Pulling the ball

There aren't fixes.....Just good technique....Find one of the few who can teach it and learn from them......

nd943

Sounds like you have developed an inside-out swing and need to work on technique in tee area.

Set tee up out front, in relation to hitting stance, in order to cover middle to inside half of plate by making contact out front. Practice hitting many inside pitches with tee in this position out front instead of deep in hitting zone. This will help you with pulling middle to inside pitches to left side.

Do this for a week or so and get back to us for more suggestions. Bluedog is right about finding someone who can teach technique as well.

Peace, Shep

Gauging the fact that you are a Northern batter, you probably have developed the stance where your shoulders are pointing at either second base or the second baseman.

This is a productive stance in the majority of situations as it allows good sight on an outside pitch. Hitting the ball from the middle right will get you base hits, advance runners get you more RBI.

If you really want to change where you hit the ball, point your shoulders at the shortstop or more left of where they are currently pointing.

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Gauging the fact that you are a Northern batter, you probably have developed the stance where your shoulders are pointing at either second base or the second baseman.

This is a productive stance in the majority of situations as it allows good sight on an outside pitch. Hitting the ball from the middle right will get you base hits, advance runners get you more RBI.

If you really want to change where you hit the ball, point your shoulders at the shortstop or more left of where they are currently pointing.

Point your feet to the throwing arm of the pitcher. Close your shoulders down to right of the pitcher. Put the bat barrel over the top of helmet with hands cocked. Coil you hips and keep the barrel loaded over the helmet until toe touch.

Put a ball on a tee with laces facing backwards. Using the above set up try to hit the inside seam back through the box and to RC.

This is the better set up to have gap to gap power and still pull the ball too.

Feet right of target line ( closed) reduces the x-angle , takes the shoulder out of the pull side and reduces power all together

Simple fact

Regardless of being in the Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, South etc( BOBO what the heck does that matter) many good HS hitters are not strong enough physically or quick enough to turn on inside pitches--this will happen as they mature physically and develop the natural strength and quickness to turn on pitches.

I have seen many good HS hitters who made their living driving the ball to right center consistently-- after a few years in college as they matured physically, all of sudden you see them spraying hits to all parts of the field.

Some things take time, not instruction, and if you are successful at the HS level doing what you are doing why mess with it.

Even in the bigs many hitters are not "pull" hitters-- Clemente is a perfect example--his strength was from CF to right--rarely did he pull-- if it aint broke do not try to fix it--- some times with all the "instructors" the game gets too complicated.

Just play the game and have fun--do not try to make it something it isnt for a young player--HS hitters cannot do what MLB hitters do

Kids learn different things from region to region.

In the Land of the Tee, kids do not drive the low inside pitch over the fence.

In the Northeast. kids are blown away by the high heat while they can usually hit a curve ball.

There are nuances.

BOBO

You are so off base it is comical--- where do you get your information-- do you dream this all up at night after you take your meds?

Nuances --smuances by butt--there are not too many HS curveballs to worry about-- kids hit the heater


Was at one of the "Northeast" games last night saw a 90 plus heater go out twice the last one winning the game in extra innings--

Good stuff buster !

Some great advice. Without having seen you swing for several pitches, I'd like to ask you if you "block off" your back leg. I've seen this trait more and more. The hips don't get through, the back leg "buckles" till the side of the backfoot actually drags, and the hands seem slow. Hitters that can't rotate their hips through on or slightly before toe touch often can't get "on time" and so, can't pull the ball. Just a thought on the subject.

CoachB25, I agree.....Too many hitters are taught to keep the weight back.....Takes away power and slows the swing down....

For some reason many coaches think the way to hit offspeed pitches is to stay back....This encourages sitting on the back leg.....Not the way to do it, at all....

Bluedog, we use the phrase stay back but should and more often do use the phrase, "be on time." I agree that if you don't demonstrate what you mean, some will think that you shift back and place all of the weight over that back leg. The results are what this young man describes and what you explained.

Knowing and understanding the regional nuances of batters will make your pitchers far more effective when playing outside of the northeast or cold weather regions.

BOBO

You are lost again-- and please stop downing the Northeast because you are all wet and that can be chilly up here even in early May

You obvioudsly lack understanding of the different 'brands' of baseball played from place to place.

The northeast plays one 'brand' or style of baseball while other areas play other styles.

I have played with and against players from many states and countries and have noticed the differences in how the game is played in each.

Your main experience seems to be in the northeast so you may not have the experience of these different styles to be able to understand what I am saying.

BOBO

We play enough teams from the "warm climes" to know what I speak of--- you are still way off base in your thinking and I dont care where you played or who you played against

I fully undertand what you are saying and you are all wet!!!


Also keep in mind that the trees you call foundation may have worms eating them from the inside out--that means they will fall very shortly

Do not under-estimate what we do here in the Northeast?

You probably haven't won against many warm climate teams.

The northeast style plays right into the strengths of southern and western baseball.

BOBO

Bring one of your "warm clime" teams up to our Warwick tournament and see what happens--- I have a spot for your team

Obviously you know nothing about the northern teams, including ours, and the northern teams success--

Bobo--you are so far out of the field you cant see the game

northeast style !!!!!!-- baseball is baseball--
You are making me laugh so hard my pants are getting wet !!!1

Might be that you are just incontinent.

Try DEPENDS.

When you guys are down at some of the WWBA events in Georgia and Florida and you dominate against warm climate teams, I'll grant you some credibility outside of the northeast.

Or you can mention some of the warm weather teams that you have defeated for championships.

I don't mind you disagreeing with me on this issue because your scope of the game is rather limited.

BOBO

Your true personality finally comes out !!!! again check the records of the Northeast teams in the South-- PG can attest to it since you brought their events into it- and it isnt all about "championships" either something you might not know anything about

No need to debate with you any longer--I hear the Beatles sdinging "Fool on the Hill"

I have no need to debate with you BOBO any further because I think you are very limited in your so called "knowledge"-- and can we use the term "biased" ?

Bring a team up here sir and we can settle it on the field !!!! I dont think you have the ability nor the guts

By the way --your profile tells me nothjing about you--what and who are you--what is your background that gives you the right to debase nothern baseball like you do

And by the way my son played in the warm climes at New Mexico State so I do know a "little bit"
about what I speak of

Do you homework before you step into the water next time!!!