Articles and information I found interesting.

Practice Hitting More Efficiently Through Reconsolidation and Interleaving (IYH Blog)

Traditional Swing versus Kickback Swing: Which is Best? (Florida Baseball Armory)

How To Turn Fastpitch Softball Hitting Mechanics Into A High Level Baseball Swing…Can It Be Done? (Hitting Performance Lab)

Mastering Your Swing: How to Stop Hitting Ground Balls. (The Hitting Vault)

Hip Hinge, Hip Shoulder Separation, and Maintaining Spine Angle in Baseball (Driveline)

How to Increase Your Exit Velocity and Hit the Ball Harder (Driveline)

Baseball Hitting Drills (Driveline) – Drills based on an athlete’s assessment, ball flight intent (trying to hit the ball to a specific part of the field), and effective ways to use tee work.

Knob Drill Progression (Softball Doctor) – I haven’t seen the progression part of the knob drill before. Smart idea and a good drill for bat drag and arm bar.

Baseball Bat Attack Angles and Their In-Game Correlations (BaseballTheory.com) – Master’s thesis involving a detailed study of attack angles, launch angles, and exit velocity.

Hitting Biomechanics (Driveline) – Includes an interesting discussion of sequencing in the kinetic chain.

Contributing Factors for Increased Bat Swing Velocity (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2009) – Literature review of training methods for bat speed, the effect of bat weight, and practical recommendations.

Ted Williams Swing Analysis (hitterish.com) – Should you hold the bat vertical to the ground in your load?

Overload and Underload Bat Training

Click here for my page on bat speed training.

Swinging a Weighted Bat On-Deck

Should Baseball Players Use Weighted Bats While On-Deck? (Stack)

Tip for Casey: To Swing a Faster Bat, Lighten Up That Lumber (Scientific American)

Does Warming Up with a Heavy Bat in the On-Deck Circle Actually Improve Swing Velocity? (Twins Daily)