Steps to a great baseball swing.?
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Read the Science of Hitting by Ted Williams... I believe he also made some video tapes about it as well.
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following these three guidelines can lead to a smooth and sound takeaway.\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_krause083104.cfm
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If you mean pulling your head off the ball... head moves with shoulder this is a huge problem 'cause it makes seeing the ball virtually impossible. How to correct:\n\nGet a tee and put the ball on it. Look out ot the pitcher mound or where it would be... Now follow the imaginary pitch all the way to the tee. Hit the ball but focus on not moving your head but looking at the tee where the ball was. It will take a lot of practice to break this but with time and a lot of swings... you will correct it.\n\nIf you uderstand how to properly hit a ball to the opposite field. (Wait for the ball to get deeper) During the next several practices have someone pitch you BP and hit everything you get pitched to the opposite field. The trick here is to not wait for the outside pitch but try to force everything to the opposite field. High, Low, Inside, Outside... Wait on it and take it to the opposite field! Make a game of it... I like this better than tee work (but do both) because you are actively involved in hitting a pitched ball. Hitting to the opposite field requires your eyes to stay on the ball longer and deeper. \n\nIn a game situation when you are worried about it... we all get that way! Consider taking the first pitch and follow it all the way to the catchers mitt. This will reinforce the muscle memory right before you launch one!!!\n\nIt will take a lot of practice to break this but with time and a lot of swings... you will correct it. Remember it took a while to form the bad habit... \n\nGOOD LUCK!
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develop the fundamental mechanics of a "good swing." A good swing is one that is fundamentaly correct and has a downward angle at the ball in order to produce backspin. Read a book and practice hitting wiffle balls off a tee so you can see the backspin and trajectory of the ball. make sure you're doing it right. breaking a bad habit in baseball takes months, so make sure if you are taking a 1000 swings a day they are correct and quality swings
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There is no real answer to this, but I'll give it a shot.\n\nFirst, practice - a lot!  When you do, work on keeping your weight on your back foot, transfering that weight forward with a minimal amount of stride.  Keep your hands back (ie don't lead the swing with your hands), start the swing from the bottom up.  What I mean here is transfer the weight from the back foot to the front, rotate the hips sligtly, then bring the bat through the strike zone with a short, compact swing (with a slight upper cut - do not exaggerate this), your head will be the last thing to pull through, allowing you to watch the ball hit the bat.\n\nThe key to slugging, isn't necessarily how big you are - though, increasing your size in a healthy way would be beneficial.  It's more about having a quick bat through the strike zone - the faster the bat, the harder you will hit the ball.  This does not equate to taking a HUGE swing - it's just not needed.\n\nFinally, get yourself playing on a field that has dimensions that are favourable to you.  If you are a lefty, a short right field porch is beneficial, and conversely, a righty will want a short porch in left.\n\nThat's it.  Simple right?  No, but hopefully this is helpful.
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i would suggest swinging on a downward plane...  It seems to work for me when i start to pop the ball up... just take like 50-100 swings from your back shoulder to ur front  knee.
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Make sure your feet are pointing in the right direction first of all... keep your shoulders pointing towards where you want to serve it.  Then you have to make sure your serving grip is right, otherwise you will just push the ball over.  Once you figure that out, count off two slow counts (1....2....)and at 2 you should be at the top of your swing going on your way down behind your head.  On 3 you should have already started to swing up from behind your head.  Pronate your wrist at the top of your swing, and follow through over the front of your body.  Also a lot of practice on the ball toss is always usefull.  You can figure out different types of spins and change the speed depending a lot on the toss, and how you follow through.
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close your fist and take a good swing
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1.   Stand with your feet closer together than when you normally swing.  \n  \n2.   Position yourself so that the ball is closer to your back foot.  \n  \n3.   Use a flop wedge, also known as a 60-degree wedge. A sand wedge can be used in an emergency.  \n  \n4.   Swing the club on a steeper plan (more upright).  \n  \n5.   Hit directly underneath the ball before taking a divot. Take a divot that is long and shallow.  \n  \n6.   Follow through normally.
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Grip the ball as you would a two-seam fastball, holding it with your middle and index fingers at the point where the seams are closest to each other.\n \n2.  Spread your middle and index fingers outward and along the seams, extending them to the point where the seams are farthest from each other. (Image 1)\n \n3.  Support the ball with your thumb and small fingers. Your thumb should lie along the seam stitched on the underside of the ball, while the ball should rest in a "V" formation. (Image 2)\n \n4.  Go into your windup. Remember to pivot and shift your body weight from your back foot forward toward home plate. (Image 3)\n \n5.  Keep your wrist loose as you release, and try not to throw the ball with more than an adequate amount of force.\n \n6.  Throw the pitch using the same motion as a fastball, flicking your wrist downward as you release. (Image 4)\n \n7.  Follow through. Your feet should parallel each other at the end of the pitch, and your throwing arm should come across the front of your body. (Image 5)
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If its unlimited, obvisouly throw it as high as you can. If its 6-12 ft, find a good height that you can constantly hit while throw strikes, thats tougher as a pitchers, its like putting it on a tee for the hitter. Technique wise, i pitch with a backspin on my pitch.  Hold it with all 5 fingers, have your hand face the batter, the ball toeards second, flick your wrist dfor the backspin, thats one way to do it. You could also hold it in your palm, ball facing the batter, and throw it that way, with that you can spin the ball for a bit of a curve. Those are some ways i do it. Good Luck!!
