Baseball hitting aid

[0015] A baseball batter uses two parts of his body to hit a baseball: the upper half—hands, arms, head and torso; and the lower half—hips, legs, knees, and feet. The baseball hitting aid is concerned with the lower half. The baseball batting aid is a training tool used to help create a balanced use of the batter's legs and waist and can be adapted for either right- or left-handed hitters, both short and tall.

[0016]FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of the batting aid 10. Included is an upper assembly 20 and a lower assembly 30. The upper assembly includes a waist belt 24 and a waist extension 28. Waist belt 24 is any suitable material for forming a secure belt around a batter's waist. In one embodiment, waist belt 24 is composed of sections of VELCRO hook and loop fasteners, canvas and neoprene rubber. Waist belt 24 includes hook and loop fastener sections 40 and 42 that operate to secure the waist belt securely around the waist of a user. In one embodiment, belt 24 is 4-inch nylon be