Three Batting Cage Drills To Improve At The Plate
Trying to become a better hitter takes time, patience and a lot of work in the batting cages. However, one of the last things that you want to do is just line up your player and just throw batting practice or even worst have a pitching machine hurl 100 balls.
Not everyone has access to a batting cage. If you do, then I’m sure that getting the most out of your practice time is at the forefront of your mind especially if you are renting it for some period of time. Here are some batting cage drills to try the next time you head over to the cage.
Start off by hitting off of a tee. This may seem obvious or even somewhat boring but it is a timeless drill. Try to work on hitting the ball to the back of the cage. In other words, line drives right up the middle.
Next, work on soft toss but not from the side. Front soft toss is a vital drill that works on repetition while hitting a ball that is thrown at the hitter. You’ll need an l-screen for this drill at about 10 – 15 feet away from the batter. Have the pitcher throw balls with enough speed to be flat with no hump on the pitch. Like the tee drill, try to hit the ball up the middle to the back of the cage.
After you have worked through those two drills, next move back and do the traditional batting practice. You can use either a live arm or a pitching machine but continue to focus on repetition and making good swings.
Add the end of this training session, you will have worked for about 30 minutes and the hitter will have swung the bat roughly 100 times. But on top of that, the 100 swings will have been highly focused and the hitter will feel like they accomplished something while being fun at the same time.