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I would strongly recommend not hitting basketballs or tires....this puts a tremendous amount of stress on the wrists, elbows and shoulders. I have seen the results from doing this and when I met Crystl in 2002 we stopped doing it and have had no difficultly teaching them how to drive to the ball and through the ball.
We do use the weighted pitching balls which are 9.8 ounces and soft toss them and it provides resistance and they will power through the ball. We start by using a tennis ball, then a hard ball, then a softball, then the weighted ball and then repeat in that order.
As to the beans....there is a local coach who does this and has the players stand in front of them while they toss the beans...one of my college players had a welt under her right eye from doing this. If this were a business OHSA would have fined us for not making her wear safety glasses. They were hitting beans using a ball bat. If you can not hit a bean with a ball bat at that level you need to take up the sport where you kick the ball and bounce it off your head. The players were right in front of the hitters and this becomes a safety issue with me especially at the college level!
At least get off to the side and use a broom stick if you want to make it a challenge but not head on from the front.
Hope this helps....Howard
We do use the weighted pitching balls which are 9.8 ounces and soft toss them and it provides resistance and they will power through the ball. We start by using a tennis ball, then a hard ball, then a softball, then the weighted ball and then repeat in that order.
As to the beans....there is a local coach who does this and has the players stand in front of them while they toss the beans...one of my college players had a welt under her right eye from doing this. If this were a business OHSA would have fined us for not making her wear safety glasses. They were hitting beans using a ball bat. If you can not hit a bean with a ball bat at that level you need to take up the sport where you kick the ball and bounce it off your head. The players were right in front of the hitters and this becomes a safety issue with me especially at the college level!
At least get off to the side and use a broom stick if you want to make it a challenge but not head on from the front.
Hope this helps....Howard