4 Most Important hitting drills for HS players

[Strike2]

Batting T: On a knee with one-hand bat then with regular bat, then standing straight on, high, low, inside, outside
Soft Toss (angled): Middle, high, low, inside, outside
Front Toss: Middle, high, low, inside, outside...with a portion using batting counts and scoring contact (out vs hit).
Pitching Machine: Emphasize a particular location...vary speeds...also use batting counts and score the quality of hit.

 

[CoachJD]

You make interesting comments. What would you suggest for HS pre-game warmups? We do tee work, soft toss, TCB balls, front toss for bunting. My goal is to get the kids loose, but I would like to hear what you suggest. I do question the effectiveness. Many kids seem to go through the motions. The reason I ask is that once our season starts we typically play every night of the week with almost no days for practice. Incorporating effective drills into pre-game warm-ups is my goal.

I would say that, unless you have something specific you want your HS players working on, to not do any drills as part of a warmup. I think a routine/progression is fine, other than the soft toss (though I also understand with limited space you might not have a choice). I'd replace the soft toss (which I assume is from the side; maybe we're thinking of different things) with front toss using Lite Flites or something similar that won't travel far/be a danger to the pitcher.

 

[radness]

Many kids seem to go through the motions.

This maybe the hardest/worst issue to tackle.
Ramping Up Focus and Desire

 

[Shawn]

Drills are important if you know how the swing works. Nothing wrong with drills.

 

[Shawn]

Drills are important if you know how the swing works. Nothing wrong with drills

Why isn’t a tee a drill? Or side toss or front toss. Their all actually backwards chaining.

 

[Work=wins]

The load

some motion to get the middle primed and mobile. This is probably the most important part to learn. Learn a stable rear leg so you can harness/control the energy from the middle. If you can control your energy you can time a moving ball. A lot will clean up if the middle moves you.

 

[Shawn]

The load

some motion to get the middle primed and mobile. This is probably the most important part to learn. Learn a stable rear leg so you can harness/control the energy from the middle. If you can control your energy you can time a moving ball. A lot will clean up if the middle moves you.

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The center ties everything together.

 

[Wildfire]

1. Tee
2. Some form of soft toss
3. Stretching
4. A hand-eye coordination drill