Baseball Hitting Drills For Kids


We’ve talked some about the proper drills for ball players to improve their hitting and now we need to talk about baseball hitting drills for kids. Hitting drills are foundational in prepping any player to hit the baseball. These activities are especially important for kids who are just beginning.

I’m going to get down on a very basic level. You may find some of these drills very elementary but for kids it will be perfect. There’s no need to give children complicated tasks. As a coach, you can teach these basics all the way through high school level baseball.

Assuming you have already taught them the basic fundamentals of how to hold a bat, how to stand in the batter’s box and how to swing, let’s move on to some new activities.

Hitting rag balls or wiffle balls. You really want them to get used to hitting period. A good exercise for hand-eye coordination is to throw or underhand toss to them so they can get used to hitting. Using these types of balls allows you to conduct this drill almost anywhere while not worrying about safety or broken windows.

Hitting the ball off a tee. You can practice your form and all the basic hitting fundamentals by just hitting the baseball off of a tee. They are fairly inexpensive and I would recommend that every ball player have one. You can hit the baseballs on a ball field or anywhere as long as there is a net or chain link fence to hit into.

Bunting. Take some time and practice bunting. You can overhand throw or underhand toss the ball to the kids. I’ve seen that when kids don’t learn bunting early on, they struggle a little later on until they get further instruction in high school. Watch out for those who say bunting shouldn’t be taught to kids because you’ll find yourself lacking the skills that other kids have.

These are some basic but effective baseball hitting drills for kids that should precede any live batting practice. Once they have the basic skills down, they will perform even better in a game time situation.

My years of experience playing and teaching baseball hitting will help you with the challenge of learning how to hit a baseball correctly.  Articles such as the one you just read will inform and motivate you to a better understanding of proper baseball hitting whether you are a coach, parent or ballplayer.  Check back here for upcoming
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Jeff Wise

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