*Heavy Bat

Goal:

• Primary: Improve hitting strength

Setup:

• Normal hit off the Tee Setup

• Heavy bat

Process:

• Normal hitting off the Tee: 10 – 20 Reps

Checkpoints:

• Use strong arms; IE do not have arms straight to pull the bat around to contact

Notes/Thoughts:

As long as strong arms are used, using a heavy bat not only helps in bat speed (strength) but it is also with bat path as it is hard to swing a heavy bat through a poor bat path. At a minimum use a bat that is 4 oz heavier than your game bat. At practice, we use an aluminum baseball bat that is 30 oz. It doesn’t have to be that heavy, but OK if it is and the hitter can handle it.