel in control of your swing. | | | | There is baseball training that is designed to help |
| There are several ways to train your eye to see | | | | you hit the ball with confidence and with power so |
| a baseball; you know the standard color is white. | | | | you can get on base. Or, if you want to hit it out |
| You can gauge when it's coming because your | | | | of the park. |
| eye can see it, but how do you know when to | | | | Baseball pitching by a machine or by someone |
| swing? Swinging a baseball bat is like swinging a | | | | helping your practice should trigger your brain and |
| golf club, you keep your arms straight, and you | | | | signal your body what stance to get in to. |
| use a fluid motion to transfer your power from | | | | Knowing that the ball is coming into your strike |
| one part of your body, your legs, to your arms. | | | | zone and knowing the motion in takes to connect |
| You can also practice with colored baseballs, train | | | | with the ball will help you become a better hitter. |
| your eye to see the ball coming, it's the | | | | If you are consistent with your stance and know |
| trajectory that you memorize. Hitting is an | | | | that your shoulders and hips are the real |
| instinct; hone it to your advantage. | | | | powerhouse you'll be invited back to that friendly |
| You can also set up a Wiffleball set in your | | | | baseball hitting in the park every weekend. |