Larry Cicchiello

Baseball Tips On Hitting--A Totally Off The Wall Way To Improve Your Batting Average!



Posted: Sunday, February 07, 2010

by Larry Cicchiello
Larwenty Online Enterprises Inc

If you are not one of the stronger hitters, you really should read this and give it a try. If you are a stronger hitter, you don't have to read this but you will probably benefit too. There is always room for improvement and any baseball player that doesn't realize this is in big trouble!

If you are struggling at the plate, you really should give this a try. By my own admission, it is a little "bizarre" but is definitely worth an attempt. What you should attempt to do is to hit every pitch at the pitcher's belt buckle. No, I haven't lost my mind and I resent that you are thinking that! There is a good chance that it will improve your batting average and I'll explain why.

First of all, try to do this on every pitch, no matter what type of pitch it is or where the pitch is located. The big question may be that if this works, why don't all of the weaker hitters try it. That's a very fair question and the answer is quite simple. They can't try it because they don't know about it. Another reason is ego, that's why! Too many baseball hitters want to clobber everything and are in love with the long ball. Not all baseball hitters possess great power and some of them are not willing to face that fact. I totally enjoy watching a terrific power hitter hit a bomb. But I also enjoy watching a baseball hitter who stays within his limits, does not over swing and just makes decent contact and hits for a high batting average. Too many baseball hitters would rather hit bombs over the fences or into the gaps. If you possess very good power, by all means you should be striving to hit bombs. But if you don't have real good power, you have to recognize your limitations and make the best of your situation.

By trying to hit the ball toward the pitcher's belt buckle, even though you are aiming up the middle, you will also hit to all fields because you won't always hit the ball straight up the middle. By aiming for the pitcher's belt buckle, it will force the hitter to watch the pitch carefully and there is a very good chance that his baseball hitting mechanics will improve. It's identical to why some outstanding professional hitters take batting practice with a smaller bat than they use in a live game. Their reasoning is that with the smaller bat it encourages them to have better baseball hitting mechanics or they may not even hit the ball at all. Please note that I said they are outstanding professional hitters!

Another added plus is that by aiming for the pitcher's belt buckle, you will not be trying to do too much with your baseball swing. A very common baseball hitting problem is that hitters have way too much going on. It's referred to as the swing "being too busy." A player who is struggling at the plate should at least give this an attempt to get back on the right track.

When it comes to baseball tips on hitting, the expression "sometimes less is more" definitely applies here. Hopefully, this bizarre method will be very helpful to some and they will overcome any baseball hitting struggles.


Larry Cicchiello is the successful author of "Excellent Baseball Coaching: 30 Seconds Away." His VERY user friendly eBooks and CD's cover 320 topics on playing very good baseball. ANY baseball player, coach or parent who wants to help their child will be fully equipped! Some FREE baseball tips on hitting and FREE baseball pitching tips are available at LarryBaseball.com



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