COACH LESSON 5 OF 24 • THE SWING
Lesson 5: Teaching the Barrel Approach: Above and Inside
From the Complete Hitter Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 5: The Barrel Approach: Above and Inside.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters can keep the hands above and inside the ball with a connected turn, a quiet head and the barrel matching the plane of the pitch, and you can see it on video and in the Line Drive Tunnel.
About 30 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“Hands above it, hands inside it. Then the barrel has a short road to the ball.” The barrel approach is the path the bat takes from launch to the ball. Above means…
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