*Open Stance

Goal:

• Learn to let the bat travel away from the body at contact

• Learn to hit the ‘inside’ of the ball

Setup:

• Stand at a 45 degree angle to normal with the feet lined up with third base instead of with the pitcher and the rear foot inline with the rear RH side of home plate

• Set the tee up on the center of the

Process:

• Hit the ball straight to back to the pitcher

Checkpoints

• It will take a few/many practices to get the ball to travel in the right direction

Notes/Thoughts: Some girls have a tendency to pull the bat around their body immediately at contact or even slightly before and don’t get the full effect of their bat velocity on the ball with the bat moving sideways. Other girls are hitting the outside of the ball instead of square contact. This drill helps to evolve their swing to more square / more hit-through-the-ball-to-extension path.