Apr 05, 2016 | jmorrison | 2023 views
Hitting Drills
Drills you can do at home to help your hitting (and not break any windows)... You will need a tee and some wiffle balls.
Fence Drill
This fixes the number one problem I see--the long swing. Either breaking the wrists or straightening the lead arm too early in a swing. Any good pitcher who sees this will feed you a steady diet of inside fastballs and you will not be able to hit it fair.
Use a soft fence, netting works great or an old bed sheet. Anything that will give if you happen to hit it and not damage your bat. If you use a metal fence make sure to use an old bat that you don't care about damaging.
Start slow. As you feel comfortable gradually increase the speed and power of the string. You should be able to use a full power swing and not hit the fence if you're doing it right.
To make it more game like add a tee and hit the ball off the tee. Move from the inside edge to about 3" from the fence. You can't hit a pitch on the outside black with this drill since the sweet spot of the bat is in from the end of the bat. If you're in the basement or garage use wiffle balls--it doesn't effect the drill.
NOTE: Make sure your upper body doesn't lean away from the fence.
The Derek Jeeter Drill
Again, this keeps your swing nice and short and this video explains how to not cheat on the drill so you get the most out of it.