By: Tony Zaputil

The drill is designed to improve hitters to put the ball in play when having 2 strikes.

Take 3 to 4 batters (the rest of the team will be fielders) soft toss a ball to one batter at a time. Batter must try to hit the ball on the ground. Batter must stay on top of the ball and focus on hitting the ball on the ground.

The batter has 2 strikes and is required to swing at the pitch regardless of where the ball is tossed. If they normally choke up or crowd the plate with 2 strikes, have them do those things.

If they hit a groundball, they get a point. If they hit a foul ball, swing and miss, or hit a fly ball that is caught they get zero points. Give each batter 5 swings and track the results. Take top 3 and have a playoff round to determine champion.

This drill helps the batter hit the ball on the ground and learn how to hit with 2 strikes.