Baseball Pitching Mechanics Drills
Author: Baseball Bob
How to hit better in Baseball Using the Super 8 “Under-Under” Rule
As a coach committed to continuous improvement, I share my baseball drills, tips, and techniques here so that you will, in turn, inspire and motivate young players to improve their game.
So let’s get started.
The Problem: “Rolling the wrist at contact”
Have you ever wondered what happens to the bat when the wrists roll? The bat head rolls. I’ve seen this happen hundreds of times during my 30 years in baseball coaching. Hitters who make beautiful contact with the ball and then turn the hit into a grounder because they rolled the bat head too early. Yet the remedy is so simple!
The Super 8 Hitting System Solution: Coach Joe’s “Under-Under Rule.”
- First, take a quick inventory of your baseball hitting mechanics. On contact, the top hand should be under the bat. Open up the hand on the bat when it is at the point of contact. It should be under the bat with palm up.
- Following contact, the bat head should travel to its forward extension, and the top hand should still be under the bat. Check it out. Open up the hand. It should still be under the bat with palm up.
- The only time the wrists should roll is when the bat is brought back to the opposite shoulder following the forward extension of the bat after contact. Keep the bat head in line with the stroke and don’t allow it to roll.
- When making contact, keep the barrel of the bat constant before, during, and after contact. Otherwise, the ball will escape.
Coach’s Corner Extra Tip: Here is another way to keep the hands in check. The knocking knuckles of the top hand always face the pitch on contact and never face down as the bat goes into extension.
About the Author
Learn more about Coach Brockoff’s baseball hitting tips and techniques, including his proven methods for improving batting speed by visiting the Super 8 Hitting System—a bestselling baseball training web site and instructional video package, which includes many free youth baseball drills and tips.
Coach Joe Brockoff, a Division I Head Baseball Coach for Tulane University for more than 19 years, and former minor league player for the New York Yankees, has sent 45 baseball players to the pros and coached thousands of college level and youth players using his proven Super 8 Baseball Hitting System. Coach Brockoff’s unique drills, tips, and techniques have increased many players’ batting average by more than 200 points.
Pitching Velocity Comes From Powerful Well Timed Pitching Mechanics
|
|
Human Kinetics Video: Baseball Skills and Drills – Pitching and Catching (American Baseball Coaches Association) $55.00 Learn, practice and master the essential techniques used by the most successful pitchers and catchers. Mississippi State University coach Pat McMahon teaches correct pitching mechanics, locating pitches and changing speeds, holding runners on base, and fielding from the mound. He also covers all the key skills of catching including setting up behind the plate, flashing signals, framing the strike … |
|
|
Baseball Skills & Drills – The FUNdamentals Of Pitching (Correct Body Mechanics – The Best Preventative Medicine For Arm Injury) with Bragg A. Stockton … |
|
|
Nolan Ryan’s Pitcher’s Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance $10.01 How does Nolan Ryan still do it? At 43 years old, Nolan Ryan is a marvel. He is still blowing his fastballs by hitters at an age when most pitchers have long since retired — or have learned to depend on guile instead of power. But the Ryan express keeps chugging on, getting more unhittable, not less. Nolan Ryan’s Pitcher’s Bible tells us the secrets of Ryan’s success. Drawing on Ryan’s practica… |
|
|
The Art & Science of Pitching $18.77 Noted authors, coaches, and consultants Tom House, Gary Heil, and Steve Johnson present this update on objective medical, exercise, and coaching pitching research. The Art & Science of Pitching provides current information on skills and drills for coaches, players, and parents. The book contains four sections: pitching biomechanics; building skills with drills; pitching goals, strategies, and tact… |
|
|
Fastpitch Softball : The Windmill Pitcher $9.29 “The Windmill Pitcher is the most comprehensive book on fastpitch pitching that I have read. It is an excellent reference for both coaches and pitchers.” — Ernie Parker, world-renowned pitching coach “I now have a comprehensive reference book to offer the people who contact me about pitching. The chapter on increasing ball speed is outstanding. There was an incredible need for this book and I tha… |
|
|
Baseball the Ripken Way: The Fundamentals of Pitching $6.01 Cal Ripken, Jr. and his brother Bill Ripken have released a series of baseball instructional DVDs that are unlike any instructional videos currently on the market. Pitching The Ripken Way covers fastball grips, the importance of observing before teaching, the importance of being able to throw fastballs for strikes, teaching mechanics from the wind-up and stretch, evaluating mechanics, off-speed an… |
|
|
Markwort Frozen Ropes Red Dots Visual Mechanics Baseball $8.66 … |
|
|
Brandon Hall: The Art of Pitching: Pitching Mechanics, Drills and Troubleshooting (DVD) $39.99 with Brandon Hall, University of NC-Charlotte Pitching Coach The UNCC pitching staff was named the #1 staff in all of college baseball in 2007. Their cutting-edge expertise is packed into this DVD on the art of pitching. Coach Hall, on the mound, demonstrates the technique of using the rubber, taking signs, rocker step, rocker to balance 3-point movement, balance to power and power to delivery. P… |