Bat Strength Drills - Baseball Bat Speed

Joe Francisco, former baseball player in the Atlanta Braves organization and Head Performance Specialist at Performance Factory Baseball, in Long Island NY, teaching how to increase hand, wrist and forearm strength for batting. The Francisco System of Training emphasizes explosive strength from elbow to finger tip to enhance bat speed and power. One common ingredient in all Major League Baseball hitters is massive hand, wrist and forearm strength. Use these simple and effective drills to burnout after batting practice and complete your workout. www.PerformanceFactoryBaseball.com

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[TeamFrancisco]

bigec33

I do agree that u need bat speed up to a certain point then body position-swing line and angle and the ability to use ur body correctly and transfer energy come into play.

As far as Bryce Harper goes-108mph is the ball exit speed off his bat NOT his bat speed

Pujols is between 86-88mph

College players at 94mph - not sure where u got those numbers from?

Bottom line these drills increase hand strength and speed which most players can always use more of

THANKS for the comment!

[d1sp0sabl3H3r0]

Joe - I like the strength drills for the wrists and forearms - strong hands are essential to hitting. My question is this: at what age would you recommend a player begin doing these type of drills? I have an 11 yr. old player and I'm wondering if he would benefit from specific strength conditioning such as this or if we should just continue to focus on the basic mechanics of the swing and let him add the strength drills later when he is a little more developed physically.

[TeamFrancisco]

@d1sp0sabl3H3r0 Your 11 year old is def ready for this kind of training. Its pretty basic but will def help his strength dramatically. Any body weight not over the top training will help him to stabilize his body and increase bat speed and bat path

[TeamFrancisco]

Martin

Any strengthening of the hands , wrists and forearms is going to help in the control and strength you have through the bat.

The top hand especially to get the bat on the plane of the ball is quick as possible

Good Luck

[TeamFrancisco]

In response to RustyShackleford124 comments:

These videos encompass about 10% of my hitting system so I think you are making some assumptions without having a real clue of what I teach.

In kinetic linking, with a punch, science has shown how force begins from the ground up, generates through the body and ends in the fist. This is the same principle I am teaching. You need a happy balance between science and playing. This game isnt played behind a keyboard, in a lab or in a book.

[TeamFrancisco]

If anyone has any legitimate questions or comments please feel free to message me through YouTube and I will post both the question and the answer.

[TheRockiesfanatic]

I do these every day my strength has increased so much

[jovanb101]

these are amazing and very effective drill it worked for me dramatickly i wish you were my hitting coach thanks for the great video!

[14ognarsie]

WHERE IN NEW YORK ,,NYC OR UPSTATE

[berkeleyrican]

great stuff. only a real hitter can give drills that reproduce the feel and mechanic of great hitting. i'm a fan.

[TheSALUPAZZ]

I've never gone to a training facility that does so much work on conditioning along with teaching the fundamentals. This system is state of the art in terms of how they teach you to use your body and build strength through the normal movements of a swing or a pitch.