Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Posted by: rql () on Mon Nov 25 18:53:29 2002

Suppose you had 10 hours a week to train to prepare for next season which official 1st practice begins jan.20th.looking for ideas,something new for h.s. age.training geared for just hitting not throwing.
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> Are you training one person, a few kids, or the whole team? Do you have 2 hours/5 days per week or 3 hours/3 days per week?
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> Depends on the swing mechanics of the players. In the off season I would clearly work on mechanics first to make sure they swing properly. This may take the entire time for some kids. Once I was comfortable that the mechanics were solid I would do overload/underload training to develop the fastest bats I could. I would work on the SETPRO type training schedule.
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> I would also determine the "level of competence" for each kid. By that I mean at what speed of pitching is each kid able to handle. This is a base of information from which you make decisions on. Does the kid need to learn to "catch up" to good pitching. Does the kid already do fine with speed but needs to learn to stop lunging? Does the kid need to work on handling off speed or breaking balls? Does the kid need better plate discipline? etc etc.
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> When I determined the level of competence I would attack the next step up the ladder of success to see if I could break that barrier before the season starts. I would do this along with the overload/underload training on a rotating basis.

>>Thanks teacherman for the thoughts,I have 4 of my better ball players that I want to push hard between now and Jan 20th.My plan at this point is to spend 4hours on lifting,this will include heavy lifting in the squats,bench,shoulders,lats,back forearms,and stomach.I want to work 1 hour on stretching,bounding,jump roping.2 hours on over/under training,a modified fence drill for rotational hitting and tee work that well be done on the field.2 hours a week well be done on a machine for lots of swings working on learning how to hit a curveball and how to catch up to the hard stuff,and 1 hour reviewing video of themselves and major leaguers.My estimatestell me we should be able to achieve 1ooo swings a week and time for them to try new things to see what works and what does'nt.They well do other conditioning with the team.

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> Suppose you had 10 hours a week to train to prepare for next season which official 1st practice begins jan.20th.looking for ideas,something new for h.s. age.training geared for just hitting not throwing.
> > 
> > Are you training one person, a few kids, or the whole team?  Do you have 2 hours/5 days per week or 3 hours/3 days per week?
> > 
> > Depends on the swing mechanics of the players.  In the off season I would clearly work on mechanics first to make sure they swing properly.  This may take the entire time for some kids.  Once I was comfortable that the mechanics were solid I would do overload/underload training to develop the fastest bats I could.  I would work on the SETPRO type training schedule.  
> > 
> > I would also determine the "level of competence" for each kid.  By that I mean at what speed of pitching is each kid able to handle.  This is a base of information from which you make decisions on.  Does the kid need to learn to "catch up" to good pitching.  Does the kid already do fine with speed but needs to learn to stop lunging?  Does the kid need to work on handling off speed or breaking balls? Does the kid need better plate discipline?  etc etc.
> > 
> > When I determined the level of competence I would attack the next step up the ladder of success to see if I could break that barrier before the season starts.  I would do this along with the overload/underload training on a rotating basis. 
> 
> >>Thanks teacherman for the thoughts,I have 4 of my better ball players that I want  to push hard between now and Jan 20th.My plan at this point is to spend 4hours on lifting,this will include heavy lifting in the squats,bench,shoulders,lats,back forearms,and stomach.I want to work 1 hour on stretching,bounding,jump roping.2 hours on over/under training,a modified fence drill for rotational hitting and tee work that well be done on the field.2 hours a week well be done on a machine for lots of swings working on learning how to hit a curveball and how to catch up to the hard stuff,and 1 hour reviewing video of themselves and major leaguers.My estimatestell me we should be able to achieve 1ooo swings a week and time for them to try new things to see what works and what does'nt.They well do other conditioning with the team.

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