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Learn to Hit the Fastball

traing effectively for baseball using the wiffle ball

Over Speed Training

Over-speed training can be done with live pitching or with a pitching machine You can use the Personal Pitcher Pro and practice hitting high velocity (small - golf ball sized) fastballs at home. . Of the two I prefer the Personal Pitcher Pro for this type of batting practice in combination with the Grobat.

You have a more precise measure of the pitch speed with a pitching machine. If you set it at 55 mph and get your distance measured to replicate the desired pitch speed, then you have a pretty good idea of the pitching speed you are hitting against - this is hard to measure from a live arm which will vary from pitch to pitch and from day to day.

You can simulate almost any pitch speed by moving home plate closer or farther from the pitching machine to duplicate the reaction time of any pitch speed.

Hitting “serious heat” is really not a problem as long as you can practice hitting it. Do you really think a guy who consistently hits 80 mph fast balls in batting practice would have a hard time hitting 75 mph fast balls in a game? The key to hitting good velocity fast balls is to practice hitting that speed in batting practice. Actually, what is better is to practice hitting a little faster than what you might see in a game situation and thus you will “slow the game down”. If 75 mph for example is a very good fast ball for the age group that a hitter is in, if he regularly hits against 80 mph in batting practice, the 75 mph fast ball is going to look like a “beach ball” in game situations.

Using the Personal Pitcher for overspeed training

The Personal Pitcher is ideal for overspeed training. Using the mini polyball at reaction times equal to and shorter than game pitch speeds, you will improve your focus even better than hitting a regulation size baseball or softball.

Start with the Personal Pitcher at normal pitch speed reaction time distance. Place a drop down waffle type home plate down at this distance. This is hitting station 1. Next, move up 2 to 5 feet closer to the machine and drop down a second home plate. This is the “overspeedd” distance and hitting station 2. The amount of forward movement to achieve “overspeed” speeds is very small with the Personal Pitcher. With a little practice the hitter will master hitting at 2 feet closer, then 3, then 4 and 5 feet closer. Add 1 foot every few practices and you will see how quickly adaptation develops as well as reaction and visual focus.

Use the small diameter Grobat for an additional challenge. Hitting a “dart” with a small “stick” coming at the hitter 10% faster than normal game pitch speeds will dramatically “slow the game down” and make hitting the fastball - easy

One Important Note:

Along with hitting “over-speed” i.e. fast balls a little faster than you will see in a game, don’t neglect to hit change ups. Practice hitting a little slower than you will see in a game as well as a little faster than you will see in a game (and at every speed in between) this way you are proficient at all pitching speeds that will occur in any game. If you neglect to hit the slow stuff you will not be able to wait on pitches of a slow pitcher or hit the change up.

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