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115 of 115 drills

1-2-3 Drill

Improve TimingEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters separate the load, stride, and swing so they do not rush through the move or lose balance before contact.

1-2-3 Walk-Up Rhythm Tee

Improve TimingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get ready on time without rushing your swing.

2-Ball Front Toss

Pitch RecognitionHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you watch the balls and choose the right one before swinging.

3-Plate Adjustment Drill

Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit the ball at different distances in front of your body.

45 Degrees Closed Drill

Improve Barrel ControlMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep your chest facing the plate longer as you step, instead of turning toward the pitcher too soon.

7 Ball Front Toss

Pitch RecognitionHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you adjust to high, low, inside, and outside pitches.

Angle Flips

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you swing through the ball instead of sweeping around it.

Back Foot Cone Tee

Improve Load SequenceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you feel your weight in your back hip without falling forward.

Back Hip Load Tee

Improve LoadHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you use your back hip to get ready instead of swinging with only your arms.

Back Net Constraint Tee

Improve Barrel PathHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you bring the bat to the ball without taking a long route behind you.

Balance Beam

Build Lower HalfMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you stay balanced instead of falling toward the pitcher.

Ball Hit Front Toss Overhand

Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you see the ball out of the thrower's hand and swing on time.

Band Assisted Hip Hinge

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you push your hips back and bend forward slightly without losing balance.

Bat-Behind-Hips

Build Lower HalfEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you start your turn with your hips instead of pulling your shoulders first.

Bottom Hand Tee

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control the bat with your bottom hand without twisting it over too early.

Bounce Drill

Improve TimingHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you watch the bounce and change when you swing.

Bow and Arrow

Improve LoadEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get your body ready to swing without just pulling your arms back.

Change-Up Tee

Improve BalanceHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you wait a little longer before swinging without losing balance.

Color Ball Front Toss

Improve TimingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you see the ball's color before deciding what to do.

Controlled Fall Drill

Improve BalanceEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel a controlled stride into launch position without lunging forward or letting the backside collapse.

Crossover Drill

Improve Load SequenceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep your balance while your feet move into the swing.

Decline Swings

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you swing through the ball instead of cutting across it.

Deep Tee Drill

Improve Barrel PathHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit the ball closer to your body without reaching your arms out early.

Double Ball Toss

Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you watch both balls and react to the coach's call.

Double Tee Decision Making

Decision MakingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you change your swing to hit the ball the coach chooses.

Elevated Front with Tee or Noodle Drill

Improve Barrel PathHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you reach a high ball without dropping your hands and lifting them back up.

Extended Tee

Better Contact QualityMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you let the bat keep moving through contact instead of stopping the swing short.

Extension and Direction Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you swing through the ball instead of pulling your chest away or twisting the bat over too soon.

First Move Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you start the swing without pulling your head and front shoulder away from the ball.

Flamingo (One Leg Balanced) Drill

Improve BalanceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you balance on your back leg without falling forward before you swing.

Follow Through Swing

Improve Swing MechanicsEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you finish your swing without stopping the bat or pulling away near contact.

Foot Strike Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you land your front foot, start turning your hips, and let your chest and hands follow.

Foundation: Deceleration

Improve Hitting KnowledgeMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control your body's turn instead of spinning away from the ball.

Foundations: Being on Time with the Pitch

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get your body ready with the pitcher so you do not rush the swing.

Foundations: Coiling

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you understand what a coil really is: a small turn into your back hip as you load, not a sway back or a sink into your back knee.

Foundations: Connection

Improve Hitting KnowledgeMedium

What this drill helps fix

Keeps the hands moving with the body's turn instead of reaching or casting toward the ball too soon.

Foundations: Contact Point Awareness

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you learn where to meet inside, middle, and outside pitches.

Foundations: Launch Position

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you find a balanced, ready-to-swing position when your front foot lands.

Foundations: Posture and Hip Hinge

Improve Hitting KnowledgeMedium

What this drill helps fix

This drill addresses tall posture syndrome in hitters — specifically those who maintain an upright, vertical stance through their stride and into launch position.

