- Feb 13, 2018
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In practice, what kind of tee work are you doing? Basic inside/out/up/in? Do you do daily drills of any kind?
We do a constantly changing rotation. Usually do full swings first, sometimes regular bats sometimes with a Pro-Cut knob weight, a wood bat, a cam wood bat or a Swing Mechanic bat. Then walk throughs, tip and rips are pretty much a staple. Might do one more drill per session before machine and or front toss. Usually about 12 balls each drill some times as few as six. Because we hit a couple times per week I try to mix it up constantly so they don’t get bored or start going through the motions.
I think one of the most important part of using a tee is to have it set up correctly and to practice hitting line drives either by hitting in an open area or cage or by marking high and low targets on the net you are hitting into. I see way too many players hitting the ball down swing after swing into nets.
I also have an Oscar Miller Swingright tee. We do inside/outside on that. It would be easy to use two tanner tees instead but its just so easy to monitor locations with that tee.
Some people love tee work, some have come up with reasons they don’t. Just remember that too much of anything is a bad thing. Anything that you use improperly is a bad thing. That goes for tees, pitching machines or heck even front toss.
We probably call it the wrong name and /or do it wrong, lol! I will try to describe it. RH hitter flattens bat out parallel to the ground, about chest high, end of bat is pointed at where shortstop would be on field. Hitter draws bat back across chest and when hitter feels the stretch in her back and then launches the barrel that is still flat and kind of pointed forward. The bat sort of flips over on its own, it should feel whippy. I think they can also feel the hand swivel. It takes them awhile to get the hang of it and they usually hit the tee at first. NBD.
I personally really like that drill. I also think it is closely related to the feel they get from the pvc “wall” tees.
I hope this helps, I’m not very good at describing this stuff.