Ask five baseball coaches about hitting tips to be a better baseball hitter and you are going to get five different answers. It's like the stock market, listen to too many opinions and you'll be left so confused you won't know what to do! Luckily, I'm here to put things in the correct context so you can become a better baseball hitter, which, last time I checked, is why you're reading this article in the first place!

Hitting a baseball is considered by many the single most difficult skill in sports. And having played a number of sports, I'm going to have to agree with this statement. Is not on your side when you're trying to hit a round object, moving at high speeds and velocities, with a round ball. Physics proves that.
So my first tip is not to make hitting so technical and difficult. I commend those who have dedicated themselves to study the swing in detail. Hitting is a very complex series of events which can be debated for years on end. This is fine in the correct context, but not when simply attempting to provide baseball hitting tips.

Have you ever witnessed an perfectionist baseball coach trying to explain sub-scapular loading, rotational torque or distal lag to a young (or old) hitter? You can see the glaze develop over the baseball players eyes as they look off into the bleachers or dugout as the baseball pro instructor drones on and on. Is this going to help the average baseball player? Not very likely. But unfortunately this is what happens all the time with young and old baseball players alike. Makes one wonder if the art or teaching of hitting instruction (and of course baseball hitting tips is a big part of that) is about making poor better baseball hitters better or stroking the inflated egos of those who are guilty of this. If your one of the baseball instructors who fall into this catagory and you know who you are, shame on you. Now get back to helping the kids learn how to hit a baseball and have fun!

Teach with the intention of making hitting a baseball simple and you will produce beaseball players who DO hit the baseball better. Any other way and the hitter just does not have a chance. Now, you can instruct on very advanced and technical hitting elements in an easy manner. Just because you're teaching separation and rotational movement, does not mean you have to use these words when spaeking with a unskilled hitter. This does not mean you're smarter than the next guy. Learn to break the difficult hitting elements down into very simple commands. This will make the baseball hitting tips you're providing the most useful.
If a inexperienced or young baseball hitter is confused he will not be confident. And we all know when a baseball hitter isn't confident he won't hit well. So you must make hitting simple and instill confidence at the same time.

The last thing I'm going to cover today is how effective your baseball hitting tips and drills really are. Can they easily be translated over to the field? Do they resemble game-like conditions? Do they automatically correct bad habits of the hitter that you're working with? And, do they provide instant feedback so the hitter knows if he is doing the drill correctly?
If the answer is "no" to any of these questions then you need to re-think what you're teaching. After all, even though some don't want to hear it, the whole point of this thing is to create better, more confident hitters. Not stroke your ego.

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