Getting it out of Infield

If they're mostly righties, perhaps they're just swinging too early and rolling over the top of balls, producing GBs to the right? Or maybe a little casting too?

You might try some opposite field hitting practice, enforcing staying back.

Good luck.

Agree with sandman here, more likely than not they are trying to pull pitches on the middle-out half of the plate. Work on hitting oppo.

Set up a protector screen about halfway up first baseline. Have the BP pitcher throw outside - you can even move the BP pitcher over to where he's going to throw straight at the outside corner - and tell the hitters to hit the screen with their BP.

Go aboout 5 cuts of just this for a round. Then the second round mix it up with inside and outside. Leave the screen to keep the visualization of hitting the target.

Try more BP curveballs?

TEE WORK ALSO.

Place the Tee on outside corner of homeplate, and force them to hit to middle and right field. Do not even think about the left side of the diamond.

From there, you can do front toss. The toss must be middle/out, now hit it middle to right.

Now take it to live BP. The BP focus is to take the pitch middle to right.

Baby steps, and they will get the feel.

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I don't work for 'em i promise. But it's a good tool to get kids inside the ball. Also do side toss and make em go oppo. Short throw makes it real easy to time and feel. Then work front toss. Throw 'em middle-in and make em go oppo. A good inside out swing is the only way to do it.

I agree with ironhorse. I have been using with my son and the whole team. It really lets them see and feel the correct hitting position at point of contact.

Thanks Guys. Its good to the thoughts of several people.

Sounds to me like they are disconnecting and throwing their hands at the ball. Casting, swinging around it, whatever you want to call it. I've had good success with getting back to the basic of keeping the hands at the back shoulder as long as possible.

If you video them and slow it down, you will probably see a push and they are hitting the ball way out front.

Let them see the video.

Simple fix. Have them practice hitting the inside half of the baseball in all drills and batting practice.

They are hitting the outside half of the ball now.

Rarely do you hear which side of the ball to hit but slumps like you mentioned can be avoided by hitting the center to the inside half of the ball on nearly every pitch location.

Without video, we are all just guessing and may do more harm than good.

Hey Guys I just wanted to say things. We made the adjustments and won 13 to 7 with 11 hits.

Do you know what the adjustments were? Or was it just a matter of the guys getting more at bats to get a feel for the game again, since it is still early in the season?

I told my guys to try and intentionally hit the ball to the opposite side of the field. What it did was make them wait longer on the ball and we just lazered them into center field. 3 triples in the game.

One of my players said that helped him out ALOT. He went 4 for 5 for the night.

Congrats Boom! This game is about adjustments, glad to hear the boys are coming around.

It is very important to keep teaching it/reinforcement.

Lefty..