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Watch this video to discover the 8 most common hitting mistakes… and the exact drills and coaching techniques you can use to correct them!
STEP 2 - Leave A Comment
Did you enjoy the video?
Would you like to see more hitting tips?
What is YOUR favorite drill to correct hitting mistakes?
Leave a comment below and let me know!
Now I know why my son uppercuts at the ball! Great tip. Please send more.
Randy White
Nicely done. I’d like to see info on linear vs rotational mechanics. Which is better to teach 11-12 yr olds players?
Hi Kenny. Anolther great tip. Please keep them coming! Do you have anything on improving bat speed?
I think the fence drill is very under–used and and is one of the best drills we as coaches can use to improve hitting mechanics. What is Baseball Inner Circle. How do I join?
All drills make sense as to correcting the problems as outlined. Well worth the time it took to watch.
Thanks for all the great tips. As a first time coach i find it encouraging and confidence building to be able to get professional advice. Keep up the great work.
Hi Kenny thanks for this it shows how much the fence drill works for all areas loved it
Great tips on showing the hitting problems and then showing the correct steps to take. The explanations were done in a way where you can see what you should be doing while showing in real time many common mistakes made by youth players all over. Thanks alot.
Thanks for the tip im looking forward to practicing it thanks alot send more
Very informative. See all 8 of these mistakes with my 7/8 yr old team. Most common being pulling of the shoulders and dipping the back shoulder. Can’t wait to try some things I picked up off this short video clip. Thank you!
Very good. I added a link to our 11U team’s web0site.
It is refreshing to see general batting mechanic’s being focused on and not just bat speed.
Speaking of do you have anything on bat speed vs bat strength.
Thanks for the link to the video really enjoyed it.
Very Good. You can see all of the mistakes and what is even better it tells you how to correct them.
Thanks Coach! Can’t wait to see more!!
Kenny, it cuts off at the rolling the wrists one. 6 of 8. Great up to that though.
Kenny, we use the fence drill a lot, it’s nice to see that we are doing the right things. Please send more.
thanks for the tips, enjoy recieving the many useful tips.
Great tips, would like to see more.
Great tips. I use each one with my team.
Thanks so much….greatly appreciated…looking forward to more!!!
Nice analysis of improper swings and tips tp correct
Thanks coach– very informative. So you want to lead with hips, then shoulders then legs, 45 degrees…
COACH MINOR LEAGUE BOYS 3-11 I FOUND THE VIDEO VERY INFORMATIVE AND CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF MY PLAYERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AND HOW TO CORRECT IT…THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Thanks coach, one of the best and easiest coaching techniques I have ever seen in my 20++ years of coaching. Simply awesome.
I thought thih vido was very informitve. i would like more
Great, Please keep them coming!
I´ve recieved many messages from u,and I think u r doin a great work. My name is Sixto Cabrera, and I am suscribed with u. My email= six_the_rock@hotmail.com
I want u help in oreder to get a baseball scholarship for studying in USA. I took SAT.
Some very good information and visuals. A good web site would be ChrisOleary.com. He is big on Rotational swings. Not saying he is correct but there is some good information and visuals. I think the transfer method gets the hitter to generate his best consistent combination of contact and power. Keep it coming. Thanks
Thanks Kenny, this is a great video to share with my coaches. Helps everyone get on same page!
Awesome stuff. A lot of help! Every coach should watch this series!
Thanks Coach Kenny!!!!
The over striding correction was good advice. Dropping the bat down after the stride works well.
Thanks Baretta Taylor
South Hill, VA
Great info, will help me to help the team! How about some power hitting drills?
Thanks for this. Would like to see much more on proper batting mechanics.
Good info it will help me alot with my coaching
Coach Kenny;
Great information,simple instructions, with great suggestions on how to improve your swing. Best hitting video I have seen in my 30 years of coaching Baseball.Keep them coming,very informative….
GREAT INFORMATION, EASY TO UNDERSTAND. SHOULD HELP WITH MORE CONTACT HITTING AND PLACING HITS.
Great tips, Thanks and keep them coming. These are great drills to start with the indoor practice
Hopefully along with really good instruction, it will help older kids realize the importance of hitting off a tee. Alot of older kids think a tee is for younger kids, and don’t fully realize how much work they can get off a tee drill!
