Any tips for hitting?
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You must swing the bat ALL THE WAY THROUGH the ball. The contact between ball and bat happens mid swing, concentrating on completing the swing with force will increase your bat speed and you will hit the ball harder.
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Get a rubber paddle with padding (it helps with the spinning big time in comparison to the harder wood paddles).  Then as you're returning the ball to the other player you want to brush the side of it rather than hit it directly back at him.  It will take some practice, but after a few tries you'll get it.  Brushing the right side will make it spin one way and brushing the left side will make it spin the other way.  If you brush the top of the ball toward your opponent you will get "top spin" and increase the speed of the ball as it hits the other side of the table.  \n\nHope that helps!
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Use the inside of your foot, by your arch.  Practice practice practice! Also, if you just need more difficulty to ramp up your game, try doing what you normally do, but with a softball on concrete. Just be careful not to step on it and have it roll out from underneath you and knock you flat. It hurts, I should know.
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im also a lefty, i used to hit the batter more than i threw a ball, but anyway now when i warmup and practice i exaggerate every movement i make and that helps alot, but when you're throwing and you have your arm behiend you should try to reach back as far as you can and place the ball on second base.
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To hit longer and straighter, start back slower than normal and start down a little slower - gradually building up speed and then releasing it all at the bottom of the swing.  Most people try to hit from the top of the swing, but the bottom point is where it counts.
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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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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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When you've got this pitch under control, hitters have no idea when to swing. When it's out of control, though, even the pitcher doesn't know where the ball is going!\n \n\nSteps:\n\n1. Grip the baseball by clenching the top of the ball with the tips of your index, middle and ring fingers just below the seams. Dig the tips of your fingers deep into the ball.\n \n2. Place your thumb below the ball to give it support. Keep your pinkie off to the side.\n \n3. Go into your windup. Remember to pivot and shift your body weight from the back foot forward toward home plate.\n \n4. Throw the ball toward home, but don't snap your wrist - keep it stable, eliminating as much spin as possible.\n \n5. Follow through. Extend all fingers toward home plate as you release the pitch. Your feet should be parallel at the end of the pitch, and your throwing arm should come across the front of your body.\n \n \nTips:\nAn effective knuckleball moves in two or three different directions in flight.\n \nTry a variation on the knuckleball grip by using just the index and middle fingers on the top of the ball. The ring finger joins the pinkie off to the side.\n \nThe slower the pitch, the more time the ball has to weave toward home plate.
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Correct hitting technique requires that you make a jabbing motion with the handle of the bat prior to the swing. A good way to teach this is to do a drill that slows the mechanics down into small steps.  Break it down into steps that he can walk through slowly again and again to move the motions into muscle memory. \n\n1. Relax (bat on shoulder), 2. Ready (bat up, knees bent etc), 3. Jab (as you step, handle of bat jabs toward pitcher), 4. Swing (bring bat around, turn wrists etc).  The jabbing step insures that the bat will not swing until it is in front of the batter.  I had good luck with this drill during my 10 years of coaching.
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Stance: feet shoulder width apart. Weight mostly on back SOME on front foot. Keep your head LEVEL to ground.\n\nTiming: wait, wait, WAIT for it- \n\nSwing: pitch wrists DOWN as you swing, transfer weight forward, turn your hips, follow through with bat all the way across the plate and over your shoulder.\n\nBat speed not power drives the hit...practice in the cages before every game.
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one thing when you are passing the ball to the setter make sure that you keep your arms straight so that the ball can hit on a flat surface and make sure you stay down, do not rise up when you are passing the ball.  Have you feet pointed towards you target (normally the setter) to make a good pass.  When hitting use you lower body more than your upper body.  There are six people on the four at a time.  setter, left hitter, middle  hitter, right hitter, leftback and right back. anymore questions email me at DeAra15@hotmail.com
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is the hit-a-way the thing you wrap around a pole? if so then no. they suck. Use a tee and hit into a fence or a net. That works so much better.
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Here you go, just follow these simple steps.\n\n1.Hide the ball in your glove.\n \n2.Grip the ball with your middle and index fingers perpendicular to the seams at their widest point, with your thumb underneath the ball.\n \n3. Spread your top fingers apart slightly and keep your ring finger and pinkie tucked into your palm. \n \n4. Hold the ball firmly, applying pressure with your middle finger and thumb. Try not to let the ball rest in the palm of your hand, and keep your index finger relaxed. \n \n5.Wind up into the pitch. Use the same pitching motion as in your other pitches so that the batter cannot predict a curveball. \n \n6.Keep your wrist relaxed. After drawing back the pitch, hold your wrist so that the back of your hand points toward your body. \n \n7.Roll your wrist downward and to the right (if you are right-handed) or to the left (if you're left-handed) immediately before releasing the pitch. \n \n8.Release the pitch and follow through by bending your wrist. A right-hander should finish with the palm facing in toward the chest. The top of your thumb should be facing up.\n \n9.Throw the ball between the batter and home plate if you're a left-handed pitcher facing a left-handed batter or if you're a right-handed pitcher facing a right-handed batter.\n \n \n\n \n \nTips:\nYou can also try gripping the ball between and along the seams. Spread your fingers apart slightly and press your middle finger into the ball. Go with the grip that allows you a comfortable release, the proper spin and maximum control.\n \nTurn your wrist further to increase the ball's spin. You will lose some control but will gain more curve. Throw harder, and the pitch gains speed but loses some of the curving movement.\n \n \nWarnings:\nThrowing a curveball can cause serious and possibly permanent damage to your shoulder, elbow and wrist. For this reason, most managers and coaches advise that young players avoid this pitch until they reach physical maturity.
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Here are some tips for Slow-pitch softball hitting. \nAccelerate as you hit the ball - don't slow down while you hit the ball. Acceleration through the ball maintains your bat speed, which helps the ball to jump off your bat\n\n\nMaintain a loose grip on the bat - don't squeeze the handle tightly. Tension in your hands will reduce your bat speed, causing a loss in power.\n\n\nKeep your eyes on the ball - don't lose contact with the ball as you hit it. See the ball clearly as the bat hits the ball\n\n\nPush with your back (top) hand while pulling with your front (bottom) hand. The push gives you better power and follow-through while the push adds energy to the swing. Don't forget to do both - PUSH AND PULL\n\n\nRelease the top hand in the follow through - this adds extension to the swing which will give you more power\n\n\nKeep your hands in front of the bat - throw your hands at the ball so the bat head is the last thing to go through the strike zone\n\n\nShift your weight from your back foot to your front foot. This will increase power\n\n\nHold the bat with the knob in the palm of your hand, with the pinky of your bottom hand off of the bat. This will improve your leverage, and increase bat speed\n\n\nKnow where you like the ball to be when you hit it - then wait for that pitch. To find your spot, go to the cages...\n\n\nKeep your head down - start the swing with your chin on your front shoulder, end with your chin on your back shoulder.
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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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keep your eye on the ball and swing fast. Get as far in on the plate as you safely can. That way you can at least catch a piece of it. Its your bat speed you need to increase. Try hitting skittles and let someone time you (seriously) Let them see how long it takes for you to swing and get back into stance to be ready for the next one. The skittles help your accuracy because they are small and the bright colors help you to see them. It will help your speed guaranteed. See how long it takes you to hit ten and then start over and try to beat your own speed. Do this over and over. IT works.
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put out your right hand onto the table finger tips touching the tables but palm up, rest the stick between your thumb and fore finger about 30cm from the tip. use your other hand to push the stick forward, whilst aiming at the ball. \n*put a bit of talc where the stick rests on your hand- it makes it easier*