Training Bats

Training bats are tools, and each type does one job. Fungo bats put practice balls exactly where a coach wants them, one-handed trainers isolate the top and bottom hand, weighted bats build strength and bat speed, flat bats force a level swing, skinny hand-eye trainers shrink the barrel, and bunt trainers reward perfect placement. The full buying guide below the products explains which tool fixes which swing problem.

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Baseball Training Bats Buying Guide

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Fungo Bats

Fungo bats are long skinny (usually wood or composite) baseball bats most often used by coaches to hit fly or ground balls. Fungos are lightweight and longer than a game-time bat. The lightweight feel benefits coaches who must repeatedly hit balls in practice. Fungo bats are not designed to hit pitched balls and can only be used for self or soft toss or hit off of a tee. Browse them all in the fungo bats collection.

One Hand Trainer Bats and Short Trainer Bats

One Hand Trainer bats are short bats between 18 and 28 inches long. These bats help improve hand-eye coordination and build muscle memory as well as strength. One Hand Training bats are not designed for use with pitched baseballs, but instead are for tee and soft toss drills. Short Trainer bats are similar and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. However there are also many short trainer bats that are for use with two hands.

Weighted Bats

Weighted bats are heavier than normal and used to build strength and bat speed, from overload and underload pairs to path trainers that load the weight above the hands. They have grown into a category of their own: see the weighted training bats collection for the full lineup and how to choose between them.

Hand-Eye or Soft Toss Trainer

Hand-Eye or Soft Toss Training bats are designed to feel like regular bats with a normal handle but a much narrower barrel. These bats will improve hand-eye coordination, strength, and bat control. Use these training bats for soft toss or tee drills.

Flat Bats

Flat Bats are normally the same length as regular bats but are not round. Flat bats have a flat side or sides for ball contact. Since these bats are not round, hitters must maintain a level swing and stay in the hitting zone longer to hit a baseball hard and straight.

Bunt Trainer Bats

Bunt trainers perform exactly as they sound - they help batters bunt. Bunt trainers usually have a very small sweet spot so the hitter has to focus on making contact at a specific spot on the bat.