Tips on How to Hit a Baseball Better

T-Ball Tips on How to Hit a Baseball Better
by Guest Author Jeffery A Wise

There's one important thing to remember when learning how to hit a baseball better. You must be selective with pitches. Swing at strikes. Remembering that is a guaranteed way to hit a baseball better.

A lot of times I see players swinging at bad pitches, that are obviously out of the strike zone. For one reason or another, they swing at pitches not even over the plate.

This knowledge leads to a lot of questions. What about balls pitched in the strike zone? Do you need to swing at everything with less than two strikes on you? What about pitches in the far, upper-left corner of the strike zone? If you have no strikes on you, do you really want to swing at that pitch? Where do you expect to hit such a pitch? Or how about the low, inside pitch that looks tempting but you know you're just going to ground out?

To answer these questions the best, I will continue to instruct you to be selective and hit the right pitch for you.

Most of the time people strike out, they are swinging at pitches outside the strike zone. You will need to be selective if you want to excel in hitting. You will need that skill especially in certain hitting situations. If your mission is to move a runner over, which may require you to hit to the opposite field, then you might need to wait for a pitch on the outside part of the plate if you're a right-handed hitter. If that means you have to take that first strike on the inside corner, then so be it.

This same rule of being selective also applies to bunting situations. If you're a left-handed hitter and need to bunt the ball down the third base line then it's usually easier to bunt a ball down the middle of the plate or the outside part of the plate. I've tried bunting inside pitches down the third base line as a left-handed hitter and it's more difficult. But what if your coach gives you the sign for a bunt? Should you bunt the ball the next pitch no matter what? The answer in most cases is no. Unless it's a suicide squeeze, I'm sure your coach just wants you to get the job done and if that means taking a strike first then do it.

Being selective and hitting the right pitch is the direction you want to go as you are learning how to hit a baseball better. In all my years of playing baseball and watching baseball, I've seen top hitters maintain a calm approach to their hitting by waiting for the right pitch. Great hitters like Ichiro or Jeter can take the first two strikes and still get a hit because they wait for the right pitch to hit.

My advice for you is to be patient, be selective and when you know the pitch is right, attack the ball with everything you have.

Jeffery A Wise invites you to learn how to hit a baseball better so that you can improve yourself and your team. Start learning today at http://www.baseballhittingtipsonline.com by reading our information, watching our videos and participating in our blog.

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