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Hitting Up the Middle Drill: The Middle-Gap Block BP for Advanced Hitters
A constraint-based batting-practice block for college and elite hitters that takes the pull side away and rewards only hard contact through the middle and to both gaps. By shrinking fair territory to center and the oppo gap, the drill forces hitters to let the ball travel, hit the inside of the ball, and deepen their point of contact for a more repeatable, all-fields approach.
⏱ ~20 min📋 3 rounds: 10 oppo-lock, 10 big-part-of-the-field, 10-15 read-and-react swings
What you'll need
- Pitching machine or quality BP arm with L-screen
- Field cones or rolled towels (gap markers)
- Batting cage or open field
- Launch monitor or radar (Rapsodo, HitTrax, Blast, or pocket radar)
- Game-grade baseballs or softballs
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