Free Hitting Drill - Middle of The Plate

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Middle Of The Plate Hitting Drill

Where should you be making contact with the baseball/softball on a pitch down the middle?

In this drill, Chris will show you where you should place your tee in relation to home plate when working on hitting pitches down the middle. Chris will also explain where your stride foot should land when working on hitting pitches down the middle using a tee.

Items needed for this drill

Net or Field To Hit Into
Batting Tee
Bat
Bucket of Baseball/Softballs
Bucket Top or Home Plate

The biggest question we get when doing tee work, is where to place the tee.

The easiest way to determine where to place the tee when you are working on hitting the pitch down the middle, is using a home plate or the top of your baseball or softball bucket and placing the tee at the front of the plate about two inches and right in the middle.

You also want to make sure that when the hitter strides, that he/she is not striding past the tee. You want your stride foot to land even or a little bit behind the tee. This allows the hitter to make contact with the ball at the proper place in relation to their body and hands.

You want the hitter to make contact out in front of home plate and this also promotes proper extension. When the hitter gets in the game after working on this drill, he or she will let muscle memory take over and allow for solid contact and maximum distance on the pitch down the middle.

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