![]() Now, if you are dedicating the opening round of batting practice to a few bunts and one or two hit-and-runs, that is one thing, but making entire rounds dedicated to hitting the ball backside on the ground can be detrimental to a good swing. Again these are times that may only happen one or two times a game, hence the name situational. ![]() But baseball and softball teams often spend countless hours of hitting/batting practice time on nothing but hit-and-runs, slashes, bunting, two-strike approaches, etc. However, if the hitter's mechanics are already bad, I am afraid these types of machines can only cause more frustration and negativity.Ī lot like bunt coverage practice, there is a definite time and place for situation hitting practice. If your mechanics are already good, you can still work on lots of other parts of the swing like hip rotation, front and back leg action, and barrel path, just to name a few. For players, if you can't work on good timing with a negative to positive move forward, then my advice would be to start with your front foot already down. This is a tough one because I do understand the need to take swings with a moving ball and as mentioned earlier, and good throwers can be hard to come by. Months of training and money have been wasted. Ultimately the once good swing is now sliced down to a panic-induced wrist snap. No baseball or softball player out there wants to look bad in front of his teammates and coaches, so they will begin to strip away movement from their swing. Unless you are very in-tuned with your body and timing, there is very little hope for consistent or powerful contact. The ball will suddenly appear which gives it the perception as fast, but the speed of the ball is normal to slow, causing the hitter to suddenly jump forward but then realize they are super early getting their front foot down. These can be extremely frustrating to a hitter with movement. ![]() Any machine that shoots the ball out without any warning is one to watch out for. There are many different types of pitching/batting machines out there, and some are better than others.
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