Great tpis on correcting breakdowns in swing. Maybe a short descrption a correct sequence of the proper swing technique would be helpful.
This video has many great tips, we us many soft toss drills and dry swings to see what a player is doing in all aspects of their swing. This is a great reminder for us coaches that might be overlooking the basic stuff. Hope to see more of them as they are available, it would be nice to see some pitching stuff too. Thank you!!
More good advice & tips> Now that the season is starting they are sure to make rusty players work out some bad habits. Thanks again.
Thanks Coach this is the first tip I received and full of great info. Please keep them coming
Great video. The problem areas were easy to see in the video and will help me identify common mistakes. Keep them coming.
Another reason why Coach Kenny is a solid contributor to thge development of the grand ol’ game!
Another reason why Coach Kenny is a solid contributor to the development of the grand ol’ game!
Great tips, this will help my 10 year olds out greatly
Keep sending them.
Excellent video, easy to understand the problems and make corrections. Thank you and please send more!
As someone who coaches young travel ball players, 8 common hitting mistakes is the type of video that will surely help to identify and then correct the mistakes my kids are making. More videos like this one!
Myles
Hi. can you tell me how a baseball youth coach with little or no funds can take advanage of your great lessons. Thank you Rey Mayans
This was good stuff, I can’t wait to use it. Keep sending every thing.
Great video. This is my first tip. Alot of great advise to take back to the kids
Great video, starting to work with 10 - 12 year olds. Everyone has at lease one of these mistakes if not more than one. Once again thanks for the help. Great for indoor work.
Bob
Great video, I have spring baseball (7-8yr olds) coming up quick and I love these tips so I can start them off right in their baseball careers. Keep them coming please.
Outstanding!!! I have some players that more than one flaw in their swing. This video addresses them. Keep them coming.
Bobby
The info is very helpful and I’d love to see more.
The video info is very useful and can help me with my team. I would love to see more tips to further my little league team. Thank You.
Great video tips. I’m working with 5/6 year olds. The stride tip is one that they should grasp without a problem. I’d like to learn how to make young hitters follow the ball from the pitcher to bat contact in their swing.
Thanks Coach Kenny for the visual of improper swing mechainics. The instruction allows hitters/coaches to recognize failing swing mechanics and correct with solutions and understanding. Top Notch stuff.
Great Tip’s! Would love to see more free instructional video’s, to help and teach my players. Great advice is always welcome, Keep them comming!
Thank you for this very informative video. Would like too see much more.
Great Video Coach Kenny…..corrected web address
Nicely done, great quick tip reminder for coaches.
Great tips, many of these are common mistakes. The simple idea on how to correct them is much appreciated. Keep them coming..
Very nice overview of common hitting mistakes. I would however, allow the demonstrating hitter to make contact, so that it can be seen the common results of these mistakes. Keep up the outstanding work!!
Thank you very much Coach Kenny. I’m just about ready to start coaching a Little League team. This video will help me correct flaws in the boys’ swings. I’d be interested in more of these types of videos.
Great timing heading into the start of spring practices. Some tips are reminders while others are new. More information with sometimes different approaches are always good to have when teaching young players.
GOOD IMFORMATION ITS ALWAYS THE LITTLE THINGS TO WATCH FOR AND MOST OF THE TIME THE A SIMPLE WAY TO CORRECT THEM THANKS.
My favorit drill is the front toss drill. I do it at the batting cages. I think it helps hitters a lot. Haven’t used the machine at all this off season yet.
Thank you coach kenny for that video. Something to keep the team more focus on better hitting,love the simple way to correct these mistake and we appreciate avery thing your doing
Thanks for this video. My team went to the cages last night and I’m sure I witnessed all 8. Great stuff. It confirms the mistakes that I saw and how to correct them. Thanks coach
I think this information is great for both people who need visual confirmation of what batters are doing wrong as wekk as ciaches that need feedback on just how many swing flaws a batter might be facing (one usually leads to more!). The main thing to keep in mind is that each batter has to be treated individually to adjuest their batting stance and/or the timeg/sequence of their swing. Show really good drills were shown here that can be accompanied with other drills to maximize the feedback to the batter and to build muscle memory.
Great video kenny. My son is always beating the ball into ground and now I know how to correct it. I will also show him this video so that he can see older kids using the tee since he does not think that it works.
