Baseball Hitting Presentation: Grip-n Rip to Small Ball
Pat Dolan-St. Cloud State University
I.
Introduction
A. A quick “THANK YOU!”
B. A quick apology…I’ve been gone “borrowing/stealing” from the best!
II.
The Mental Side of Hitting
A. Yogi said it best, “Hitting is 50% physical and the other 90% is mental!”
B. Breath and Believe
C. O-fers are part of the game; just can’t get down and take them these two places
1. To the Field
2. To home
III.
Stance
A.
B.
C.
D.
IV.
The Babe, Ty Cobb, Mr. Hustle, Kirby, Mauer, Sano & everyone in between are different
Just no extremes
Lower body: the foundation just like the basement in building a house; POWER!
Upper body
1. Tall Torso
2. Level and quiet head
3. “Loosey-Goosey” hands, arms and shoulders
4. Get the L and V (The Love to hit and the Victory in hitting)
Swing
A. Hand Tests
B. Lift and load
C. Pinky at the baseball
D. Palm up palm down on contact
E. To and threw the contact zone
F. Squish the bug vs. Knee to knee
G. Slow feet, fast hands, quiet head!
V.
“Dont’s” in Hitting are just as important as “do’s”
A. Don’t hitch, bar out or wrap
B. Don’t hitch, bar out or wrap
C. We all know successfully hitting a round ball with a round bat isn’t an easy thing to do,
so let’s don’t put added pressure on our hitters
D. Clowning hitters to clown hitters?
E. The batter’s box is the hitter’s time, try not to coach during AB’s
F. Don’t Squish the Bug?
VI.
Situational Hitting
A. The 5 2's in 2-strike hitting
B. Grip-n-Rip, especially on windy outy days
C. Small ball, especially on windy inny days and the stud pitcher
D. Get’em on, get’em over and GET’EM IN!
E. Hit the ball in middle of field with runner at 3rd and less than two strikes
F. Hit fly balls when infield is in and less than 2 strikes
G. Takes vs. Green Lights
VII.
HP vs. BP (Huskie Practice vs. Batting Practice)
VIII.
Drills, drills, drills!!!
IX.
In conclusion…
A. Hitting is a game of failure….
B. Hitting is a game of mental toughness over mental weakness…
C. Hitting is a game of individual comfort…
D. Hitting is a game of correct repetition…
E. HITTING IS FUN!!!