Hitting Drill: The Fence Drill AGES 12+

Do you have a player that is extending their hands and arms to soon, or having trouble hitting the ball to the opposite field this is the drill for those players.

What you need: 

1. Chain link fence, brick-wall, any free standing solid surface (must be above batters head and bat)
2. Player and a bat

Instruction:

1. Have the batter stand parallel to the fence/wall (facing the fence).  Make sure the batter has a nice parallel stance and is about a foot/foot 1/2 away from the fence/wall (the batter should be able to reach out and touch the fence allowing a little bend in the arm, if the arm is strait out the batter is to far).
2. The batter should go into a slow motion stroke before taking a full swing (to get the fear of hitting the fence to go away).  The batter should keep the bat head above the back shoulder allowing it to drop down beside the shoulder until it is the appropriate time.  If the batter will open his/her back foot allowing the hips to thrust, he/she can rotate the hips keeping the bat above the shoulder.  Once this is done the batter can extend his/her arms and finish the swing down and through.
3. Once the batter becomes comfortable with the drill it will look and feel a lot more natural and can take 8-10 repetitions a day until the problem is fixed.