Baseball batting drills?

I've always refered to the toss drill you described as "soft toss" There are endless varieties to this but the bottom line is the more swings you get in the better. Be careful though, in batting practice it is better to take pitches or tosses than to swing at ones that aren't in the strike zone, your swinging motion should be the same in drills as in real hitting, this is also true for the relative location of the ball to your body when you make contact.

some variations you could try are hitting whiffle balls, wadded up newspapers (adds a knuckle curve effect that forces you to watch the "ball" all the way to the bat),

Vary the angle at which people throw the soft toss, try having them throw it from behind you or the side, again it forces you to watch the ball the whole way.

You do need to get practice reading pitches and the only way to do this is by having someone (or a machine, too bad you don't have one) throw pitches.

If you are looking for drills to do on your own, either use a tee or see if there is a local batting cage, it will cost a few dollars per round but its good quality practice.

As far as pitching, I don't know if you are playing slowpitch or fastpitch but if its slowpitch, try varying the height of the pitch, typically you wan the arc to be as high as possible, this results in hitters trying to hit the ball up by their chest and they are more likely to hit pop-ups. if its fastpitch I can't give any advice because I've never pitched fastpitch.

good Luck

I recommend not just hitting the balls that are being tossed to you, but work on hitting line drives to different parts of the field.

Also, try using a tee. If you are struggling with outside pitches, stand further away from the tee to simulate an outside pitch, etc.

Here is a link to a set a pitching drills

http://cc52a1qatnox1o4gpow6y-drdl.hop.clickbank.ne...

you can go up to a fence hold your arm out to where your fingertips just touch the fence and swing the bat without hitting the fence. this helps develop an inside out swing.

have someone pitch u some balls? if u can pitch a knuckle ball, your money!