The Half Bat Drill is used with whiffleballs in a front toss situation, with the hitter having only one hand on the bat at the time. The hitter is working through his entire swing, but he is really working on, in this case, his bottom hand coming through correctly with the palm being down as he makes contact with the ball. It is an excellent drill to work on one particular hand at a time because the hitter can control the bat, since you have taken a wooden bat and cut it in half. It makes it light, it makes it easy for the hitter to handle and control.
The hitter can also work on his top hand where he, working on bringing his back elbow, into a slot in front of his body into a 45-degree angle, and working on getting his top hand with the palm up, coming into the contact area.
In this drill, as in all the drills, we are working on rhythm, timing, and the proper sequence of the swing. A hitter would want to take ten repetitions with the bottom hand and ten repetitions with the top hand. There should be a rest period in between each ten set repetitions.
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