(Video)Slap Hitting Mechanics with Jessica Mendoza

"Great Slappers can Hit Anything"

- coach Adam La Serna

Jessica Mendoza demonstrates the perfect slap hit with the mechanics used in slap hitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZMXgCRb2U
Slap Hitting objectives;
1. Get fast runners on 1st base.
2. Put Pressure on the defense.
3. Create RBI's with runners in scoring position.

Mechanics and Key Fundamentals:

Every good trip starts with a good roadmap and a plan to get there. Great hitters know where they are going before they step into the batters box.

1.Proper footwork,momentum and footplacement mechanics.
2.Timing the Pitcher in order to slap-hit the ball opposite direction you're running.
3.The swing mechanics: Hand placement on bat, choke up for a soft-slap,choke down for a hard slap. Bat load is high hands, keep hands inside the ball during the swing. Front shoulder is down and in. Eyes are fixed on the ball before during and after contact.
4. Start the footwork with right foot-slide-step-to left foot for creating momentum and timing the pitch and its location for contact.
5. Cross over step to the pitcher and place the left foot very close to the line of the front of the box.
6. Right foot lifts up during the swing, steps over the top of the batter's box front line and points to the 1st base at foot plant.

A good slapper can get to 1st base in 2.9 seconds of faster. The Div 1 Scholar-Recruit will make it to first base in 2.5 seconds.

Slapping Strategy: In this video, the front of the box-line is non-visibe. The slapper moves to the front of the box and hits the ball with front foot possibley over the line?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp1JVE6KgMY

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-softbl/ncaa-w-softbl-body.html