Swing the Bat!
Online since: August, 2005
Last updated on: December 20, 2011
Welcome to Swing the Bat!, a web site devoted to helping parents and coaches teach proper hitting mechanics to kids. I hope you find the information posted here helpful. If you have a question, comment, or suggestion for improvement, please feel free to contact me.
FOUR PHASES OF THE SWING
To help understand the mechanics of the swing, I've broken it down into four phases:
WHAT'S NEW?
AFFORDABLE INSTRUCTION
- This session's topic on the Tips and Drills page is Newton's Laws and the Baseball Swing: A Primer
- I've released the "new and improved" version 8.0 of the Hitting Statistics Spreadsheet . Check it out on the Downloads page!
Parents, if you want to help your youngster improve his or her swing but don't want to mortgage the house doing it, I provide private instruction in the Olney, MD, area at very affordable rates. Check out the details on the Instruction page.
NOTICE: The Swing the Bat! batting cage is for instruction only - not open to the public. Try the Baseball Zone for public, coin operated batting cages in the Olney-Rockville area.
DOWNLOADS
The following files are available for download from the Downloads page. As always, all downloads are free with no strings attached.
- Hitting Stats Spreadsheet
- Five Key Positions of the Swing
- One-Page Hitting Checklist
DISCLAIMER
Some of the pictures on Swing the Bat! have been downloaded from other baseball web sites. To the best of my knowledge, these pictures are public domain. If you are aware that any of the pictures are copyrighted or otherwise restricted, please Contact Me and I will be happy to remove them or provide proper credit.
