Baseball Hitting Drills - Four Workouts That Can Be Done at Home

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Baseball Hitting Drills - Four Workouts That Can Be Done at Home
By Jake Wyatt

Everyone wants to know the best baseball hitting drills to improve their swing and batting average. You can invest in expensive equipment and pay a lot of money for private coaching, clinics, and batting cages. These are great ways to learn - especially the private coaching; all are an important part of improving your skills. But you can also practice at home with what you have around you. You don't need fancy equipment to practice baseball hitting. Here are four things you can do at home to work on your batting skills that if done regularly will help you improve your game.

PREPARE MENTALLY.

Before you start, make sure you are mentally prepared to practice and take each drill seriously. There is no point in doing drills half-heartedly and then giving up when you can't see any results. Be prepared for bad days when nothing goes right, your swing may be off, or you're just not able to get the technique right. Don't get discouraged. The more you practice, the better you will get - be prepared to put in the hours.

VISUALIZE YOUR STANCE AND SWING, AND DO THEM IN SLOW MOTION.

Now that you are mentally ready, before you start with the physical part of the workouts you need to practice visualization. This is taking your bat and going through the game in your mind. Imagine the pitcher staring you down, imagine different types of throws you will get, and plan how you will react to each of them. Once you have visualized the move, perform it slowly until the moves are ingrained in your mind. This is a fantastic workout that can be done anywhere with a bit of space!

USE A HEAVY BAT DURING PRACTICE.

Another great idea is to use a heavy bat or a bat weight while practicing. This improves the strength of your swing. Again this can be done with the visualization technique or with a friend in the backyard. When it is your turn at bat during an actual game, you will find you have more power when hitting the ball.

WORK ON MUSCLE MEMORY

Muscle memory is an important part of any sport; it is especially important in batting. This workout involves tying a ball to some string and hanging it from above. Without actually hitting the ball, practice your footwork, rotation, and eye-hand coordination. So when it comes to game time you don't have to think about your moves, they will come naturally. All you need to do is concentrate on the ball.

Use these workouts at home year round to improve and maintain top-notch batting skills!

In order to be the best baseball player you can be, training should happen year-round and be a joint effort between the coach, the player and the parents. Get more free tips to improve baseball performance, reviews of e-products related to baseball, and links to training resources at http://youth-baseball-training.com.

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Building a Batting Cage
By Jason Gluckman

Batting cages are mostly used by baseball or softball coaches and players for practice. There are several types of batting cages, including indoor, outdoor, portable, and tunnel batting cages. Completely enclosed batting cages need more space. There is a simple net behind the batsman.

Weather is an important factor in choosing a batting cage. Indoor batting cages are required if the weather is bad. Portable batting cages are useful for players who frequently participate in games; they can practice any time with the portable cage.

In order to build a batting cage, one must understand its main features. The netting and frame are the two important features of a batting cage. The frame used in a batting cage is constructed with high-strength, adjustable aluminum tubes. In outdoor batting cages, the frame is coated with a special weather?resistant powder coating. Manufacturers are conducting tests with batting cage materials for strength and durability. The material used for netting should be durable enough to withstand adverse weather conditions. The net material may be chosen according to the application. The netting used is often black in color. Nylon material is used for netting in indoor batting cages. Polyethylene, high-density polyethylene, polyester Kevlar, and KVX200 are other common netting materials. Batting cage nettings now available are weather coated with polyurethane and water repellants and spray-coated with resins to ensure longer life. Construction is another factor that determines the durability of a batting cage.

Flooring is usually made of polypropylene stretchable material attached to the net. The cage entrance needs black PVC-coated chain link. Some batting cages use pitching machines, which are either coin- or token-operated pitching machines. The number of pitches in the machine can be selected. Pneumatic ball return systems automatically return the balls to the pitching machine.

Many dealers provide do-it-yourself batting cage kits with proper instructions, which contain all the materials for a standard batting cage.

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Baseball Batting Cages and Pitching Machines - Ideal for Batting Practice

By James_M_Peterson

Batting cages and pitching machines are an effective alternative to a live pitcher and an open field when it comes to batting practice. Batting is all about the right form, timing and speed. Getting the right swing doesn't happen overnight, which means that a lot of practice and determination are essential to success.

The main advantage of pitching machines over a live pitcher is consistency. Unlike live pitchers, pitching machines don't tire or make errors. Given that the first thing novice batters will need to develop is the proper form and follow through of a swing, pitching baseballs to them at consistent speeds and angles will be crucial in developing the swing. Pitching consistency also helps batters properly time their swings.

Batting cages address quite a few batting practice concerns. First, they eliminate the need for vast open spaces just for practice - a smaller area will do thanks to the cage's nets which limit the trajectory of the balls. Second, batters and trainers don't have to worry about where a wild ball or even a perfectly hit ball might land. Property damage or injuring a third party doesn't become an issue. Finally, batting cages, together with pitching machines, allow players to practice on their own time even without company. Some cages even have sloped interior floors so that the balls are automatically fed back to the pitching machines, making it unnecessary for the lone pitcher to gather all the balls around him and manually feed them to the machine for another round of practice.

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