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Take several steps back to the left or right of the ball.Left to curve right and right to curve left.Line yourself up at a 45 degree angle with the ball.Strike just to the opposite of the side your kicking from and sweep your leg through in an upswing motion.The longer the distance the better you can curve it. Try to get yur foot under the ball for more heighth which means a better curve.
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I am a sophomore in high school on my varsity team. The best way to hit is to combine the rotational hitting with linear hitting. You use your legs to get the power to gain the rotational part of the swing. Then gain the linear part by getting extension of the hands. This is what all of the good college players are doing. I learned it from Michelle Ventrella, an Olympic gold medalist. It is more important to have a good swing than bat speed. Once all the fundamentals are right you try to get more bat speed because the ball will go farther.
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Here are a couple simple drills using simple household items for each basic aspect of the game:\n\nHitting:\n     Using a paddle or an oar like you might find on a boat, have the hitter hold the paddle against his lower back with the large part of the paddle pointed in the direction of the cather. Toss wiffle or tennis balls over the middle of the plate about shin to knee high, no higher.  The player should stride and then swing the paddle using only his legs, his hands are there only to hold the paddle not to help.    This drill helps players to understand the concept of hip rotation (which is that the straightening of the front knee pushes the front hip back, and the bending of the back knee pushes the back hip around the corner).  This is where the majority of a hitter's speed and power comes from.  As the players get more advanced you canthrow overhand put some more speed on the ball.  (make sure the players stride forward when you release the ball as any good hitter would do)\n       Another good hitting drill is as simple as swinging into a heavy bag, rolled up rug, or a tire of some sort, as long as its heavy and hitable.  If possible lean whichever tool you use slightly towards the hitter.  This will demonstrate proper swing plane technique (slightly up to match the slightly downward plane of the pitched ball), good hand position at contact, and understanding the triangle of the eyes, hands, and sweet spot of the bat.\n        Contrary to popular belief, drills like soft toss and short toss lead to techincal and mental problems in a hitter's swing leading to hitters being early, chopping down, and rolling over their wrists. Coincidentally try to focus on mechanics leading up to the contact point.  Once the ball makes contact with the bat, Newton takes over.  It constantly amazes me how hitters focus on their follow through like it helps their hitting.  You follow through whether you practice it or not and it does not affect the hitter's ability to hit.\n\nFielding:\n     Take your players and a basketball to a court or someplace with a hard level surface.  Because basketballs have good bounce to them, it is easy to teach players the fundamentals of playing the hop.  There are three hops long, short, and middle. The long hop is from the time the ball starts to come down until it is about an inch or two off the ground.  This is where the short hop takes over until the ball has come about two inches off the ground.  And the middle hop is between the two.  Stay away from the middle hop.  The short hop is acceptable but should only be played about 10% of the time.  The long hop is the best place to field a ball.  Bounce the basketball to your players and have them field the ball in the middle of their body and play the long or short hop.  You can do this with or without gloves, just make sure that their glove hand is under the ball and palm-up.\n         A fun game/drill you can use with your players is one that teaches them to block balls and lose their fear of being hit.  Take two cones or a section of fence to use as a "goal".  Have them line up outside of the area and enter one at a time.  You will pepper tennis balls or wiffleballs at them in an attempt to get the ball past them in the goal area (By pepper I mean like the drill, with an open stance and pushing the ball lightly back at them, with a little mustard on it depending on the ability level).  \n\nPitching:\n          I think that Tom House's theory of pitching is the best and most logical approach to pitching that there is out there.  A simple overview would be this for a motion.  Both feet on the rubber pretty close together.  Have your pitcher point their throwing arm straight ahead and have them move on the rubber so that arm is now right down the middle of the plate.  Now your pitcher is in a good position to pitch.  Glove foot should go straight back no longer than the length of his foot.  The other foot will pivot 90 degrees so
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Practice,practice,practice,keep your eye on the ball at alltimes,try batting cages,and have a friend or someone throw you all types of grounders and flys and so on,where theres a will theres a way.GOOD LUCK,I love to play.
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Teach them to swing level. Step into it, and use their hips for power. Then work on bat speed.
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do the basics: keep your bat back, crouch at the plate, and turn your back foot when you swing and use your entire body weight, not just your arms, to swing.