How to Hit a Baseball from a Tee

Series Summary

Baseball is a sport played with a bat and a ball. In baseball, there are two teams of nine players each, and the goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged ninety feet apart at the corners of a diamond. Offensive players take turns hitting while the defense tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in a number of different ways. A player on offense can stop at any of the bases and try to score on a teammate's hit ball. The teams switch between offense and defense whenever the team on defense records three outs. One turn on offense for each team makes an inning, and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game is the winner.

So, you know about baseball. It's America's past-time. But, how do you go about becoming a better, more competitive baseball player? How do you train to be a pitcher, catcher, infielder or outfielder? How do you train to be a better hitter? In this free video series, you will receive instructions on how to increase your bat speed, your strength, and your stamina. You'll also learn how to hit off of a tee, pitching machine, and a live pitcher. Everything from fielding techniques to proper stretching will be covered, so get out your bat and glove and hit the field. You could be a natural.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Juan Carlos with Expert Village. Today I'm going to teach you how to become a competitive baseball player. In this segment I'm going to teach you how to hit off a tee. Now becoming a competitive baseball player, you want to improve your hitting by hitting off your tee. It improves your form and it improves your control and improves your hand and eye coordination especially depending on the size of the ball. Now using a baseball size width of the ball is good for a competitive baseball player. You normally also want to use also a golf ball size and it improves your coordination even better. Also using a bat will also help but for right now for the purposes of a drill you definitely want to use a standard baseball size ball and a regular bat. Stand in front of the tee because you never want to receive the ball here or receive a ball in front. Set your feet bat on your shoulder and take you three steps and hit and that's how you hit off a tee. "