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Help-Need A Quick Workout for Upcoming Season

C Calsportsmom10+ posts
Hello All,

Happy New Year! My son is currently playing basketball for his high school team, however, he also plays baseball. The baseball coach told him to focus on the sport currently in season and there will be a spot for him on the JV baseball team, but that he (my son) should continue to work on his baseball. My son really wants to impress the baseball coach.

Prior to basketball kicking into full speed, my son attended a speed/conditioning academy for baseball and also worked with a batting coach. Now with the basketball games, practices and school work, he does not have time to go the academy or batting coach.

My question:
Is there anything my son can quickly do at home to help with his batting technique/power and to improve his baseball skills in the next month? He gets speed/conditioning from basketball, but I am sure he needs more baseball specific drills. Thanks for your assistance.
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YoungGunDadYoungGunDadHSBaseballWeb member since 2005
Mom, purchase these things below and put him in the garage when he has free time.

1. A batting tee
2. A bat (if he doesn't already have one)
3. Batting gloves
4. Bucket of baseballs
5. A net

If he hits 200-300 balls a day, it will help tremendously. Have Dad sit there and put the balls on the tee as he hits!

All these things can be easily purchased from a local Play-It-Again Sports or a local sporting goods store.
H Homerun041,000+ posts
quote:
Originally posted by YoungGunDad:
Mom, purchase these things below and put him in the garage when he has free time.

1. A batting tee
2. A bat (if he doesn't already have one)
3. Batting gloves
4. Bucket of baseballs
5. A net

If he hits 200-300 balls a day, it will help tremendously. Have Dad sit there and put the balls on the tee as he hits!

All these things can be easily purchased from a local Play-It-Again Sports or a local sporting goods store.


Ouch! Why cut out the MOM's?
CollegeParentNoMoreCollegeParentNoMore1,000+ posts
All the swings s/b quality swings. Its better to take ONLY 50 good swings in a day, then to take 50 good ones and 150 questionable swings.

I don't know how your school coaches work, but when my son was in HS his basketball coach used to give him the batting cage key during lunch and/or on Sunday. That helped keep my son's self-training a little more interesting.
CM Coach May1,000+ posts
Get two 3lb soft med balls from Walmart. They sell them in their sporting goods dept. Do arm circles , t's , y's and rotator exercises every night. Buy a med ball 8-10 lb. There are a number of great exercises he can do to work his core.

Get a thera band , and Jaeger bands and work all the exercises. You can find on the internet all the exercises for baseball players as well as exercises with the med balls on line.

Start throwing on the weekends or afternoons after practice whenever he can.

Dry swings and soft toss and of course as much live bp he can get.

Good luck
H HaverDad500+ posts
A bit of practical tee advice here;

1.) Ignore all temptation of choosing too heavy a bat for tee drills. Young hitters using a too-heavy bat, will almost always physically compensate as they to generate bat speed, especially when tired. Bad mechanics and poor balance will result.

2.) Also, avoid use a high performance alloy "game bat" for tee work. Over time, alloy bats loose their "pop" and go "flat".

3.) Finally a wooden bat, with proper weight and dimensions is a good option for this... AND because wood displays a smaller sweet spot (than aluminum), the sound (crack) of wood bat contact provides precise feedback to confirm when the hitter really squares up.
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Bulldog 19Bulldog 195,000+ posts
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As long as we are talking tees, my son prefers the Schutt Portable Travel Tee. When you buy a tee get an extra "tee" insert. A bad tee can be a pain. See the link:
http://www.baseballexp.com/catalog/product.jsp?productStyleNumber=TRAVELT


I went to a hitting camp a few years ago where we used a similar tee. The University team had actually constructed theirs themselves, but they were very similar to these tees. They were great!

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