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Tee drive drill for youth baseball

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In short

Tee drive is a beginner-level baseball drill. Same tee, different focus. This one is about where your power actually comes from: your hips and your back side, not your arms. It builds hip rotation, power and swing path. It needs bat, tee, balls and net, and can be done in a backyard. This page lists 5 numbered steps and 3 common mistakes with their fixes. The demonstration video is AI-generated.

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What does the tee drive drill build?

  • hip rotation
  • power
  • swing path

Quick facts

Sport
Baseball
Level
beginner
Equipment
bat, tee, balls and net
Space needed
backyard

How do you do the tee drive drill?

  1. Set up

    Tee out in front of your front hip, belt high.

  2. Load the back hip

    Shift your weight back and coil slightly. Small move, big difference.

  3. Start with the hips

    Turn your back hip toward the pitcher first, before your hands move at all.

  4. Hands follow

    Let your hands come through the zone level, driving through the ball.

  5. Finish tall

    Back foot turned, weight forward, balanced, eyes down where the ball was.

What are the most common tee drive mistakes?

  • Mistake

    Hands start before hips

    Fix

    Hips lead, hands follow. Slow it down until you can feel the order.

  • Mistake

    No weight shift

    Fix

    Load back before you go forward. No load means no power.

  • Mistake

    Uppercutting

    Fix

    Swing level through the ball instead of up at it.

Who demonstrates this drill?

Koach Rio, an AI-generated coach character

Koach Rio AI coach

Swing path and glove work. Clean reps only.

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