How to be a slugger

How to be a slugger

Raiya Soma

              How do you often go to batting center? Can you hit balls on your bat? Today, I’m going to tell you about how to be a good batter at batting center.　You can enjoy batting in batting center or sports institution such as ROUND1. There are a lot of batting gages in there. You can choose your favorite batting gage. Batting centers have not only batting gages but also other amusement games. Such as pitching game, crane game, and table tennis. So batting center is enjoyable space.

             When you go to batting center, you will think that you want to do batting well. I think so too. When I was a child, I admired adults who are hitting many balls in batting center. Also, I had belonged to baseball club before. I went to a batting center with my friends who are not in baseball team. Then, my friends wanted me to teach how to hit balls on their bat. I helped my friends and taught. Through the coaching of batting, I found the way that batting beginners improve rapidly. You would be a slugger if you accept my idea.

 

What you need

 ・cloth (easy to move)

・money (about 1000 yen)

 

Preparation of batting

1. First, about preparation of batting. Before you go　

　into batting gage, you have to buy a card. You use　

　the card as a ticket.

2. Next, go into the batting gage.

3. In batting gage, choose your favorite bat.

4. Decide the speed of ball and push the speed　

　button. 100km/h is the best for beginners. I often　

　see that beginners choose the slowest speed. 

　Theslowest speed is often set about 70~90 km/h at　

　batting centers. However, the speed is too slow to 

　hit. So, 100km/h is the best. After you push the　

　speed button, push the start button. First ball will 

　come soon but don’t hit the ball.

5. Before hitting, adjust the height of ball. Find ball 

　adjustment button near the start button. About 

　your chest height is the best height for you. 

　Battingcenters often set 20 balls on 1 game. Use 

　your first ~ second ball to adjust. After you 

　finished adjustment, start your batting from third 

　ball.

 

Explanation of batting

1. Raise your foot of pitcher side at the same time of 

　the pitcher raise a foot.

2. Put the foot down at the same time of the pitcher 

　put the foot down.

3. Turn your waist and your feet with your swing at 

　the moment of hitting ball on your bat.

　These 1,2, and 3 steps are very important. 1 is 　

　raising your foot, 2 is putting foot down, and 3 is 

　swing.

4. Finally, after hit a ball, don’t stop your bat

　immediately because ball will not be sent flying. 

　Follow through to the end.

　If the height of ball is not match for you, change 

　the height.

 

             Through the way, I want you to be a slugger. Baseball is a popular sport in Japanese, so you will have opportunities to go batting center. Let's improve your batting level.