T-ball exercises are designed to improve your child's hitting and fielding ability as well as his overall batting stance. While T-ball exercises are often specific to young children, older baseball exercises can also using batting tee's to isolate certain parts of the swing or stance. T-ball exercises range from line drive hitting drills to opposite field hitting drills.
Hitters Swing Exercise
This exercise is designed to improve your child's stance as well as swing. Start by placing your child in the batter's box next to the tee. If your player is right handed, have him stand on the right side and have the coach stand in the opposing batter's box. From this angle, your child can observe the coach's stance and try to imitate his swing. Place a ball on the tee and have the coach hit it first. Have your child try to imitate the coach's swing to practice proper mechanics.
Ball Watching Exercise
This exercise is designed to help your child's follow through and ability to focus on the ball while swinging. Have your child line up in the batter's box in a regular stance. Place a bright mark on the baseball and tell your child to never take her eyes off the ball. As she begins her swing, tell her to watch the bat hit the ball and continue to stare at the point until she has performed a complete follow through.
Gloveless Fielding Drill
This t-ball drill is designed to help your child improve his fielding fundamentals and technique. Have your child line up at the shortstop position with his knees slightly bent and arms extended out in front of him. Without a glove on, roll your child the ball and make him field it cleanly using only his hands. Roll him the ball 10 times in a row, making sure he fields it in the same way each time. According to the Jefferson, Missouri parks department, fielding the ball with your bare hands forces your child to use both of his hands to field the ball cleanly.
Squash The Bug
This drill is designed to help improve your child's follow through as well as his ability to rotate on his back foot. Start by placing your kid in a basic baseball stance. Once in this position, have him pretend that there is a bug under his back foot. As the pitch comes in, have your child squash the bug by rotating his hip out toward the field. The back foot should fully rotate 90 degrees before stopping.
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