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Life in the Fastpitch Lane: Category Archive for Hitting

Fastpitch hitting: that magical moment

Contact points as easy as tic-tac-toe

Fastpitch softball hitting game -- High Fives

There's more to rotation than merely turning

Drill to help fastpitch hitters who drop their hands

Another good reason to keep the hands up while hitting

Softball hitting tip - adjusting to speed

Softball practice game

Congratulations Chrissy Chamberlain, UD all-time RBI leader

Tips for better bunting

The kind of news you like to hear

Slapping - keep the right foot pointed right

Hitting and confidence

Strikeouts happen

Fun drill for softball hitting vision training

Helping slappers learn to stay in on the plate

Least favorite softball hitting drills - Part one

What would Babe Ruth do?

Game to make batting practice more interesting

Live by the change, die by the change

The only good donut is the edible kind

Are the new, hotter bats killing the short game?

Slappers don't seem to be getting the advantage they should

Theory on why it's so hard to move from the cage to the field

Your body can lie to you

Batting cages

Softball Hitting - Why Staying Loose is Important

What Betty Crocker can teach you about hitting

The "big dog" system of measurement for aggressiveness

The dominant hand

The lost art of bunting

A cue for hitters who are dropping their hands

Feeling better about my team's hitting

Bunting yourself out of an inning

The dreaded panic swing

Take the fat part of the bat to the ball

Be careful of over-reliance on video

Does the grip matter?

Video of the slug bunt

Help for hitters who are dropping the back shoulder

Getting the slug bunt to work

Timing the weight shift

Hitting and timing

Maintaining connection to launch

Choosing a bat - part two

Choosing a bat

Get a rhythm

Team USA's take on the ITB

The word on composite bats

The intentional duck snort

Front toss an effective training tool

Pitchers hitting

Pujols' position early in the swing

Outs are the clock in softball

More on the sacrifice bunt

Bunts, outs and strategy

To hit hard, you have to practice hitting hard

Motionview! video analysis software

Understanding the weight shift

Time to put away the squishy bugs and weight back

Great hitting video excerpt on YouTube

Bill Hillhouse and the PCM

Strength of the arms v. the legs

More clues on getting rid of bat drag

Bat drag update

Shake, rattle and find another bat

Getting a quality at-bat

Progress report on lowering the front shoulder

Getting rid of bat drag

Keeping your head in

Finding your hits with both hands

Expert, textpert, keep it simple

Strong position for hitting

Knowing what's coming

Great article on hitting the changeup

Rolling the wrists

Kind of a drag

Focused batting practice and course corrections

Breaking out of a slump

The sacrifice bunt is overrated

Going from the cage to the field

Flattening out the bat

Pulling the head out

Keeping the weight in

Getting the bunt down

Bunting hands together

Bunting -- hands split or together?

Does stance matter?

Swinging "level"

Your favorite hitting drills

Yes-yes-yes-no

Willingness to change