Larry is the author of several informative books on learning and playing very good baseball. His experience covers coaching at many different levels, up to and including the high school level. While working for a major media company for 37 years,he has had the privilege of talking to many professional baseball players, managers, coaches and scouts. His website is unique in that it offers many of his FREE tips, right on site. Visit him at http://www.larrybaseball.com/
When trying to overcome any baseball hitting struggles, you should always look for the "easy fix" first before getting more complicated. Here is a list of things to try if low and away pitches are causing baseball hitting problems for you:
• The two most obvious reasons can be you are standing too far away from the plate or maybe your bat is not long enough and you cannot effectively reach the pitch over the outside corner. Like I said, we always start out simple.
• You may be opening your front side too early, one of the most common baseball hitting problems for hitters at any level. It simply means that you are opening up too quickly and are pulling away from where the hitting is taking place. It simply takes you too far away from the pitch, especially pitches over the outside portion of the plate. You can try striding with your front foot closed instead of pointing straight out across from your body or even worse yet toward the pitcher.
In other words, turn the toes on your front foot and point them a little bit back toward the catcher. This will encourage you to "stay closed" and not "fly open" and away from the pitch. Baseball hitting does not take place out toward third base or out toward first base. It takes place right in front of you. Please, stay closed!
• You can try bending at the waist if you are not bending already or bend a little more if you are bending already. This will give you better extension and better coverage of the outside corner simply because you will be closer to it.
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