The tee is absolutely one of the best hitting tools around. Inside every major league clubhouse you will see a tee. There may be different variations of it, but the concept remains the same. The better you can get at utilizing the tee, the better your hitters will become. The tee is an excellent tool for showing the hitter where in the hitting zone pitches need to be hit and an excellent tool for creating muscle memory. Here are few tips to ensure that you are using the tee properly.
Ball Position
The ball position on the tee is not where you want to make contact with the pitch, over the middle of home plate. The tee is merely an apparatus to hold the ball, which happens to be shaped as home plate on the bottom. When using the tee, pay more attention to where the ball is rather than where the home plate is under the tee. Whenever possible, have an actual home plate under the “tee” home plate to allow the hitter to see where each pitch needs to be hit.