| Let's look at some baseball tips on hitting to help | | | | Your entire front side, in particular, will be severely |
| overcome these two very common baseball | | | | disrupted. |
| hitting problems. | | | | Problem Uppercutting the Ball: |
| Problem Balance Poor: | | | | Many good baseball hitters appear to be |
| First of all, make sure that you are very | | | | uppercutting the baseball. The only time you |
| comfortable in your stance. A good starting point | | | | should be uppercutting is when you are into the |
| is to have the feet about shoulder width apart or | | | | follow through of your swing. Uppercutting is a |
| slightly wider. Usually, the width is about the same | | | | sure way to lower your batting average. Let's |
| as if you were guarding someone in basketball | | | | look at some possible reasons for uppercutting |
| and want to be ready to move left or right very | | | | the baseball. |
| quickly. | | | | Your stance may be too wide. This will encourage |
| Good baseball hitting requires standing on the balls | | | | your baseball swing to be going upward when |
| of your feet and NOT standing there flat-footed | | | | making contact. |
| or even worse yet, standing with your weight on | | | | You may be lowering your back leg, back elbow |
| your heels. | | | | or back shoulder. It's often referred to as |
| Standing with the weight on your heels may very | | | | "collapsing your back side." If the back side goes |
| well have you spinning like a top and that is not a | | | | down or collapses, the hands and the bat will go |
| good, solid foundation for effective baseball hitting | | | | down also and you will be swinging upward to the |
| and will destroy your balance. | | | | ball. |
| Make sure your front shoulder remains closed. | | | | You may be holding your hands too low and when |
| Opening your front shoulder too early will cause | | | | the actual baseball hitting takes place. They will |
| many baseball hitting problems. One of them is | | | | have nowhere else to go except upward and |
| that your foundation and balance will be severely | | | | causing an uppercutting of the baseball. |
| disrupted and you won't be steady on your feet. | | | | |