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This is known as the Fungo drill. Taylor is going to toss the ball up and go through his swing and try to hit line drives in ground balls. It is real good rhythm and timing drill. He is trying to work through the sequence of a swing and to make sure that his swing is in the proper sequence.
The hitter here is trying to work on keeping his hands above the ball. If his hands are going below the ball at contact then you will see him popping the ball up. He will hit ground balls in line drives when he has his hands above the ball. It is a very important point in hitting, is that you want your hands above or over the ball at contact. And the Fungo drill is being used here to hit line drives and ground balls.
In order to make contact in their proper place, you must toss the ball out in front of your body, just slightly. A variation of this drill is to use a T-ball or literally bat. The reason that we would use this bat is the T is here to control a little lighter to handle and it allows Taylor to get that through the hitting zone just a little quicker.
This is an excellent rhythm and timing drill. As you can see, the lower half of his body started early and he is working through the entire sequence of the swing as he is hitting the ball. And you will notice, each time he steps into the batter’s box, he is assuming the proper stance and working on his rhythm and timing of his swing.
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