subject: Baseball Hitting Tips For Two Common Baseball Hitting Problems [print this page] I would venture that several baseball players on any given team have one of these two common baseball hitting problems. Let's look at some very possible causes and some definite solutions.
Problem Balance Poor
First of all, make sure that you are very comfortable in your baseball stance.
A good starting point is to have the feet about shoulder width apart or slightly wider. Usually, the width is about the same as if you were guarding someone in basketball and want to be ready to move left or right very quickly.
Make sure you are standing on the balls of your feet and NOT standing there flat-footed or even worse yet, standing with your weight on your heels.
For successful baseball hitting, it is mandatory to have a solid foundation. Standing with the weight on your heels may very well have you spinning like a top and that is not a good, solid foundation for effective baseball hitting and will totally destroy your balance.
Make sure your front shoulder remains closed. Opening your front shoulder too early will cause at least a half dozen baseball hitting problems and one of them is that your foundation and balance will be severely disrupted and you won't be steady on your feet.
Problem Uppercutting the Ball
Many real good baseball hitters appear to be uppercutting the baseball. That's the way it appears but in reality they are uppercutting AFTER the actual baseball hitting takes place and they are already into their follow through.
Uppercutting is a sure way to lower your batting average. Let's look at a few baseball hitting tips that should help overcome uppercutting the baseball.
Your stance may be too wide. This will encourage the baseball swing to be going upward when making contact. You can try putting your feet a little closer together.
You may be lowering your back leg, back elbow or back shoulder. It's often referred to as "collapsing your back side." If the back side goes down or collapses, the hands and the bat will go down also and you will be swinging upward to the ball. (It will also create another baseball hitting problem. You will end up "slicing" the baseball and not actually hitting the baseball.)
You may be holding your hands too low when swinging and your hands and the baseball bat will have nowhere else to go except upward, causing an uppercutting of the baseball.
