Slap the midget hitting cue.

[baseballplaya92]

Anyone ever heard of it? I know a guy whoes the hitting coach in the giants organization and he uses it. Ever heard of it? Opinions?

[omg]

Anyone ever heard of it? I know a guy whoes the hitting coach in the giants organization and he uses it. Ever heard of it? Opinions?

I heard this 35 years ago on a tv special when Tommy Davis of the Orioles advocated it. Good cue-it works. He was talking about the bottom hand.

[baseballplaya92]

Correct. It does involve the bottom hand

[baseballplaya92]

No one else has any opinions?

[Jake Patterson]

The version I am familiar with involves the top hand coming down slapping the midget in the head at the front of the plate.

PS: To be politically correct the drill is now called slap the monkey.

[baseballplaya92]

This version is the bottom hand more so back hand slapping the "monkey"

[mudvnine]

The version I am familiar with involves the top hand coming down slapping the midget in the head at the front of the plate.

PS: To be politically correct the drill is now called slap the monkey.

There's no way in heck that I'm gonna tell a bunch of 14-year olds to "slap the monkey", the lessons would be over before I could get them to all stop giggling and laughing . . .

[tip184]

It's discrimination. The correct term for people born with dwarfism is "little person". The word "midget" means "lesser". Nobody is inferior as a person because of their height. How do you think a little person would feel about people making fun of them like that? Why not just say "slap the tee" or "slap the target"?

[jacksimpk]

It's discrimination. The correct term for people born with dwarfism is "little person". The word "midget" means "lesser". Nobody is inferior as a person because of their height. How do you think a little person would feel about people making fun of them like that? Why not just say "slap the tee" or "slap the target"?

Slap the "little person" then .... in fact you could get a tee baller for demo purposes.

[HYP]

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[Jake Patterson]

Ok lets not get carried away....

The drill as I have seen it used over the years, has the batter with the top hand facing out parallel to the sternum as if taking an oath. The goal of the drill is to tilt slightly and rotate moving the opened hand to the contact area. The term midget/monkey was used to give the approximation of contact height.

I have used it successfully with some batters, however it is not one of my favorite drills and use other more effective drills to teach the desired motion and rotation. Turtle Thomas has a few drill that are similar.