Great pointers. Will make use of many of the ideas and suggestions. Thank you. Keep them coming.
Just starting a new season and this will give us something to work on individually with each player. Loss of balance with young players seems to be a big one. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. Just started coaching 7 and 8 year olds and your tips will allow me to get the kids started on the right track. Of course, we only have a hand full that are ready for the techniques. Once again thanks and keep the videos coming.
Great videos and information on how to correct these faults.
Would like to see more videos and correction techniques on all the fundamentals of the game!
Great tips and adjustment. I am a big believer and teacher of rotational hitting. What a difference opposed to linear. We have been teaching rotational since my son has been 7 y/o. High averages and plenty of power. Taught this to my travel team amazing results.
Good Video, keep these type things coming. An excellent video for all coaches and players.
I would also like to see some off season, and during season drills to help improve bat speed for a player.
thanks,
Gman
lanierg@bellsouth.net
Now I know why my son continues to hit the ball down. Most importantly, I now know how to help him correct this mistake. Great tips!
This will help on the grade 5 students boys & girls .Great and easy to understand video for all ages.
Yes, would like to see more hitting drills. We are a bunch of older gentlemen (average age is 68 yers) still trying to remember who we used to do it. This is helping. Thanks
drills are great going to take that to the high school and work my kids i think it will be great for them
great video .please keep sending them, thanks
Well done, except I would like to see some of the hitting flaws in slow motion. Also would like to see some in fast pitch softball. Still a nice job, keep em coming!
this is real good info will use as a film session after videotaping our batters
GREAT! Please send more.
Great work and Thanks you guys I can teach the kids some good skills in batting. You know baseball in Chile it´s not popular and I´m doing my best to teach some new young generations. From an ex proball player. Thanks a lot!!! Any other tip will be apreciate.
Enrique Salas.
need some for Kids 4-6 years old
Common problems with simple fixes. I to watch the players when they try the fence drill for the first time.
my 12 yr. old son has had 4 of these faults at one time or another. It’s nice to see them all in one simple to correct video.
Great video every kid on every team can learn something all mistakes easily fixed. Do you have anything for bat speed?
Great job I like more info on the fence drill…Its amazing how important a tee is for all ages everyplayer should work on a tee at least 3-5 times a week weather they are hitting seeds all over the field or in a slump
Excellent tips, especially the fence drill. Keep ‘em coming!!
hey it was helpful and i wpould love for you to send me some more batting tips
opps sorry i meant i would love for you to send me some more batting tips
hey kenny do you have anything to help my kid stop putting his front foot out where his stomach is showing facing the pitcher?? if u do please please send me some tips
I see all those bad habbits in a lot of my little leagers. Great tips to help correct. Can you put in words, how the drills are properlly ran to fix bad habits?
Sweet! Thanks for sending. What is the baseball inner circle. Can youth coaches join?
Good video. Great tips on how to correct the mistakes. Thanks, keep em coming
Thanks… worth the time to watch. I would like to see tips on how to properly align feet, shoulders, hands in the box, proper stance. Maybe a checklist for hitters to run through in their heads while in the box.
Good info. Can you provide more on the drills such as fence and sequence? Thanks
Good Video, keep these type things coming. An excellent video for all coaches and players.
Great, never can know too much
great info
nice, hitting from the T is not emphasized enough, good tool.
Ken, Great video! Can you make a video on rotational hitting and some drills that go along with it.
Thanks,
Steve
Great video. My son keeps on popping up when he hits. Any advice to help correct this?
Thanks
Tom
Excellent Coach keep them coming. I will be using this at my next training.
Good suff coach. What to look for & how to correct. have more?
Kenny, Thank you for sending this video, this will help improve our 12u team
Coach:
Good stuff here. Concise and to the point, with problem clearly identified and ways to fix it. Just what a coach of 8 year olds needs. Looking for tips on improving bat speed would be helpful.
Keep em comin! Now that I am trying to correct this stuff with 11-12 year olds, I wish I would have had this when they were 8 or 9. Great content!
