Hitting a faster pitcher

[jsnfltn]

Hey guys, we have success against average pitchers but when we face a faster pitch we are late on the swing. I know there are a lot of factors to this but does any have any drills to increase reaction time to a faster pitcher?

Sometimes we will stand closer and pitch the ball in faster but looking for some drills.

Thanks

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Pretty simple.

Start slower and earlier ....... it's the holy grail to hitting.

 

[RubberBiscuit]

My message is the "short to - long through - and did I say short to...?"

Whenever DD has had issues with the mid-60-ers pitchers it's because she does not have this in the front of her mind.

 

[Eric F]

Get the swing process started early, on EVERY (!!!!!!!) pitch. The process of executing a swing takes a long time. Stopping the process once pitch location is identified is easy. If the hitter is waiting to start the process until they decide whether or not it's a good pitch, they will be late or hurried when pitching starts getting faster. In both cases, they can't hit the ball with power.

This is a full at-bat by Miggy. Notice that he starts the same EVERY time...

The mental approach I try to teach young hitters...Expect that EVERY pitch will be one to hit, and get your body ready to hit it.