i play fastpitch softball and i was wondering if there was any way that i could hit the ball farther & faster?

Question

hit the ball faster and farther, but remember that the ball is getting pitched like 55 mph.!

Answer 1

With a grooved swing(short radius, etc), I'd recommend that you work on strengthening your lead hand arm strength. I have seen this work wonders when hitters that want to add more pop do concentrated isotonic training on the lead arm which for most players is their weaker arm. Have you ever tried the frisbee drill where you knock a softball sized wiffle ball off the tee using the lead hand? It's a hoot and effective!

Answer 2

always let the bat make contact with the ball on the last 6-7 inches of the bat. This carries the ball farther as well. Practice your swing by hitting slightly deflated volleyballs. This will build your strength up and by the time you get back to a softball, it will seem much lighter to you. Wear batting gloves to prevent blisters and friction while you swing. Before you hit, put your bat straight out in front of you across the plate and make sure your off the plate far enough to hit in that key area I told you about. If you swing and strike once...you may be too far off the plate....step in only a half step and try again. Good luck.....When you finish your swing, the bat should touch your left shoulder. If your not swinging a full swing, that cuts your power in half. Remember, your swing is not over once you hit the ball, you must come all the way through with it.

Answer 3

I played on a fast pitch softball league as a kid. I was the home run king. I knocked them puppies clear out of the park. That was in the days before aluminum bats. I chose a medium weight bat. Too light, you don't have enough weight to knock the ball very far. Too heavy your swing is too slow. Stand with both toes perpendicular to the balls path so when the ball passes over the back edge of the plate it's right in front of you. That is exactly the point where you want to hit it. Bat back and standing straight up. Elbows level. From that point in your stance, don't worry about what your bat is doing. Keep your eyes on the ball. Only on the ball. Concentrate on it. Watch it as it comes toward the plate. There is nothing else that exists. When it gets right above the back edge of the plate, your bat will be there. Watch it connect with the bat. Just connect with it. Don't worry about slamming it. don't worry about speed. don't worry about any of it. Follow through with your swing. all the way through. If your swing is all the way through like it's supposed to be, when you let go of the bat it will not go flying through the air. It will almost just drop to the ground. When you can do that, all that's left is to just lean against your swing. That's where the power will come from. And hang on that bat with a comfortable but firm grip. Not too tight, you'll lose your control. Not to loose you'll lose the bat and hurt your hands.

Answer 4

Practice your swing... Take a bat and stand by a fence. Put one end of the bat on your belly button, the other touching the fence. This will give you just enough distance for a proper swing. Then, you want to snap your hips to face the "pitcher". When you swing correctly, you won't hit the fence. Do it slowly at first and "watch" the bat as if there were a ball there. Your hips should snap right before the bat's tip is matching with the fence. Keep going faster and follow through. Keeping your head down at the fence line. Batting cages help also. Start with slow pitch so you can get a feel for the ball, then go fast.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I would start going to the gym... Try to get a membership at a local YWCA or even a specialized sports gym (though they tend to be more expensive) and just start working on your upper body. If you start lifting weights ever other day or so, you could start to see improvements in about a week. Work on the arms, obviously, but also work on shoulder, petcoral, and abdominal muscles as well. The twisting motion that will provide more force comes alot from the stomach muscles, so those are really important.

Of course, there's always steriods :D

Answer 7

A bigger bat will make your hitting worse unless you have the strength to wield it.

If you want to increase your distance, use a LIGHTER bat. Less weight means MORE bat speed in your swing. You may not hit many home runs, but you'll hit many more line drives than slow fly balls, thus you'll fly out less and get on base more.

Was Ricky Henderson huge in his first decade when he hit all those leadoff homeruns? No.

Answer 8

Don't break your wrists until they are straight in front of you. Pretend that you hit the ball with butt end of the bat at your hands. When you do this the wrists have not broken yet but they will automatically. The bat speed will increase at this precise moment and that will increase your hitting power.

Answer 9

put your bat at an angle then turn yuor body slightly towards the pitcher this will help hit farther but im not sure about faster maybe swing the bat faster?

Answer 10

Start a full body weightlifting program I did one for half a year and went from having no homeruns to having 4