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The Blueprint for an Aggressive Hitter: Mechanics and Drills

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Use an aggressive mindset and quality pitch selection to maximize production at each plate appearance!

Get 20 drills for building confident and successful hitters
Practice timing, mental approach, and strike zone management to produce quality at bats and wreak havoc on the defense
Train hitters to build rhythm and tempo to be able to hit multiple pitches and avoid being susceptible to strikeouts

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Use an aggressive mindset and quality pitch selection to maximize production at each plate appearance!

Get 20 drills for building confident and successful hitters
Practice timing, mental approach, and strike zone management to produce quality at bats and wreak havoc on the defense
Train hitters to build rhythm and tempo to be able to hit multiple pitches and avoid being susceptible to strikeouts

with Shonda Stanton,
Indiana University Head Coach;
2023 ATEC/NFCA Midwest Region Staff of the Year;
2023 was Indiana's first 40+ win season since 1994;
Marshall University Head Coach from 1999 to 2017;
winningest coach in Marshall softball history;
2x Conference Champions;
2017 Conference USA Regular Season Champions;
2017 Conference USA Coach of the Year;
2017 Conference USA Staff of the Year;
2013 Conference USA Tournament Champions;
4x Conference champions;
Akron Racers (National Pro Fastpitch League) Head Coach in 2007, 2008;
IUPUI Head Coach from 1998 to 1999;
Ashland University GA from 1997 to 1998;
1998 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Coaching Staff of the Year;
played professionally in Women's ASA Fastpitch Summerball for Chet Smith Lady All-Stars and Buckeye Slammers;
1994 Class B National Champions;
played college softball at UNC Greensboro

Becoming a great hitter isn't an easy task. In addition to having solid swing fundamentals, good hitters need to have great timing and a plan for which pitches they want to hit. Shonda Stanton teaches you how to build a fundamentally-sound swing by using specific, yet simplified swing cues, progressions, and drills. She also addresses ways to help a hitter practice rhythm and timing of the pitch as well as drills to work on mental approach and situational hitting.

Coach Stanton builds from the ground up, stressing a few important aspects of hitting while keeping the batter comfortable while in the box. Her drill progression allows for players to develop an effective swing and then, more importantly, a great ability to execute at game speed.

Swing Mechanics

Make hitting a little easier to understand for your athletes. Coach Stanton uses a simplified approach to teach the mechanics of the swing by breaking it down into manageable parts, including:

Stance
Rhythm
Negative move
Stride
Contact
Finish

Learn the key points for each part of the swing and what to look for in each segment. She also discusses problematic areas of the swing and potential causes and cures.

Progression Drills

Coach Stanton demonstrates 16 drills that progressively increase in difficulty, building into the ultimate challenge of live hitting. Learn how to warm-up properly and prepare the body to swing ferociously with six bat calisthenics. Coach Stanton accentuates the phases of the swing while implementing a series of drills that build hitters from their foundations, including:

No ball drills
Still ball drills
Tossed ball drills

Timing & Approach Drills

Timing is one of the most difficult aspects of hitting. Coach Stanton offers six drills designed to emphasize different aspects of timing. You'll get four approach drills that work on bat control and pitch identification. There are also drills that force a batter to make decisions on which pitches to look for and how to hit them. The Spray Drill helps the batter learn bat control and place balls where they want them to go, while also learning to take pitches they might not be able to handle.

Finally, batting practice ends with live situational hitting drills where the hitters must execute in five common situations:

Hit and run
Hit behind the runner going first to third base
Score the runner from second base
Runner at third base, sacrifice fly
Runner at third base, score them anyway

Get your players hitting more strategically to drive in more runs with this great video from Coach Stanton!

66 minutes. 2017.

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The Blueprint for an Aggressive Hitter: Mechanics and Drills
on December 31, 2017

Currently 5/5 Stars.

5/5 Stars
by WillFoote918

This is a very solid drill filled disc. Lots of thought on a philosophy of hitting and couple of useful new items for even a veteran coaches. For example, the rope batter's box seems like a useful and cheap tool. Many good drill ideas in concise and direct format. Great value for a starting coach particularly. You will be able to see the effects of this watching Indiana under Coach Stanton's leadership this year. Highly recommend this disc as a great value.

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The Blueprint for an Aggressive Hitter: Mechanics and Drills
on April 10, 2017