A more efficient swing is going to require less energy and therefore allow the hitter to take more swings. Second, the age and overall fitness of the hitter. Younger, weaker and out of shape hitters will not be able to swing for as long as older, stronger and more fit players. One way to tell is to keep track of the number of swings a player takes in a session. Do this over the course of a few sessions and see when the player begins to decline.
Use this for future reference and wrap of session just before hitting that number. For most players, hitting is the best and most fun part of baseball. However, this can often lead to a lack of focus in batting practice. Hitters are often taught from a young age to "swing at good pitches" or "swing at strikes. For the majority of batting practice, I want hitters to treat it as if they were in a no strike count. This means that they are focused on one location within the strike zone. This area is wherever the player feels like they can put their best swing on the ball.
Most hitters can't cover all 17 inches of home plate, and with a no strike count, hitters need to be aware of getting their perfect pitch and not giving in to the pitcher.
Even though most rounds focus on this no-strike approach, there are countless situations that can be worked on. Pitch location, game situation, different counts, etc. One of the biggest adjustments that I have made as an instructor is trying to emphasize only 1 mechanical fix per round.
While every hitter has more than one mechanical issue that needs work, I believe that the best way to work them out is to have a singular focus during each round of swings. When the focus shifts to too many issues, none of them get fixed. The routine is crying out for improvement, but still, tradition persists. What is the argument against the current form of on-field batting practice? Why should a batter wear himself out hours before the actual game gets started?
A rested player can be a better player. Joe Maddon agrees. Maddon has given his teams some extra days off. Less, as they say, can be more. But batting practice has a problem of going off the rails, at least as a teachable exercise.
Batters are in there to bat, and there are fences out there to be conquered. A home run always feels more satisfying than a low line drive the other way. Which leads into the more general problem: Batting practice can create or reinforce bad habits.
Bad habits like, say, trying to hit everything feet. Bad habits like seeing everything as pullable, or bad habits like thinking everything is worth swinging at. In regular on-field batting practice, batters might try to show off, or they might otherwise concern themselves too much with the results. Consider a swing on the field versus a swing in the cage. On the field, a batter is more likely to worry about where or how far the ball goes. This is how some of those bad habits can germinate.
The perfect batting-practice pitcher throws everything over the plate around miles per hour. Some coaches do have a talent for consistently repeating their mechanics to make this possible.
Batting in practice is nothing at all like batting in a game. The very essences of good hitting are removed. To play in the major leagues, a player needs a strong swing, sure. A player needs to be able to hit a hittable pitch. But a player also needs to be able to identify a hittable pitch and lay off the unhittable pitches.
Hitters need to identify pitch types, and they need to identify pitch locations. For the most part, in batting practice, there exists one single pitch type, and the location is often telegraphed. And even though batting-practice pitches are thrown from closer to the plate than game pitches, batting-practice velocity is still nothing like a Chris Sale fastball. Hitting in batting practice prepares a batter only for hitting in batting practice.
But in terms of work, what are you working on? The ability to repeat the same swing while identifying the pitch and seeing the ball is the essence of being a great hitter, especially when learning the ins and outs of hitting.
So, how many swings should a hitter take a day? Most hitters should take around 50 quality swings per day. Players who are beginners can start with around 20 swings per day and progress up to 50 swings per day while players who are professionals will take around swings per day.
Basically, there are two sides to the issue. Taking too many swings can lead to overuse and create problems at all levels of the sport. Is there really a right number?
Does it vary with age and experience? To answer those questions, you need to look at some of the specifics to hone in on the best recommendations. Experts point to great hitters like Barry B o nds , who took as many as swings a day, and other great hitters who spend hours in the batting cage in an endless quest for mechanical perfection.
These folks often talk about 50 swings a day as the ideal number, with the emphasis on perfecting the mechanics of those 50 swings.
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