Fastpitch Tip Tuesday
Trouble following through when you’re up to bat? Well, hips don’t lie. Here’s a fastpitch hitting drill to help you master this movement.
1. Grab your bat and a partner.
2. Place the bat horizontally across the small of your back. Make sure if you’re a right handed batter, the knob of the bat is to the left. If you are a lefty, the knob is to the right.
3. Hook your elbows around both ends of the bat behind you.
4. Face your partner like she’s the pitcher.
5. Use your feet and legs to assume regular batting stance.
6. When your partner tosses the ball turn your hips like a follow through and hit the ball with the barrel portion of the bat.
Author Keri Mikulski is a softball coach in South New Jersey.
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