Foundations: Quality at Bats

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you judge an at-bat by your choices and effort, not just whether you got a hit.

Foundations: Stepping in the Bucket

Improve Hitting KnowledgeMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you stop stepping so far away from the plate that you cannot reach the outside pitch.

Foundations: YES, YES, NO

Improve Hitting Knowledge

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get ready to hit every pitch while still choosing to take a bad one.

Front Hip Toss

Build Lower HalfMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn around your front hip without standing up too soon.

Fungo for Hitters

Improve TimingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you time your swing to a ball you toss yourself.

Gain Ground Drill

Build Lower HalfMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you move forward and turn your hips without losing balance.

Get on Plane Drill

Better Contact QualityMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you swing along the ball's path instead of chopping straight down at it.

Half Swing Drill

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who lack extension or a clean swing plane learn to get through the ball and control the barrel through full extension.

Half Turn Drill: Ground-Up Power

Utilizing Lower Half

What this drill helps fix

Helps you use your legs, hips, and chest together in the turn.

Hard Up, Soft Down Drill

Decision MakingHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you adjust between a fast pitch up high and a slower pitch down low.

Heavy Bat Drill

Increase Bat SpeedMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control your body and bat with added weight without changing your normal swing pattern.

High Tee Location Drill

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit high pitches without chopping down or twisting the bat over too soon.

Hip Rotation Fix

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn your hips with the rest of your swing instead of spinning away too early.

Hip Velocity Drill

Build Lower Half

What this drill helps fix

Helps you use your hips to create speed instead of relying only on your arms.

Hit and Run

Game TransferHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you carry out a hit-and-run play while your teammate is running.

Hit Pause Drill

Improve Load Sequence

What this drill helps fix

Helps you find a balanced, ready-to-swing position when your front foot lands.

Inside Outside Tee

Improve Barrel PathHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit inside and outside pitches without reaching your hands out early.

Jump Back Drill

Improve BalanceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you feel how to stop falling toward the pitcher before swinging.

KaBoom (Learn Correct Tempo) Drill

Improve TimingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who rush the move slow down the load and stride, then accelerate through the swing with better rhythm and timing.

Kershaw Drill

Improve BalanceHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get your weight into your back hip and stay balanced before swinging.

Kickback or Scissor Move

Improve Swing Mechanics

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn without spinning away from the ball.

Knee to Knee Tee

Build Lower HalfEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the front leg firm through the finish instead of letting the lead side soften or collapse after contact.

Knee to Knob Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep your hands closer to your body as you turn, instead of reaching out too soon.

Load Coil Progression Tee Drill

Improve LoadHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn slightly into your back hip without sinking into your back knee.

Location Tee Training (Proper Placement of Tee!)

Plate CoverageHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you place the tee where you should meet each pitch.

Low Tee

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you reach low pitches without just dropping your hands toward the ground.

Lower Body Coil

Improve LoadHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn slightly into your back hip instead of swaying sideways.

Medball Band Tension Drill

Build Lower HalfMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep your balance while turning against the pull of a band.

Mirror Drill

Build Lower HalfEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you notice when your head drifts or your body stands up during the swing.

Net Drill

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you stop reaching your hands away or dropping them before swinging.

No Stride Tee

Improve LoadEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn and swing without falling toward the pitcher.

Off-Speed Front Toss

Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you wait for slower pitches without falling forward or reaching your hands out early.

Offset Open Drill

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you stop cutting across the ball or twisting the bat over too early.

Olsen Drill

Improve Load SequenceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Stiff, hand-dominant swings where the hands fire too early, causing poor rhythm, limited hip-to-shoulder separation, and disconnected swing sequencing.

One Handed Hitting

Better Contact QualityHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you find which hand is having trouble guiding the barrel to the ball, so you can work on cleaner contact one hand at a time.

One Handed Load

Improve Load SequenceEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get your hand ready without dropping it or losing balance.

