Hitting Drills
How (and Why) to Use Weighted Baseballs
Weighted baseballs are a training tool that coaches and players seem to either love or hate. Many coaches swear by them, but others do not want their players to get [...]
Improve Your Baseball Swing With This Drill Progression
Whether you like to pivot on your back foot or raise up on your back toe, hip rotation is essential to driving the baseball efficiently. If you watch the best [...]
The King of Swings: Miguel Cabrera
In the batter's box, Cabrera turns weight room strength into hitting power with nearly flawless mechanics. Jeff Albert, hitting instructor for the Houston Astros and owner of swingtraining.net, breaks down [...]
The Batting Tee Drill That Powers LSU Baseball
It’s not just for kindergarteners. Hitting the ball off a tee can make you a better batter. Here’s how LSU's baseball team uses batting tee drills to get consistent hits. [...]
How the Wood Chopper Drill Can Increase Your Bat Speed
Looking to increase your bat speed? It's all about two things: timing and hip rotation. Timing can be improved with batting practice. However, focusing on hip strengthening exercises is what [...]
Improve Your Batting Average With a One-Handed Bat
Many training tools claim to improve your swing. Some are effective and others fail to live up to their hype. In my experience, the one tool that I recommend above [...]
Jimmy Rollins Harnesses the Power of the Hitter’s Count
It’s hard to believe that 10 years ago, a shortstop led all of Major League Baseball in home runs. In 2002, 27-year-old SS Alex Rodriguez smashed 57 long balls as [...]
Jimmy Rollins Harnesses the Power of the Hitter's Count
It’s hard to believe that 10 years ago, a shortstop led all of Major League Baseball in home runs. In 2002, 27-year-old SS Alex Rodriguez smashed 57 long balls as [...]
Increase Hitting Power with a Full-Body Workout
Were you a homerun hero or a strikeout stooge last baseball season? If you leaned more toward the latter, look at your workout routine. Are your exercises limited to single-joint [...]
Struggling at the Plate? Try These Easy Hitting Drills
Is your hitting game struggling? Your time at the plate doesn't have to be the most difficult aspect of your game. Include these three easy hitting drills in your daily [...]