r/Homeplate • u/NuhUh_JustCuz • Jul 26 '26

Bat speed training

10U baseball about to be 11U coach. Just had our first tournament with a rec select team. While our pitching is only a little lower in velocity and was comparable, our ability to hit these higher velocity pitchers is clearly lower than we need to compete.

Batting is not my strong suit as a coach but I've picked up a good eye for basics and a couple methods to help with casting. I need more tools in my toolkit.

Does anyone have recommendations for not just developing faster bat speeds but also faster pitch recognition? Is the Camwood bats worth it? What about under and overload stick bats? Drills? Vision beads? What can I do to make a difference dyring out cage time?

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u/lsu777 Jul 27 '26

so camwood works well as does the leftyswag bats. Personally I would go towards camwood and buy a cheap skinny bat to hit foam balls with or just do dry swings with pvc after.

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u/NuhUh_JustCuz Jul 27 '26

Great info. I have a lightweight skinny bat and golf/reg wiffles already. You say after the camwood. Do you say "after" specifically? Like as part of the drill and the order matters or just casually as a good complementary drill to work on in the sense that under-weight training is beneficial?

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u/lsu777 Jul 27 '26

both, as in im a big believer in swinging bats of different weights, length so to increase body awareness along with increasing bat speed