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Tee Work / Batting Tee (Baseball)

A fundamental hitting drill where you swing at a ball placed on a stationary tee. Allows focused repetition on swing mechanics without the variable of pitch timing.

How to do it

  1. 1Set the tee at waist height over the center of the plate
  2. 2Load with a slight weight shift to the back leg
  3. 3Rotate hips first, then hands fire through the zone
  4. 4Hit through the ball with a level swing path, driving it up the middle

Common mistakes

  • Uppercutting under the ball instead of hitting through it
  • Swinging with all arms and no hip rotation
  • Setting the tee too far forward or back instead of at the contact point

Muscles worked

obliquesforearmscoreshouldership flexorsglutes

Variations

Easier

Dry swings (no ball) to groove the path

Harder

Inside/outside tee placement or soft-toss

Used in

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