| If a hitter is a real good fast ball hitter who has | | | | your share of hits. If you do the same thing |
| very quick bat speed, he should not change his | | | | against a power pitcher, you will get more than |
| hitting style and should get up there and take his | | | | your share of hits! It's not important how weak a |
| normal swing. On the other hand, not all hitters | | | | swing you had at the pitch and the weakness of |
| have that quickness in their swing and they should | | | | your swing will go totally unnoticed. What will be |
| make adjustments to increase their chances for a | | | | very well noticed is how the batter hit the ball |
| successful at bat. There are a few baseball tips | | | | extremely hard against a flame thrower who has |
| on hitting that can help them considerably. There | | | | been striking out a lot of batters. Leading bat |
| is nothing wrong with conceding a little bit to a | | | | manufacturers spend millions of dollars on |
| pitcher. The only goal is a successful at bat and | | | | research to have batted balls jump off the sweet |
| it's not important how you achieve that success. | | | | part of the bats they manufacture. The hitter's |
| For those hitters who have trouble against "flame | | | | chore is to just get that sweet spot on the |
| throwers," they should remember that it's not | | | | pitched baseball. Hitter's should let the speed of |
| necessary to take any stride at all or to swing | | | | the pitch do 90% of the work for them. Against |
| the bat hard. Some hitters, especially young | | | | the flame thrower, the hitter who has trouble |
| hitters, do not get this message. They quite often | | | | with a "heater" should keep it as simple as |
| over swing and take this long, looping swing that | | | | possible. Keeping it simple is one of the best |
| is very late on the pitch and have very little if any | | | | baseball tips on hitting for any hitter that's |
| chance at all. Unfortunately, this often happens | | | | swinging late and having a difficult time at the |
| over and over again and is quite frustrating for a | | | | plate. Start the swing early and no need to |
| hitter of any age, whether it is a younger player | | | | stride at all. Throw the barrel of the bat down at |
| or an older player. If a young player continues to | | | | the pitch. |
| strike out three times a game, in no time at all he | | | | Remember, even if the hitter's swing could not |
| will lose interest in playing baseball. | | | | crush a grape, the sweet spot of the bat and the |
| The name of this game, from a hitter's point of | | | | velocity of the fast ball pitcher will do 90% of the |
| view is to get the "sweet" part of the bat on the | | | | work for them. Letting the bat do most of the |
| ball. If you swing the bat so easy that it won't | | | | work for you is one of the better baseball tips on |
| crush a grape, but can somehow manage to get | | | | hitting. It's no guarantee but it will definitely |
| the sweet part of the bat on the ball, you will get | | | | increase your chances for a successful at bat! |