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• In station one, you should use a swift stick (or if you do not have one you may saw off an appropriate length of a broom stick and create your own) and whiffle balls. This will work on hand eye coordination and getting your hands to the ball.
• In station two, you will use a regular bat and whiffle balls. You should focus on keeping your hands and weight back, then driving through the ball.
• In station three, you will use a regular bat and baseballs. You should focus on driving the ball to all sides of the field. (The tosser should use different trajectories to lead the hitter)  

• The tosser should stand a safe distance away, kneeling on one knee, facing the hitter's chest.
• In each station, as the hitter gets into his stance, the tosser will show the hitter the ball. As the tosser goes back to toss ball, the hitter will move into the load position.
• The tosser then makes a firm toss toward hitter. 

It is important for the tosser to make good firm tosses and be consistent with showing the ball before going back into tossing motion. Timing is the key for the tosser, and in turn it helps the hitter get into a good hitting rhythm.
 
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Troy Berry enters his sixth season as the head baseball coach at The University of Findlay in Ohio. Overall, he has a 123-127 record as the head coach of the Oilers.