Hitting Off a Tee

Setup

This drill can be executed with any amount of players. A minimum of one tee and 10 baseballs is suggested for this drill. The tee shall be placed in front of a tall fence. The coach will sit across the batter that is hitting into the fence.

Instructions

The players will rotate hitting off of the tee. After a ball is hit the coach sitting across from the batter will place another ball on the tee. The tee can be placed in different positions of the batters stance as to give the batter the feeling of hitting inside pitches or outside pitches.

Variations

If the team has more than one tee, groups can be set up.

Coaching Points

• The coach should emphasize making contact with the ball and not hitting the tee.
• The ball should fly off the tee straight into the fence about the same height as the tee.

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