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Style is what you do at the plate before you swing the bat and baseball hitting mechanics are what you do when you are actually swinging the bat. Style is something that is your personal choice to do before the baseball hitting mechanics take place. The smarter coaches will recognize this and leave your style totally up to you!

The point is that basically you can do whatever you want as far as style is concerned and your style should not be altered by anyone. It is something that you have decided that gets you the best prepared to hit the baseball. Baseball hitting styles vary tremendously from hitter to hitter and that’s the way it should be. If you’re comfortable waving the bat around, go for it. If you’re comfortable rocking back and forth, that too is absolutely fine. Baseball hitting styles usually vary, but you’ll find that after the style comes the baseball mechanics of the swing and all the good hitters are similar and have sound mechanics.

I know a very good baseball hitter who has the unique style of waving the barrel of the baseball bat around in a very pronounced manner just before swinging the bat. It is definitely something you would not teach a player to do. Remember, his excessive waving of the bat has nothing at all to do with hitting mechanics and is strictly his baseball hitting style.

But do you know what? That’s his personal choice and the best way for him to prepare to hit. After all the waving of the bat, when the real moment of truth arrives and the actual hitting takes place, he has outstanding baseball hitting mechanics. He has a very quick bat and a short to the ball yet violent swing and that’s why he is an extremely successful hitter! Wouldn’t it be foolish to ask him to change his style?

One of the best baseball tips on hitting is to always remember that you should do whatever you feel prepares you the best to hit the baseball and nobody involved in baseball coaching should ever take that away. If a teammate or a coach tries to take that away from you, please have them give me a call because we definitely need to have a chat. Your baseball hitting style belongs to you only!

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Let’s take a look at some baseball tips on hitting as to why these two hitting problems may be occurring as well as a few possible very easy fixes.

Problem Balance Poor:

1. First of all, make sure that you are very comfortable in your hitting stance. A good starting point is to have the feet about shoulder width apart or slightly wider. Usually, the width is about the same as if you were guarding someone in basketball and want to be ready to move left or right very quickly. You must have a solid foundation. It won’t matter if everything is perfect above the waist if you don’t have a solid base.

2. Make sure you are standing on the balls of your feet and not standing there flat-footed or even worse yet, standing with your weight on your heels. Standing with the weight on your heels may very well have you spinning like a top and that is not a good, solid foundation for effective baseball hitting and will destroy your balance.

3. Make sure your front shoulder remains closed. Opening your front shoulder too early will cause your foundation and balance to be severely disrupted and you won’t be steady on your feet. It will also cause many other hitting problems for you.

Problem Uppercutting the Ball:

Many good baseball hitters appear to be uppercutting the baseball. The only time you should be uppercutting is when you are into the follow through of your swing. Uppercutting is a sure way to lower your batting average. Let’s look at some possible reasons for uppercutting the baseball.

1. Your stance may be too wide. This will encourage your actual swing to be going upward when making contact.

2. You may be lowering your back leg, back elbow or back shoulder. It’s often referred to as collapsing your back side. If the back side goes down or collapses, the hands and the bat will go down also and you will be swinging upward to the ball.

3. You may be holding your hands too low and when the actual baseball hitting takes place, your hands will have nowhere else to go except upward and causing an uppercutting of the baseball. If your hands are too low when swinging, at the point of contact, you will not be swinging level and will be swinging upward to the baseball.

Hopefully these baseball tips on hitting should help you overcome poor balance or uppercutting the baseball.

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Larry’s very user friendly eBooks cover 320 topics on playing excellent baseball. ANY baseball player, coach or parent who wants to help their child will be fully equipped! Some FREE baseball tips on hitting and FREE baseball pitching tips are available at Larry Baseball.com