What's up guys, Coach Madden, official trainer, YouGoProBaseball.com and today we're going
to talk about how to hit a baseball with more power.
So, I've got 4 tips for you when it comes to hitting a baseball with more power and
the first thing that you need to know is that you have to have the intent to really hit
that ball.
Now, I know we talk about bat speed alot and bat speed is important to have more power
when hitting but bat speed is an effect of your intent and what your intent is, that
just means that you have the intention of swinging this bat very quickly and fast and
crushing this baseball.
You have to have that aggressiveness within you.
In your mind and in your body when you're starting to hit.
But if you don't have that, your swing is going to be slower, lazier.
If you're just focusing on contact, you're not going to be able to hit with more power
but if you have that intent and you're swinging quick and swinging aggressively and trying
to attack that baseball, you're going to be able to hit with more power.
The second tip that you need to know when it comes to how to hit a baseball with more
power is to have the perfect swing plane.
If you're chopping down at this ball here and beating that ball into the ground, yeh
you might be able to hit it hard if you have the intent, but it's not going to go anywhere.
When I think of having power I want to hit more home runs, or more doubles, triples.
So, we have to have a good swing plane to create that trajectory, right, to create that
angle, that exit angle that we're trying to have when we're hitting.
Because again, you can hit the ball very hard into the ground right at the shortstop, or
we can get good line drives, and hit a few balls out, hit a few doubles, hit a few triples
if you got the wheels.
So swing plane is very very very important.
When it comes to swing plane, here's a few quick tips about swing plane: one is you want
to create an axis to swing around.
So, an axis is just having that tilt when we're swinging.
So, by having this axis, now we're creating a better swing plane through the zone.
The way I like to think about swing plane is just getting into the zone early and staying
there for a while and then finishing through there.
If you're chopping down, you're not going to be in the zone for a very long time.
You're going to have to have perfect timing when that ball is coming in.
But if you're on plane, you're going to have a lot better chance of hitting that ball squarely
and hitting with more power.
The 3rd thing when it comes to how to hit a baseball with more power is to have precision.
Now I know some of you have probably jumped the gun and said "you can't hit a baseball
without contact" in the comments below.
That's alright if you already did but hear me out.
You have to have the precision too.
If you want to hit with more power, you've got to be able to hit the baseball.
So it's not just about the intent.
It's not just about the bat speed.
It's not just about swing plane.
You have to have the precision, the bat control to hit the baseball.
So, you can do some drills, tracking drills to work on the hand-eye coordination.
Mini ball drills to work on hitting a smaller object than a normal one.
But you have to have the precision if you want to have the power.
And lastly, number 4, and probably the most important when it comes to how to hit a baseball
with more power, is you have to have the confidence.
You have to believe that you can crush this baseball.
If you don't believe you can, chances are you're not going to be able to do it that
often.
But if you truly believe you can and you go up there with that approach, that intent,
and that mind set that you can do this, and you've already done it, you've already won
the game, the battle, then the chances are that you have a much better, higher likelihood
of hitting this ball with more power.
So be confident when you step into that box.
Know that you're the man and you can get the job done!
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