Baseball Hitting Drills

Name: Baseball Hitting Drills
Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)

featuring Coach Ray Birmingham

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Created bySport Videos

Last updated 5/2019

English

What you'll learn

Students will understand numerous key fundamentals of hitting
They will know how to hit the ball to various areas in the field
Students will also learn several of the best drills to practice to achieve hitting success in baseball
Several drills and techniques for hitting and swinging are covered

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 34m total length

Introduction1:33
Learn offset hitting, or angle hitting, as a core technique of the University of New Mexico's Lobo baseball program. Coach Ray Birmingham demonstrates how to attack edge pitches.
Basics of Opposite Field Hitting2:49
Danny Collier demonstrates opposite-field hitting, teaching players to stay on top, fire the hands inside, and keep the barrel up while driving line drives to the opposite field.
Mechanics of the Swing3:37
Pull Hitting5:29
Teaching Bat Lag3:27
Learn bad lag with the dab in the knob drill, barrel back, knob forward, for timing the swing and improving opposite field hits and overall contact.
The Machine4:20
Self Toss Drills3:38
Using the Tee4:10
The Swing Stick2:24
Tips for Batting Practice2:36

Requirements

There are no prerequisites. Safety equipment (helmet, cup, protective screen, etc) should always be used when practicing batting.

Description

Coach Ray Birmingham has used his years of coaching experience to fine tune a program that can help hitters reach their full potential. In this informative program, Coach Birmingham will demonstrate several keys drills designed to create better hitters. Among the topics covered are: basics of opposite field hitting, mechanics of the swing, pull hitting, teaching bat lag, the pitching machine, self toss drill, using the tee, the swing stick and tips for batting practice. This video is a must-have for every baseball coach and player.

Ray Birmingham has been a head baseball coach at the collegiate level for over 32 years. He currently is the head baseball coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos. His teams consistently rank in the NCAA top 10 in the hitting category. Prior to coming to UNM in 2008, Ray was the head baseball coach at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, NM for 18 years and at the College of the Southwest in Hobbs, NM for 2 years. For his overall career, Birmingham is in exclusive company having won over 1,000 games. In 2011, Ray Birmingham was named a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Birmingham also served as the hitting coach for USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team. Several players that were coached by Ray Birmingham have gone on to play Major League Baseball.

Who this course is for:

Baseball coaches at any level should take this course. Also, players at the high school and college level would benefit from participating in this course.