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BEST HITTING TECHNIQUES FOR YOUNG PLAYERS

YOUTH BASEBALL HITTING DRILLS

The following list of free hitting modules will help parents to teach their kids how to best hit a baseball. The Hitting Project is dedicated to delivering a simple to understand hitting system allowing parents and coaches to pass on this information to youth baseball players.

We also offer a range of Premium Hitting Modules that are available when you sign up to become a member of our simple to follow hitting system.

LITTLE LEAGUE HITTING Q&A

Question: My Little League players seem to swing and miss a lot when trying to hit a baseball – how do I stop my kids from striking out all the time?

Answer: There are many reasons that a young player is striking out all the time at the plate. The biggest reasons for Little League players striking out include; not picking up the baseball out of the pitchers hand, not tracking the baseball all the way down the hitting funnel, pulling the head off the baseball, lunging out at the baseball, releasing the front shoulder too early, stepping in the bucket, swinging at bad pitches, long/slow swing, dipping the back shoulder, total lack of confidence and poor 2 strike hitting approach.

To start with a coach or parent needs to slow down the game for the kids, make hitting simple, don’t focus on over-complicated hitting techniques and focus on what is most important; seeing the baseball, tracking the baseball and hitting the baseball.

Do not underestimate these simple hitting instructions – keep your head down, watch the baseball out of the pitchers hand and try and hit the baseball to the right fielder (for a right hand hitter) or left field (for a left handed hitter).

You will be very surprised to how different their baseball swing will look after following these simple instructions.

WHAT YOUTH & LITTLE LEAGUE HITTING DRILLS ARE BEST TO TEACH

Executing the best baseball hitting drills for youth players is crucial for swing development. It is especially important that young baseball players in Little League and other youth leagues focus on simplistic hitting drills.

Young players have short attention spans and do not respond well to over-complicated baseball hitting drills.

Basically any fundamental hitting drill that teaches a good hitting approach while focusing on executing the basics is a good drill.

Any type of tee drill — ensure to focus on keep the head down at the point of contact
Front toss — especially hands inside the ball and opposite field front toss
Side toss — especially top hand and bottom hand side toss
Regular BP where the focus is on hitting the baseball back up the middle of the field

Youth and Little League players respond best to baseball hitting drills where the focus is on the end goal and not the process. It is essential that youth players are given simple to follow tasks when hitting – by executing these strategic tasks, good hitting mechanics will follow.

Examples of focusing on tasks include:

On this swing I want you to hit a target in the middle of the hitting cage (teaches correct hitting approach and stops pulling off with front shoulder)
On this swing I want you to make sure your eyes are looking down at the plate after contact is made (teaches to keep the head down and stops pulling off the baseball)
On this swing I want you to hit the inside pitch back up the middle (teaches a short swing path by keeping the hands inside the baseball)

Our baseball hitting program is built upon executing simple strategic tasks, which each have a defining role in teaching the best baseball swing for a young player.