Hi Everyone: I think the drills for ball first contact on a mat are all listed above. I note that several of you mentioned that mats may hurt your wrists or elbows. I feel compelled to remark that I had developed tendinitis in my elbow. I went to an ortho who injected cortisone. I stayed off playing for a month. Yet the first swing I took hurt. Ortho gave me another shot of cortisone. One month later I learned that the cortisone had dissolved several ligaments in my elbow, which then needed grafts. I was told then by several experts that this experience is not unusual bc the elbow capsule is so small. Condition is called cortisone toxicity. Be careful
