By: Ryan Souza
Equipment:
- Equal amount of JUGS Dimpled Yellow and White Softballs
- JUGS Pitching Machine
Have
the batters enter batter's box and instruct them to hit only yellow or
white balls. The coach's job is to place yellow and white softballs in
their mitt with the back of the glove facing the batter. This is to
insure that the balls remain hidden in the mitt until the ball is
released.
The coach will wait until the batter is
set, then the softballs will be placed into the JUGS Pitching Machine
quickly to avoid cheating by the batter. The coach will try to "fake
out" the hitter into hitting the wrong color.
This drill really helps to get the batters to focus on release point. It also helps determine the ball rotation in games.
This
dill can also be done with multiple hitters on deck. Once the wrong
color is hit then the next batter in line will step up to home plate.
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