Good hitting tips for my 7 & 8 year olds. Can’t wait to use the tips. I really like the video teaching concept.
hey awsome video, really learned alot from this ,,, did not know about the fence crill ,, going to try it out tomorrow right away,, i know definatly my son has something that he does,, and this video will fix it for sure,, again like everybody else please keep the videos coming in,, and please can you put something on bat speed also,, thank you very much
swing
Great video, keep them coming. Would like to know more about how to use the fence drill.
Tips are great keep up the great coaching information on America’s pastime
The tips are great. Would like to see more on hitting and fielding.
Video was very informative, keep them coming.
Great info pleases keep the tips coming
Great illustration on the arms “only” swing, a couple of my kids needed to see this. Thank You!
The video was very informative. Send more. My sixteen year old has a tendency to chop the ball into the ground. As you showed about rolling the wrists, I believe this may be part of his problem.
Nice Job, I think We all have seen one of these type hitters on time or another. The explanation of the hip rotation helped alot. I will be using some of these tips tonight at practice. Thanks kenny
Thanks Coach… Excellent Tips…
Feb 18,
Good tips. video will be great to show kids
Thanks Coach Kenny for another video focusing on the basics. Well done!
This will help my Eurapean kids alot
Great video I would like to see more on improving hitting mistakes
Much appreciated! Keep up the great work.
Great video and a drill that I will be using..
How bout fielding videos?
I have coaching since 1981 and this video surley has helped me to help my players to correct their hitting mistakes in a timely manor.
Great tips…keep em coming Kenny. Thanks Steve
Great videos. Simple and straight forward. Excellent info for the new season coming.
Great instructional video. Great information on how to correct problem hitters. Hope to see more of these.
Very good instructional video, I could see many traits in my players and how to correct them. Hope to see many more of these types of videos
I coah littleleague players. Is there a vidoe or book with similar tips I can pick up?
I am not overly satisfied with the video. I had understand that there was some softball information also. I still have not gotten the other half of the video that I paid for.
I like the instruction and drills. I wills surely use the information in my up coming season. Would like to see more
Thank you coach,that looks like a very good drill.I will be using it at
practice today.
Really enjoyed the video. Look to implement the front toss into our hitting drills along with alot more tee work.
very effective drill!!!!
I think the best way to teach is to walk it through in slow motion, and stop at the point to be corrected.some of the infractions were film from the back of the hitter and I could not detect the infractions .
Great things to look for and the correction procedure of sequence tee, soft toss and fence are easy for the players to do at practice and at home.
Great video teaching the basics of hitting. Easier to understand what Im seeing with the hitters. How about some fielding videos with drills for quick transition form fielding to throwing etc…
I would like to see more drills in every area of the game.
Thank you for this useful information, this will help with mechanics for hitting.
Great Clip! Keep Em’ Coming! Got anything on how to improve bat speed?
Helpful tip send more.
Nice video, great explanations, very helpful,
I really liked how these were presented. These tips will be very helpful.
Wow! Video review and tips help everyone to be on the same page, coach and player. Keep them coming.
These are very helpfull. i know we all can use them to help our kids . i think i speak for evey one of us i just want to make my son and his team mates as good as i can
kenny, i see all of these misreadings from many of our future hall of famers, bt that’s why were out trying to solve the puzzle’s of these young baseball players. thank you for your time and experiance. bill
These tips are great. To improve the video I suggest you show what a proper swing looks like, then the “mistakes”. As you show the drills used for corrections the coaches need to know how each of these drills correct the mistakes.
Great video, and breakdown of the most common hitting mistakes. Thanks for that. Looking forward to more, and thanks for creating this blog.
Good video. I’ll work some in to our practice with the kids.
Good Stuff Coach Kenny.
Keep these tip a comon!
My favorite hitting drill is Tee work and Front Soft Toss. This helps me to see good or poor mechanics. Also it helps me to show and communicate to my boys their poor habits and develop new and good muscle memory habits. The key is to build good muscle memory to have consistency at the plate.
Coach E.
wheres the video
Great clip| Good info for our future baseball players.
Thanks
Gerry
Thanks these tips are great. I cant wait for practice.
My bother and I both like seeing how to correct the problems,,we are going to try them to correct our swings… Thank you
My brother and I both like the way you get to see the problem and how to correct the problem. Thank you I know this will improve both of us.
Good Video, keep these type things coming. An excellent video for all coaches and players.
