One Hand Bottom Hand Tee Hitting

Purpose:

• Develop fliud swing by working the bottom hand alone during the swing process.

Equipment:

• Balls, bat, tee, and net

Drill:

• Choke up on the bat slightly below the label or above the grip.
• Assume a proper stance, hold your bat in the proper start position with the one hand.
• Swing 70% through the ball focusing on good solid contact.
• During the swing, the bottom hand should drive the knob of the bat bat through 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.
• 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.
• The finish should be the same as the two handed swing.
• Make sure proper release and extension is attained during swing.
• Better bat control by focussing on one hand.