Outside Angle Toss

Plate CoverageEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay through the inside of the ball, keep their stride direction under control, and drive the outside pitch to the opposite field instead of pulling off it.

Outside/Opposite Field Tee

Plate CoverageEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit outside pitches without trying to pull them.

Power V Drill

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you let your arms extend after contact without twisting your wrists over too soon.

PVC Full Speed to Contact Movement

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep control of your movement when you practice at swing speed.

PVC Pipe Drill: Hip to Shoulder Separation Knee Drive

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you feel your hips begin turning before your shoulders without losing balance.

Random Front Toss

Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you adjust to pitches in different spots and at different speeds.

Rapid Fire Toss

Game TransferMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get ready again between swings without rushing.

Recoil Drill

Improve Barrel ControlMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control your turn and feel a strong position where the bat meets the ball.

Reverse Stride

Improve LoadMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control your step instead of falling toward the pitcher.

Rhythm Drill

Improve TimingEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get ready with a smooth rhythm instead of staying stiff or rushing.

Rock The Baby Drill

Improve Load SequenceEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you link a small rocking movement to a balanced swing.

Roll the Ball on Ground Front Toss

Improve BalanceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you reach a very low ball without falling forward.

See Saw to Contact Drill

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you bring the bat to the ball with your turn instead of pushing your hands out early.

Seesaw Drill

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn the bat through the ball instead of shoving your hands toward it.

Separation Progression Tee

Improve Load SequenceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who lack proper sequencing learn to move the hands back as the body strides forward so the upper and lower halves do not move together.

Short Bat Top Hand Tee

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control the barrel with your top hand without rolling it over before contact.

Shoulder Slot Drill

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you bring the bat into the ball's path without twisting it over too soon.

Shuffle Ups

Improve Load SequenceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you move into your swing and land balanced instead of falling forward.

Side Toss

Better Contact QualityMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you time your swing to a ball tossed from the side.

Slow - Controlled - Explode Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you get ready without rushing, then swing fast at the right time.

Slow to Fast Drill

Improve Swing MechanicsMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you start smoothly and speed up when you swing.

Soft Toss

Better Contact QualityMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you time your swing to a moving ball and make solid contact.

Stance Distance Check

Plate CoverageEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you find the right distance from the plate.

Step Back Drill

Improve TimingMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you feel your weight move back before stepping into the swing.

Step Over Drill

Improve Barrel Path

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep your front leg steady and control your turn instead of spinning away.

Stride Drill

Improve BalanceEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you stop stepping away from the plate or too far toward it, and land balanced, ready to swing.

Stride Separation Drill

Build Lower HalfEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you land your step balanced without turning your chest too early.

Target Tee

Improve Barrel PathHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control where you hit the ball instead of just making contact.

Tee Close to Belly Button

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you hit a ball close to your body without reaching your arms out early.

Three Plate Indoor Flips

Improve TimingEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you change your swing time when the ball reaches you sooner or later.

Tight Tee

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the hands inside the ball instead of casting them away from the body and pulling the ball off line.

Top Drop Drill

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you swing through the ball without twisting the bat over too early.

Top Hand Deceleration Drills

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control how the top hand slows the bat after contact instead of letting the finish pull you out of position.

Top Hand Drill: Compact Path

Improve Barrel PathMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control the bat with your top hand without reaching too early.

Top Hand Tee

Improve Barrel PathEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you control the bat with your top hand without twisting it over too soon.

Toss From Behind Hitter

Vision & Pitch RecognitionHard

What this drill helps fix

Helps you adjust your timing to a toss from behind you.

Track and Catch Drill

Vision & Pitch RecognitionMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you keep watching the ball instead of pulling your head away.

Walkthrough Drill

Build Lower HalfEasy

What this drill helps fix

Helps you use your legs and hips as you move into the swing.

Wall Drill

Improve BalanceMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn into your back hip without sinking into your knee or turning your chest too early.

Wide Base Drill

Utilizing Lower HalfMedium

What this drill helps fix

Helps you turn into your back hip, then swing with your hips and hands working together.