Great viedo clips. One thing to note is the importance in having a consistance swing is getting a good inward turn and from the pitchers front veiw the hands are hiding from the pitcher while still maintaining the bat parallel with the lead arm. A good drill is getting in front of the mirror and see if the hands are hidden and the bat is paralled with lead arm and mainting that
position as you are ready to swing the bat.
Keep those video comming and keep up the good work.
thanks for the good info and please keep it coming
Tips are great. My 10 year old was able to identify each mistake and already knew some of the corrective actions. Keep ‘em coming.
as always you are feeding our hunger for more ways to improve, please do not close the kitchen keep it coming
Very good information.
Very Very helpful information. Please continue to post these. I am very grateful!
Coach Kenny
Great stuff. Great drills to repair the problems.
Great video, I watch every one of them and I can easily say that I have never seen anything like this stuff taught at any level. This is how all kids should be coached. Keep up the great work!
This is a great video. Thanks so much for the advice.
Please keep them coming
Great tips, I would like to see more. This year will be my 32nd year coaching youth baseball, I can never get enough tips for drills and other coaching ideas.
Great tips. Very helpfull for my team. Keep ‘em coming
Kenny,
I agree with thexe mistakes but have used some other drills for each that seem to be very effective with my players. One, for example is, for a player who is turning their wrists over too early, have them do a front toss with an axe handle. If you hit the ball with turning your wrists, it will sting like crazy, and tach you to keep top wrist up and bottom down, because the player will feel the difference in a matter of 5 swings.
If this is part of the “inner circle” series of videos ( which I know it is), then this program should be a great success. I look forward to more videos…
When one of my kids pulls off the ball, I tell them to lead with the heel of their stride foot. This keeps their front shoulder closed.
Ken these videos are great! After watching them I went to the batting with my 11 year old son. I was able to watch him and decipher a few minor problems with his hitting without getting all head fogged with the technical mechanic stuff. We made some small adjustments during the session and He was making consistent solid contact on the ball. Thanks again for making it simple.
I definitly have an overstriding problem and I will use the drills mentioned to help me.
Great stuff. I am a coach for the Kawansis junior league in which my son plays.This will be an asset to my kids and their improvment to their ability to get better at baseball. God bless you and people like you who put this type of information out there for everyone to benifit and better themselves. In this day and times the kids need all we can give then to make them better people as they grow into adults.
Coach Buford, I liked the video and I love talking about these areas. I truely believe that many kids are so out front because they do not get to the parks like us coaches did when we were kids. Coaches that are in their 30’s and later. We played a lot of slow pitch with our friends and learned to stay back and wait for the ball. Some of my favorite drills to do to help players from lunging or getting out front, over striding or non-pivot and rolling their wrists are:
1. Good old Pepper. Teaches the kid to use hands, stay inside and bat control.
2. No stride drill. Teaches the player to load the lower half(backside),pivot,lock his front knee.
3.Batting Tee.Slow motion swing, teaches body control, balance and the feel of body parts working together to get to contact with palm up and palm down. Thanks for the opportunity to talk baseball.
Good Video.It definately shows the most common mistakes. The drills i liked for correcting were the soft toss and hitting off the tee.I would definately like to see more hitting and also pitching drills. What drills would you recommend for 9 and 10 yearold boys? Thanks Kenny
Kenny that was some really good stuff.look forward to hearing more tips.Our 10 year olds will benefit from this. thanks
Hi Kenny,
that video was a very good one.
common mistake the we found with our team (u13) and the way to help them with different problem
that a great thing to put all together in a same video
thanks from all the team… it’s really what we need
Great tips as always - Keep um coming
thanks for the vido,thy made my son and daughters all-stars.keep them coming
Kenny-
Great information…fence and front toss drill will really help with my players. How about some drills for teaching tee-ballers better batting techniques. Keep it flowing. Thanks
I would like more tips on how to work on the infeilders: catching,throwing, and their footwork.
Great tips. I have already helped a few of our batters with their swing.
I am the hitting coach for Salem HS in Conyers, GA 30094. The video examples are excellent visuals for my players. I am going to use them to work with several of my varsity players to improve their swing.
Thanks again,
Maurice Gibson
Hitting Coach
Salem Varsity Baseball
Great Tips on swinging. Send me more on fielding, throwing, catching and etc.
Joe Rubino