Abstract: A method of training a baseball player with a sports training apparatus having a fastener removably affixable to a defined portion of a user; a generally stationary batter's wall with vertically spaced attachment points; an elastic connector connecting the fastener and the attachment points; a belt strap having a front hip fastener, a rear hip fastener, and a forward fastener; an anchor having an anchoring device for anchoring into a ground surface and an anchor fastener as the attachment; an elastic connector connecting the rear hip fastener with an attachment point on the wall; a bat having a barrel; and a bat barrel cuff strapped to a barrel of a bat held by the user, with an elastic connector connecting the bat barrel cuff to an attachment point approximately bat barrel height directly behind the user.