I love seeing coaches think outside the box. Serious question… Can someone explain this one to me like I’m 8 years old? What’s the movement principle or game transfer behind this drill?

Maybe they're facing the @TheSavBananas in their next game.

Barry Zito is starting tomorrow.

BTW.. I faced Barry Zito in pro-ball and I think I would have tried this before the game.. I hit from the left side and he threw me a curveball that was behind me and ended up in the other batters box.. nastiest curveball I’ve ever seen!

Nasty for sure! Not sure what I’d rather have happen…auto take on a ball that starts behind me for a strike, or auto take the same pitch and it ends up being balled outside.

This is sensitivity training. When you get caught making fun of Altuve, they make you take batting practice in his shoes.

Number 14 is the starting pitcher next game

Sometimes players exit the zone early. By elevating the pitcher you can create a goal centered drill potentially getting the bat to stay on plane longer. The other thing it can do is prevent the jumping at the ball as it falls into you.

Obviously if you’re ever facing a pitcher who happens to be 14 ft 7 inches tall

Its just preparing for if Randy Johnson makes a comeback.

All I can think of is that the ball is coming in at the launch angle they’re hoping to instil?

If you hit 100 balls in this elevated setup with zero pop ups, you are swinging right. First instinct is to drop the back side and swing up to get on plane with the elevated pitch, but that will create pop ups. There’s a better adjustment than matching the pitch plane.

Rafael Devers and Eloy Jimenez among others came out of this guy school maybe he knows something.. just saying

This drill helped my son @SlipperyBob2 so much. Taught him launch angle and to only swing for homers. He was not going to make varsity hitting line drives. If he grounded out twice in rec ball we took his Wii for 2 weeks. #MakingMen

He getting ready for banana ball and that guy on the stilts

Has to be the stupidest thing I’ve seen

Changing eye levels for the hitter. Keeping the head on a horizontal axis instead of bobbling.

So you’re ready when position players start pitching

Prepping to face stilts?

It’s to hit the guy on stilts from @TheSavBananas

This is how 5 year olds feel with dads standing in coach pitch.

This drill replicates what it’s like when a coach pitch dad throws standing up from the heavens to his 5 year old.

Hitting a “rising fastball” requires you to exaggerate getting on top of it. So this is working on that

Hitting 100mph off a machine that throws straight from a pitcher's stomach is 10x easier than at the angles of 6'5'' pitchers. This is just the extreme to try and make the 6'5'' angles not feel extreme

Video credit…

Its for somebody's Instagram - you fell for it.

This is for when the Nephilim decide they want to play baseball & they send their ace pitcher Bophades to play…

Ahhh simulating coach pitch because some dummies refuse to go down to a knee.

So grown adults know what it’s like for a 7 year old playing Coach Pitch

Getting player to swing up. Get the ball in the air.

The only thing I could think of it helps create an upward swing path?

Launch angle drill

Maybe increasing attack angle by trying to match the downward path? Not sure really

@shegone03 can you shed some light on this one? 😅

most drills are an exaggeration. this is trying to change swing path.

D plane

Just preparing for a tall pitcher.