I hope you all are having a great week so far.
I’ve been busy running some of weekend baseball camps lately, but not too busy to share with you some baseball and softball drills and strategies that really prove effective for your teams out there.
Well, Here’s my tip of the day:
Does your child/player(s) “CHICKEN WING” their back elbow when holding the bat?
Please try to get him or her to not do this!
Did you know that holding a bat with your back elbow up—commonly called “chicken wing”, can work against your child’s success when it comes to hitting?
When your child or player(s) does this, it can really slow down their swing a little bit so they won't hit as hard and far as they can.
You see, there’s a lot of players in baseball and softball that are taught techniques or practice drills that really have been proven to be ineffective.
This is one of them. Unfortunately, many baseball and softball coaches—especially youth coaches that were either taught this when they were playing ball or followed the advice of others teach this incorrect way to their players or kids.
When players keep their back elbow up, they have a harder time of gripping the bat with their knuckles aligned properly.
You see, it is crucial that players grip the bat with their 'knocking' knuckles (the knuckles they use to knock on a door) LINED UP.
If they don't do this, each of their wrists are not bending together 'in sync'.
And if one wrist is bent one way, and another wrist is bending slightly another way, what will happen is that their wrists will "fight" against each other, causing a slower swing--and yes, a shorter hit.
Yet when their 'knocking knuckles' of both hands are lined up when they grip the bat, both wrists will be working perfectly together so they can maximize his or her bat speed, so that when they make contact, the ball will be hit harder.
To see a close up photo of this correct grip, go to http://www.powerbatting.com/ in the middle of the page. You will see from this photo how to have your knuckles lined up properly to add more feet to your hits.Please keep this in mind the next time your child/player(s) takes batting practice.Stay tuned for more upcoming tips, drills, and strategies, or go to http://www.baseball-softballdrills.com/ to learn more about innovative strategies that can make any player into an all-star
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1 comment:
Hi,
I visited your blog through Google and found it to be informative and interesting.
The best way to train with baseball drills is to begin with a tennis ball. All the above mentioned drills can be practiced one by one just by using tennis ball and a great level of satisfaction can be drawn out of it. Baseball is a game of skill and power.
Few tips for Playing Excellence Baseball:
• Produce consistent power and control using proven baseball skills
• Create muscle memory with established practice routines
• Think and act like a player or coach
• Strength
• Coordination
• Proper Balance
• Confidence level should be high
• Vision
• Rhythm
• Body Control
Baseball is a Simple game, A few simple flexibility and muscles exercises and techniques can change your whole Baseball game. You should have to focus on developing and improving the few key factors performance:
• Learning proper throwing skills
• Developing and increasing throwing velocity and arm strength
• Fielding the situation
• Run speedily with the ball
• Concentration is a Key success
• Continuous muscles exercise
• Cycling should be an important part of your daily exercise strategy
As a Baseball Player, I also have a Youth Baseball Drills website, May it will be informative for you.
Keep up the great work!!!!!!!
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