Abstract: A training aid for teaching batters how to swing properly. The aid resembles a baseball bat which has a front portion which has been flattened, and an angled device has been attached to the handle. The angled portion has a flat portion which is not quite parallel with the flat portion on the front of the bat.

Abstract: A batting practice apparatus having a lower support base with a vertically disposed upright support assembly with at least one horizontally disposed extension arm located over a conventional home plate. A tethered suspended ball simulating a baseball in appearance is located near the end of the arm over a lower home plate. The ball may be suspended from different arm positions correlated to the different home plate positions for different simulated thrown balls after they have passed over different parts of a lower home plate within the "strike zone". Added features include a counter for counting the number of ball rotations for struck balls around its their section arm extensions and height adjustments for the extension arms relative to the upright support. A motor may impart motion to the suspended baseball to simulate a thrown ball in flight as the batter attempts to strike it.