How to hit A Baseball Off The Tee
Freddie Freeman gives in-depth tutorial on how to hit off a tee
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here we are with one of if not the best
hitter in the National League you may
think that's too strong for you but if
you would have not gotten hurt I'm
calling you for an MVP so I think you're
almost feared hitters in the game and I
want to talk about a really cool moment
via Park California and her dad Fred
Freeman after work yeah we'd come over
to the baseball field and what did you
have ready I would have the field set up
ready to go so in high school you would
have six periods and my sixth period
would be baseball so we do that was a
class you know if you have PE or you did
sport that's what it did so when we
would finish baseball practice everybody
would leave and I would actually stay
and I would set the whole field up we
had a key to the field because I was
always there so I would be sitting there
waiting on a bucket waiting for my dad
and have the old screen set up ready to
go and he was finished work and drive
over and we would hit buckets all day
long your dad's a righty and Lefty he's
a riot put a little something on it he
used to but let me just say this your I
don't want to say a pull hitter because
you go the other way well but when you
pull it you destroy it but you did not
work on that growing up no I did not so
I we would hit three buckets a full
bucket it's about 40 balls so he would
throw about a hundred 120 pitches a day
to me and we would do the first bucket
would be ulti opposite field alright the
second bucket would be up the middle and
if the I hit it to the outfield so
that's nope nope wrong the third bucket
was wherever he pitched it I never
worked on hitting to pull side it would
but if he threw one inside then I would
pull it but most of the time my dad
would still throw that ball away because
you know that's just your a more
complete hitter if you can hit the ball
to the opposite field sure now 70% of
strikes in college and pro baseball or
on the outer part of the plate so if you
cannot hit a fastball away you need to
do something else you got to throw it or
consider you know a different location
here but um yeah so what you do really
well and this is about you but I really
love how you explode on the ball away
you don't just hit little flip shot
everybody does that every now and then
but you have the ability to shoot the
ball out of the park line drive you
we shoot the ball out line drive down
the line and then you can also pull it
so if I'm pitching and shoe you're
dangerous because you can hit the ball
works pitch so we are in the cage
working off the tee I want to learn what
you do because I think you do it the
best okay and I want to hear about it so
what I do before I get going throughout
the day I hit off the tee I will hit
between 15 to 25 pitches just off the
tee and that is always if you can can't
really tell but you can tell by the play
I always set the first eight to ten
right on the outside corner okay now
we'll hit it back there the next eight
to ten pitches I'll put it like right
here almost down the middle but still on
the right okay that is it I don't I do
not put the ball the tee anywhere in the
inside corner okay and when I do get to
midseason and I like where I'm at I will
sometimes put put it right here and
still hit the ball to the opposite field
okay now you know even on the inside
pitch because it makes me stay inside
the ball it forces me just keep inside
and stay up through the line of the
point okay one thing I noticed when you
adjusted this T is when you were on the
outside part of the plate you were
behind back here and when you're on the
inside to a lefty yep you're out in
front is that done on purpose it is on
purpose you do not want to hit an
outside pitch up there because you will
not have any power behind the ball
because if you if you think about it you
want to hit it back here that's where
your that's where your power zone is
okay so if you're hitting an outside
pitch out here you see my front of the
bar I'm reaching for it all my all my
strength is gone okay so you want to hit
the ball in the back the back of the
part so that's what I try to do so if
you hit the ball out front especially if
it's down you're susceptible to either a
roll it over just a little slap just
sometimes with two strikes and you're
it's a changeup that you want trying to
just foul it off and that's what you try
and do just kind of just flick the wrist
but most of the time if you're reaching
if you're not catching it in your power
zone back here you're not going to hit
anything for an extra-base hit excellent
okay so let me see you take some swings
are you ready are you warm I guess we'll
find out
okay you might want to move I might hate
you so the old key to this for me is I
don't want to hit the ball on the ground
and I don't want to hit the top of the
cage okay I want to hit it in the middle
of the side net or it in the top
left-hand corner top left-hand corner
usually that's a good one okay yeah okay
this is a you know personal dream of
mine you know this is like putting balls
on the tee for George Brown no fired up
