Hey, what's up guys?
Today we're going to talk about how to get faster bat speed for hitting in baseball.
And there is 3 things that we're going to talk about today and the first one is going
to be intent.
That means you have to have the intent to swing fast and swing hard.
You have to want to swing fast and swing hard when you're practicing.
If you're just working on like slowing everything down and making contact, it's going to be
very hard to get faster bat speed.
But if you want, and you're trying to get faster bat speed, and you tell yourself "hey,
I'm going to be swinging hard at every pitch", you're going to get faster bat speed a lot
quicker.
You're going to build it a lot faster.
So have the intent to swing fast, to make those fast movements, ok?
Try to be explosive every time you're swinging, ok?
Number 2, is training.
You have to train your body to be explosive.
One of the best things you can do for quicker bat speed is med ball workouts.
It's where you're talking a 6 pound or 8 pound med ball, maybe for some of you guys 4 pound,
medicine ball and you're working on your rotational explosiveness.
Where you're holding it from here and you're throwing it as fast as you can against a wall
and then also working from here throwing it as fast as you can against a wall.
You can do it up, squat jumps, throw, there are many different exercises you can do but
that's one of the great ways but the main point is if you want faster bat speed and
you want to know how to create faster bat speed, then you have to train to create faster
bat speed.
You have to train your body to be an explosive athlete to get the most out of your energy,
ok?
The third thing you can do if you're trying to figure out how to create more bat speed
is do over under training, over under swings.
Meaning you're going to take a bat that is heavier than your normal bat, your game bat,
and a bat that's lighter than your game bat.
Between 17 and 20 percent heavier and lighter is the best.
For example you have, you're swinging a 33-30 for your game bat.
That means you would take a bat that is 6 ounces lighter and 6 ounces heavier and you
would swing those.
You always want to start with the heavier bat first.
What I like to do is to tell my guys to swing 10 swings as fast as you can thinking about
hitting a low and outside fastball with the heavier bat and then move to the game weight
bat, the 33-30, and then go to the light one and do the same thing.
Alright?
Now if you use that, what I have my guys do is start on a knee, so they're on a knee,
right here, and they're taking 10 with the heavy, 10 with the regular, and 10 with the
light, thinking low and outside fastball.
Again, you're swinging as fast as you can here.
You're trying to create bat speed.
With each bat as fast as you can with good mechanics trying to hit that low and outside
fastball.
You're not really hitting it, you're just imagining a low and outside fastball.
Then you do 10 regular swings each.
Ten with the heavy bat, 10 with the regular bat, 10 with the light bat.
And then you do Happy Gilmores where you're walking, stepping behind and swinging.
Ten, 10, and 10.
So that's 90 swings right there.
Dry swings and that will also help you to create more bat speed.
So, remember those 3 things, intent, training, and over under swings if you're looking to
learn how to create more bat speed in hitting for baseball.
Alright.
I hope that helps guys.
Please hit that thumbs up if you like this video.
Subscribe and leave a comment below.
Have you ever done those drills before?
What are you going to implement into your training program that can help you get more
bat speed?
Let me know, let's talk about it.
Alright guys I'll talk to you soon.
If you found this video helpful, please subscribe and then join the free newsletter at YouGoProBaseball.com