How to Make Your Own Batting Stick

Those wooden sticks you see baseball players practicing with before a game are batting sticks, or tools that help a player improve batting technique. Hitting sticks allow players to practice their swing more times in a session due to the stick's lightweight nature, and also help improve a player's hand-eye coordination as the stick is much skinner than a regular baseball bat. Rather than spending the money on a commercial hitting stick, try making your own out of an old broom and some tape.

Things You'll Need

  • Old broom
  • Saw
  • Marker
  • Sandpaper
  • Tape
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Instructions

    • 1

      Saw off the handle from a broom. Place the broomstick next to the bat you normally use and make marks on the stick with a marker for cutting the stick to match the bat length.

    • 2

      Saw the marked places on the broomstick. Discard the end pieces, use them as kindling, or incorporate them into craft projects, if desired.

    • 3

      Sand the ends of the stick to get rid of rough places with sandpaper.

    • 4

      Cover the area of the stick you will grip with masking tape, duct tape, electrical tape or baseball bat tape.