right now on the tee for Freddie Freeman
that's a whole favor yeah well we'll
talk about that later
yeah so all you want to do and just try
and pick nice you just swing and hit at
the shortstop just like that excellent
and what I know tonight I'm trying to
exert a lot of energy I'm even if you
came to watch BP right before a game all
I'm trying to do is have a soft line
drive okay in my head it's a soft line
drive at the shortstop
it makes me stay in sync with myself I
don't want to get too out of out of
whack because you know if you can stay
in within yourself and up through the
middle at the opposite field the
adrenaline of the game is going to make
you swing hard and that's why you get
the office appeal home runs but all I'm
trying to do is get a nice little easy
line drive at shortstop perfect Manny
Ramirez used to do that his first round
is going the other way nice and easy and
I thought this guy terrible yeah he's
got no power nothing he's gonna be a
disaster you're a pick I'm gonna be a
few hitter but every every single ball
I'm just trying to hit at the shortstop
so it makes me stay inside the ball and
for me if I stay inside the ball cuz I
do have a little finished up with my
swing yeah sitting inside the ball makes
me backspin a lot more balls chest
that's why I do not like to work on
pulling because pulling you're gonna
come right here and then you can have a
person come up and out of it so that's
why I just kind of let the hands react
when it's in the game and in the game
you're quick so it's easy to pull the
ball in the game when you're quick yes
you know it's all reaction time I got
you know when it comes inside pitch for
me my my strength is left-center and up
the middle
so that's what I like to work on and
make sure that is secure and I can go
out there and feel like I can hit a line
drive left-field whenever I want the
inside pitch you know if they throw it
in there just hoping my hands get there
quick enough
that's all I'm working on fantastic
just a nice little sauce I'm sure all
right nice last one we're gonna do it a
name shot a little bit I do off the
middle yep right here and I'm still even
though you moved it up the middle up to
the middle of the plate you would think
you hit up the middle all I'm still
trying to do is stay inside the baseball
and still turned hit it to the shortstop
and you want a line drive line drive
just like that only adjustment you made
upper body the only adjustment it is is
I stayed for me my tendencies when I get
a little out of sync as I bend over at
my waist okay I bend over and the only
thing you can do when you bend over is
come up and out of the out of your swing
and that may creates rollovers or flares
so the only thing I'm concentrating on
when I'm doing this is make sure I stay
upright with my upper body and if I stay
upright I can get to anything I want to
I notice that that was fantastic yeah
obviously a chipper taught me this when
I was coming up chipper uses this line
as a hand mental thing you want to keep
your hands on the line so you're just
moving up through your bat stays in the
zone as long as you can and that's it I
have taken that with me since he told me
that it's a good thing as most some
hitters will cut their hint cut their
swings off and that's not what you want
to do is so you try and mentally keep
your hands on this line the backpack I
said that was the last one but I think I
lied because I can't talk about that can
I see one on the right you trust me
tomorrow he wanted to do it I'll move it
nice but so that's gonna burn you guys
that's pretty much on the might be in
danger zone vermilion danger zone I just
might because I'm not warmed up but you
might want to come back over here so all
I'm trying to do is this let's say the L
screen right here and then to the left
okay you don't want it I don't want to
pull it because you want to make your
hands to the inside the inside the
baseball and you're warmed up enough to
take a nice easy swing this is your one
because I don't want to get in trouble
oh no no I'm warmed up I just you know
when I
get loose then I can really yeah do what
I want with you guys well sometimes it
takes a couple of mishaps to get going
good so we'll see pull the rib cage I
don't have no no I'm not gonna hurt
myself
I'm just excellent well inside part of
the plate you shot a line drive up the
middle
that's outstanding that's all the sauce
and the talk and walk in the wall hey I
appreciate the time this was outstanding
again if you were a young guy at home we
watched this video this is fantastic
yeah a lot of times people who came out
of t-ball why would I hit off no big
leaguer best in the game with the bat
and he is in here working I'm the cage
off the tee every day and let's not
forget about Fred Freeman he's spending
time with his son getting this guy ready
thank you Dad last one did he have a
good hook yeah he did throw me hooks
okay but he can't yet mean fastball when
he's younger thank you I like to sing a
little to sing like I love the story a
man congratulation thank you I didn't
see you hit this year and stay healthy
and see what you can do or share it
thank you very much thanks Paul
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