Two Handed Soft Toss:

Purpose:

• Develop fliud swing and good eye hand contact by hitting balls softly tossed in front of the batter.

Equipment:

• Balls, bat, net

Drill:

• Assume a proper stance, hold your bottom hand straight out, hold your bat in the proper start position with the both hands.
• Swing 70% through the ball focusing on good solid contact.
• During the swing, the head and eyes should remain focused on the ball.
• At contact, the hand should be slightly in front of the belly button. When finishing, the belly button should be pointing to the pitcher or think of it as a 90 degree turn from the starting position.
• Contact should be solid by hitting lines drives into the net. Hit the ball in front of the plate to work on extension.
• The weight should be shifted to the plant foot and the back foot should be pivoted and aligned with the belly button.
• This finish should look exactly like the two handed swing.

Result:

• The hitter should be hitting line drives into the net of fence consistently.
• The front foot should be pointing in the genera direction of the pitcher.
• Head should be down and eyes focused on the contact point.
• The chin should travel shoulder to shoulder from start to finish.
• Develop good hand eye coordination by hitting a moving ball.