How To: Be a Good Baseball Hitter
1. Build Muscle, Make sure you start lifting about 3 times a week, this will help you build muscle and get more power with your hits.
2. Stretch Daily, Make sure you keep your muscles lean and stretched, you can get a better swing, and often find the ball.
3. Pick the Ball, When batting, find the perfect ball for you, not to high, not to low.
4. Swing Evenly, Swinging evenly will get you a line drive, which is what most hitters want, if you want more air on the ball, swing more upward and you should see imeidiate results.
5. Stretch Before, Stretch before the game, and stretch when your in the hole, or on deck.
6. Make sure you have a good stance, bend you knees a little bit, and get ready for impact of the ball and bat.
7. Choose a good bat, For little league, (ages 8-12) it is recommended to use a -9 or -11 bat size. For highschool, (13-18) It is reccommended to use a -3 or -5 bat.
8. Make sure you have batting gloves when pitches are 70 miles+.
9. Batting practice, Make sure you have a daily batting practice, If someone is pitching to you, suggest that they try different pitches, like the Fastball, Knuckleball, Changeup, Curveball, and others.
10. Drink Water! This can be crucial if this step is missed, drink water daily and you will improve majorly!
11. To practice good power, quickness, and accuracy it is suggested by coaches to hit plastic golf balls in a game of soft-toss. Another method of improving accuracy is hitting big baseballs with a smaller bat. To improve power, most coaches like for there players to hit basketballs, because if you can hit a basketball, you can hit a baseball. Improving speed is by placing baseballs in a pitching machine and cranking it up as fast as possible, this way if they can hit a 120 mph ball, they should be able to nail a pitcher who throws 80.
Warnings:
1. Don't overdo it. Practicing to much can make you sore before a game, and you will not be able to hit well.
2. Do not take steriods, this can be a common mistake for baseball hitters, trying to get to much power is to bad.
3. Make sure when lifting, you have a spotter or trainer watching you, this can avoid lifting related injuries.
Remember to have fun! And not every hitter can make homeruns, but every hitter can get RBIs.
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