Tee Drills

Place ball on T....hit it....place ball on T... hit it.

Repeat 100 times per day.

We follow LC State's Tee Philosophy....We use home made tees that only sit at the top and the bottom of the zone and can be adjusted to the different locations. The theory behind this is a hitter SHOULD be able to drive a pitch that is down the middle but the average player has problems with the high pitch and the low pitch so that is what they focus on and that is what we focus on. I couldn't be happier.

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Originally posted by socalhscoach:
We follow LC State's Tee Philosophy....We use home made tees that only sit at the top and the bottom of the zone and can be adjusted to the different locations. The theory behind this is a hitter SHOULD be able to drive a pitch that is down the middle but the average player has problems with the high pitch and the low pitch so that is what they focus on and that is what we focus on. I couldn't be happier.

IMO, this is what the tee should be used for and is a very good tool for that purpose. Master this then move to front toss, then BP.

PTF: Your right but how often does that happen....most tees are set up belt high. In fact when we first made the tee and I compared it to the tees we had been using sure enough the other tees were right down broadway. The other problem is most tees are cheaply made and 1) they do not go that high and 2) they sit above the bottom of the strike zone.

I agree! I cut a tee off at about 24" and use that for the low pitch and sit it on a 5 gallon bucket for the high pitch.

I have problems finding one short enough for my 10 year old to work on the low pitch,I may get a new one and modify it for winter work.


I like some of the Epstein drills on the T.

BUT,we do mostly front toss.

Can you explain some of the Epstein drills?

I will try

One that we have done to get the hips firing is to get in your finished stance(as if you just finished your swing).Hips opened and put the bat on the edge of your shoulder.Rotate the hips back(creating torque) and fire the hips while keeping the bat on the shoulder untill you are ready to hit the ball and then letting the swing go.

I assume this is an epstein drill,my son's instructor uses this and he teaches the Epstein approach to hitting.

When doing hitting lessons I use tees from Tanner Tees. They produce a normal tee and also a short tee. This really helps in working high and low pitches.

I put the tee on a bucket for elevated strike.

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Originally posted by tfox:
I have problems finding one short enough for my 10 year old to work on the low pitch,I may get a new one and modify it for winter work.


I like some of the Epstein drills on the T.

BUT,we do mostly front toss.

http://www.tannertees.com/index.html#

look into the smaller ones for your 10 year old, I have heard they work great for younger ages.

As for Coach Byrd, check this video out and see how they use some drills, they could be used on a tee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MaQf24DZ-o

My son's coach actually had one of those and I did like it but even it was a little too tall for working on the really low stuff.


The shorter version only goes down to 20" and the bottom of my son's knees are 15 1/2".I would still have to modify it.

Thanks for the link,I still might look into 1.

Im a freshman and im trying to make the varsity baseball team. If i hit 100 balls off of the tee every day wat would it do for me?

The Instructo Swing has the ability to help a hitter create the proper posture when training the swing. The traditional batting tee can't do this.



Shocker,

One thing that i do everyday is hit off the tee. It helps me out a whole lot. Work on your top and bottom hand drills. Along with that work on hitting inside pitches, outside, and down the middle in all different locations. & you will see a result in your swign it will feel alot smoother. I attented a texas ragners camp with our high school and michael young was a guest speaker he said he hits maybe 65-80 balls a day no more than that. You will tend to get tired and start developing bad habits.