Misconceptions about how to hit a baseball: Good club accuracy, velocity, and timing

As a young, impressionable, and very eager baseball player

, I listened to every word my coaches had to say. As years passed and my game improved, however, I began to develop smarter ways of hitting a baseballusing techniques that would increase my hitting power and speed. Ultimately, my newfound knowledge led me to a successful career in the minors and a fantastic career as the head baseball coach at Division I Tulane University.

Now I share my proven baseball hitting tips with others in the Super 8 Hitting System. Super 8 shatters misconceptions about keeping the back elbow up, stride, hand position, stance, and more; and offers easy, memorable batting techniques that will significantly improve your batting average. In fact, the Super 8 has sent 45 players to the major leagues!

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Before you go, check out these tips below on how to use hands correctly when hitting a baseball.

I heard one former professional player explain that a baseball player's bottom hand is the dominant hand on the bat. His explanation for this was that if we hit the ball with only one hand on the bat, we would use the bottom hand. Therefore, it is the dominant hand. That sounds logical. But there is only one problem. We do not hit with only one hand. We use both hands to hit.

The bottom hand's job is to carry the bat to the ball. The top hand fires the bat head in a snapping action to make contact.

When hammering, a right-hander uses his right hand to hold the hammer. This is his dominant hand. We don't need both hands on the hammer. It is a short lever.

By comparison, what about the ax? It is a long lever. We need both hands. We need both hands on the bat because it is a long lever.

Here are the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of instruction. Is there...

Club head accuracy (Is there good contact?)

Club head velocity (Does the bat-head move with good speed through the

Complete stroke? Does it compete with good pitch velocity?)

Timing (Does the club head arrive in the contact zone at the exact moment of contact?) Timing will be difficult if the stroke is too long.

In addition, check to determine if the hands are correctly in front of the plate at contact as opposed to over the plate.

During batting practice, a good hitter should achieve at least 70-80% hard hits. No pops, no chops. He feels strong, quick, and is not over powered by hard pitching.

Final Word

The objective in hitting is to be quick with a compact stroke, making full use of body action to support the stroke. Because hitting is a reaction skill, it is important that a batter is quick so that he does not have to hurry. If he has to hurry to hit the fastball, he cannot adjust to hit the slower speed (curve balls, change-ups, etc.).

A great principle for hitting therefore is the following:

"Short to the ball---get long"

This means that we do not swing the bat to hit the ball. We drive the bat to contact, and then the bat swings.

Misconceptions about how to hit a baseball: Good club accuracy, velocity, and timing

By: Coach Joe Brockoff

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