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Baseball Bat Hitting Ball:
Tips For Batting

Baseball bat hitting ball. We have all heard our baseball coach while teaching batting say over and over, “Keep your eye on the ball.” or “Keep your head in there.” It is a baseball basic said so much that we almost let it go in one ear and out the other.

It is like we know the proper baseball swing must include watching the ball. The truth is that the ball is going so fast from major league hitting on down to youth baseball we really do not watch the bat hit a baseball.

The last several feet the ball is kind of blurry. So baseball hitters swing where they think the ball will be after watching the ball and tracking the ball on the way to home plate.

Be A Better Hitter

When I coach baseball and softball hitters we work on keeping the eyes close to the action. First, the body has to tilt toward home plate. The upper body torso leans toward the plate.

This hitting technique allows the eyes to be physically closer to where the action is…baseball bat hitting baseball. In addition, when teaching hitting the best batting coaches know that the batters’ back shoulder is always lower than the front shoulder.

To be a better hitter the torso leans forward, which automatically puts the back shoulder lower than the front. This also allows the back shoulder to complete the baseball swing without running into the batters’ chin. If the chin is bumped into than the hitters eyes and head will be jiggled around too much.

Professional Baseball Instruction

The best baseball schools of hitting know that the batters eyes tell the hands where to go. The eyes act as the guide dog for the hands.

You have heard of eye-hand coordination of course. Well, think about it. If the eyes move off the ball or the head moves suddenly and keeps the eyes from a position of directly watching the baseball bat hitting ball, then the hands will not know where to go.

It is like the hands are blindfolded. The hands gripping the bat will literally be guessing where the ball is. When looking how to improve batting it is quite important to emphasize keeping the eyes close to the action.

That means for the batter to lean the body in so the head can allow the batters eye to get up for a close up view.

How To Be A Better Hitter

Hitters always are asking how to improve batting. One of the best bat tips is to keep your face really close to the action. Good hitters poke their noses into the swing.

Batting exercises practice keeping the head still and the eyes both squarely focused directly on the pitch. Never does a hitter play baseball looking at the ball out of the corner of their eye. Even though that last several feet the ball can get a little blurry. Baseball bat hitting ball is harder than it sounds but it sure a good feeling when you square up on one.

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