Improve your batting mechanics to avoid a slump

Improve your batting mechanics to avoid a slump

"How did I miss that pitch?" Being in a slump can be frustrating and can effect a players game elsewhere in the field. Everyone has been in a slump. There is not a player in the hall of fame that was able to avoidat one time or another. Baseball is a game of adjustments, and if you are unable to adjust to what the pitcher is doing to you...your playing time will eventually drop and it could mean one step out of the game all together. The mental part of it is important, but the physical part can induce a mental block.

So what are some of the things that can go wrong other than mental? Many times when a hitter is slumping, they are opening up their hips too soon trying to crank one into the seats. Once the front hip opens a little bit, the front shoulder follows, the power is lost out of the lower half, and many times the head follows the shoulder and they do not watch the ball all the way. If they do hit it, they are usually going to hit weak ground ball to short (for a right handed hitter) or to second (for a left handed hitter). The number one thing a hitter can do to begin getting his batting mechanics back on track is to try to hit every single pitch back to the pitcher. Another way to think about it is to think of the alleys. Right center and left center. That will keep the front hip and shoulder closed longer and force the batter to wait. They may get jammed, however they will some more power behind the jam shot than a weak ground ball and may squeak a hit out of it.

Alex Rodriguez had a very successful post season last year. Being a Yankee fan (let the groans flow), I have watched his post seasons improve from year to year. The difference last year was he was relaxed and he was driving the ball, for the most part, to the alleys and not pulling off of the ball. He was not getting fooled on off speed pitches and was fast enough to jump on the fast ball.

One drill that works great for this is the fence drill. If you do not know what it is, I will give a quick description. Grab a bat and stand facing a fence. Put the bottom of the bat on your stomach and put the top of the bat on the fence so you are a bat's length away from the fence. Do not move, get in your stance and swing without hitting the fence. The key is to get your hand through first and then have the head of the bat snap through. Doing this over and over will help a batter get the feeling of getting the knob of the bat through the zone first, allowing their hands to stay back and snap at the right time. By keeping the hands back it keeps a batter from getting fooled. When this starts to fall into place, a batters hitting mechanics all of a sudden look better. Before you know it, that confidence is back in your batter and they are having better at bats.

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