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Why Bat Speed?

What nobody talks about is.. If you begin to hit the ball harder, your "misses"
become harder. So now your miss hits are more likely to get through instead
of outs or another hit "just missed"

context of evironment setting


Start each individual session by doing that weeks drill in a low-pressure
environment (self-toss, tee) and can progress to higher pressure environments
like overhand BP, pitching machines) while using the various weighted bats. Then
go back to the low-pressure environment and repeat the progression with the
weighted bats but using your regular game swing + game bat

Why is hitting the ball harder important


Tougher to defend, ball gets past fielders quicker
More valuable to a team
Able to drive more runners in
Be in scoring position for a teammate
Pitcher tends to become fearful to throw strikes which will help
walk and get on base

Intention over everything


If your primary focus is to increase bat speed by using this program then the most
important factor is your intent. You must, with every swing, be consciously trying to swing
as fast as possible. It sounds simple but in order to swing faster you must try to swing
faster and move faster

How does Bat Speed relate to Exit Velocity?


Bat speed and exit velocity go hand in hand. If you swing the bat faster, you will hit
the ball harder. It bears repeating…if you swing the bat faster, you will hit the ball
harder. The calculation is intuitive and simple. For every one mph of bat speed
added, you will be able to hit the ball +1.2 mph harder. (Info from Driveline
research)
+1 mph of bat speed = +1.2 mph of exit velocity
+2 mph bat speed = +2.4 mph of exit velocity
+3 mph bat speed = +3.6 mph exit velocity
Adding 1 mph of bat speed adds 7ft more distance
Environment Checklist

Bats
Wood or Metal, Game bat, light bat, heavy bat
Bats on the right are from HalfBat.com - Sweet
Spot Pro - 23oz + Gamer Bat Speed - Drop -3
plus 10oz knob

Bats don't have to be exact weight, can be old


little league bat if needed or a heavy bat with
donut weight on it or roll of tape taped on the
end

Set up - Needs
Tee, baseballs. soft balls, tennis balls, foam balls, wiffle balls,
basketballs, soccer balls, anything to hit! Mixing it up keeps athletes
more engaged with intent!
Tees, L-Screen, pitching machine(s), batting practice arm
Can use a bat sensor - Blast Motion or Diamond Kinetics to see in real
time bat speed MPH. Coach Trey Hannam personally uses Blast Motion
and displays it on the TV as instant feedback for the hitter
intention over Outcome
How to start:
Start each session in a low-pressure environment (dry swing, tee, self
toss) then progress to higher pressure environments (flips, overhand
BP, machine) while using the various weighted bats. You will then go
back to the low-pressure environment and repeat the progression
while using your regular game swing + game bat.

Overload Game Bat Underload

31/34oz 31/28oz 31/22oz

32/35oz 32/29oz 32/23oz

33/36oz 33/30oz 33/24oz

34/37oz 34/31oz 34/25oz


Be the best you, everyone else is taken

1- know why you're doing a movement or workout


2- No judging or criticizing, focus on long term progress
3- Focus the intention added to each swing, set, rep
4- What's a good outcome? = On time swing + bat speed
5- You'll have setbacks - some days your body won't be able
to go max speed due to workouts, sleep, school, diet, etc

When you understand that, you'll progress faster

We do hope that you found some pieces to add to your toolkit and we
appreciate you taking the time to go through our information. For a
more in depth thought process and ease of access, all of our coaches
are available within the community on our baseballiq.app

check out HalfBat.com and


baseballiq.app for more!

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