Coach Thomas provides a comprehensive look at the hitting mechanics and drills that spurred the Hokies to a Top 10 finish and a trip to the College World Series in 2008. Demonstrators provide great illustrations of Thomas's teaching points on batting stance, swing mechanics, stride, pitch location, hitting with a purpose and more. He thoroughly explains over 15 drills and discusses why he uses each drill and its objective. He includes long tee drills, tee drills into a net, soft toss drills and team drills. Thomas includes creative variations on the drills that you can use to make them more challenging for your advanced athletes. From the ground up, each drill will help you learn how to assemble a comprehensive hitting instruction program with your team.

50 minutes. 2009.