Use the Wiffle Ball to teach Hitting and Pitching Techniques

Pitching Mechanics and technique using the Wiffle Ball

Holding the ball differently will cause the ball to be a curveball, slider, sinker, floater, fastball, or any other kind of pitch. Thanks to the lightweight nature of the wiffle ball, a young player can try different stances and pitching mechanics and techniques. A pitcher can throw side-arm or overhead. The pitcher can even switch and use their non-preferred throwing arm. A right-handed pitcher could try pitching left-handed, and a left-handed pitcher could choose to try being a right-handed pitcher. The simple grip of the ball and the lightweight wiffle ball can allow this experimentation.

Hitting mechanics using the Wiffle Ball

Since a Wiffle Ball Bat is lighter than a childs traditional Bat they are able to swing faster which increases speed. By increasing the bat speed the kid can make contact and hit the ball farther. Kids then have had their confidence built up and allow you to work on their hitting mechicanics. After you have mechanics down take a right handed batter and let them work on hitting left handed. Do the same with the left handed kids. This drill you will want to work on bat to ball contact soft toss drills.


Other Hitting drills using a Golf ball wiffle ball.

Toss the golf ball size wiffle balls to kids to help them keep their eye on the ball.
This makes for a great game with all the kids and helps them keep their eye on the ball. Besides if they can hit a SMALL golf ball size ball then they should hit a baseball.