One of the most difficult skills in any sport is to hit a round ball with a round bat and hit it square.  A batter has less than 1/2 a second to identify the location where the ball will cross the plate, accelerate a bat from zero to greater than 100 mph, and drive the bat through the center of the ball's contact point.   While this is a very challenging objective following some basic fundamentals can greatly enhance a batters success.

Below are a series of post that describe the fundamentals of hitting from both the physical and mental aspects.

Basics

1. Stance
2. Loading
3. Bat Speed Generation
4. Swing
5. Follow Through
6. Mike Candrea on Hitting (video)
7. Tony Gwynn's Secrets to Hitting a Baseball (video)
8. Practicing 400 Swing in One Hour
9. Developing the Art of Bunting

Mental Approach to Hitting

1. Improve your Batting Average with Selective Hitting
2. Adjusting the Hitting Zone
3. Effective Drills for Teaching Selective Hitting

Opportunity for Hitting Improvement

1. Increasing Your Bat Speed
2. Strengthening Your Core for Increased Bat Speed