Hitter drills — by age group

Hitting drills are layered. Tee work first, front-toss second, machine and live BP third, situational and two-strike work fourth. Athletes who skip the order — who go straight to live BP without putting in tee work — develop mechanical drift that shows up in slumps. The tee is the daily fundamental at every level of baseball, from youth through professional.

How to use this library

Find your age group below. Tee drills appear in every practice, every age, no exceptions — the hitter who skips tee work is the hitter with mechanical drift. Front-toss layers in next, with the coach controlling pitch location and timing. Machine and live BP appear at older ages with progressively higher velocity. Two-strike rounds and situational drills become formal in middle school and above, scripted with counts and runners.

Each drill page includes the demo, the developmental notes for the age, the coaching points, and the most common mistakes. Cage rounds should always have intent — a count situation, a target, a pitch type. Hitters who take rounds without intent develop bad cage habits that show up in games. The hitter who treats every cage round like a real at-bat is the hitter who takes good at-bats in games. Volume matters less than intent.