The
soft-toss may be used to work on pulling the ball, it can also be used
for hitting the opposite way. The "tosser" must be a safe distance
to the rear of the hitter. The hitter must not peak. The "tosser"
tosses the ball from the inside of the plate diagonally across to the
outside. The hitter picks up the ball with his peripheral vision and "tracks"
the ball with both his body and his eyes to the hitting zone. As
soon as the hitter sees the ball come into his view, he follows it with
his body by taking a stride slightly toward the path of the ball.
He pushes off with his rear foot but does not squash the bug (Photo to
the Left). When the ball reaches the hitting zone, he swings with a quick
bat and "strokes" or "paints" the ball the other way. Throw your hands at
the ball. On the follow through the hitter may want to drop to his back knee
to emphasize the importance of hitting through the ball with balance and following the hands with the back hip.
The
soft-toss may be used to work on pulling the ball, it can also be used
for hitting the opposite way. The "tosser" must be a safe distance
to the rear of the hitter. The hitter must not peak. The "tosser"
tosses the ball from the inside of the plate diagonally across to the
outside. The hitter picks up the ball with his peripheral vision and "tracks"
the ball with both his body and his eyes to the hitting zone. 
As
soon as the hitter sees the ball come into his view, he follows it with
his body by taking a stride slightly toward the path of the ball.
He pushes off with his rear foot but does not squash the bug (Photo to
the Left). When the ball reaches the hitting zone, he swings with a quick
bat and "strokes" or "paints" the ball the other way. Throw your hands at
the ball. On the follow through the hitter may want to drop to his back knee
to emphasize the importance of hitting through the ball with balance and following the hands with the back hip.