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The TRADITIONAL Trend passed down from coaches to players year after year is this; Swing Mechanics fixes Hitting. When I began coaching 22 years ago, and concentrated my corner of the game to HITTING.. I really believed I would be a great coach because #1 I was a good hitter and #2 I understood what […]
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Traditions are passed down …. innocently – and are often accepted … ignorantly – An example, people believed the traditional thinking, the world was flat .. people passed this position to one another .. innocently ..and examinations of the BIBLE tells you the world was a sphere, but people accepted the traditional thinking .. ignorantly – Obviously, more science removed “the world […]
You have a player who is a talented infielder or outfielder. They have all of the great tools we look for in players…BUT – he just can’t hit! You bring in former great hitters to work with your player, still not much better. You try moving your player around in the batting order, still not […]
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Does The Cart Pull The HORSE ? Does Swing Mechanics Dictate The Swing ? Generations have passed and we have all been conditioned by previous lures. Recently, I have learned an NEW expression that says: “Traditions are passed along in innocence, and traditions are excepted in ignorance“. I am encouraging our coaching and player development […]
10 Hitting Models For Timing / New York Yankee Short Stop Uses – Toe Tap Model. Derek Jeter, like many other big league players gather their adrenaline and rhythm before the pitch is delivered by using a TOE TAP method. Watch video and consider purchasing the 10 HITTING MODELS FOR TIMING. Learn how to time […]
Cracking The HITTING <CODE> .. Sophisticated Side Of TIMING .. Working yesterday with a hitter who was using a LEG LIFT HITTING MODEL. On the early batting rounds, this hitter wasn’t ON. He was slapping his hits, not putting his body into the swing. For most coaches, they would have coached the hitter to […]
Timing Model – Is Determined By How You Gather .. Coaches, Players, Parents – When you are training this winter to improve your hitting, take into account how YOU the hitter “gather your energy”. This is how we determine what HITTING MODEL you are working from. Like a musician who nods their head as they […]
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EARLY Pitch Recognition … YES – we can TEACH it ! With over 21 years of combined scouting, coaching, and teaching experience.. I have been on a mission to teach other players how to become successful players ( especially hitters). The MOST – difficult task for any coach is to LEARN how to communicate his […]
Is the pitching coach SMARTER THAN THE HITTING COACH? Well, if you’re studying the game as close and as long as I have, you’d have to say YES! Why- is the pitching coach smarter? The pitching coach realizes the basic staple to baseball: HITTING IS ABOUT TIMING, PITCHING IS ABOUT DECEIVING THE HITTER’S TIMING. The […]
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2013 World Series MVP – David Ortiz was locked in the entire post-season. He was ”IN CONCERT’ with the pitcher’s movement. His friend Jose Bautista put it into these terms.. Jose has a ”visual que” on a particular section of the pitcher’s deliver where he gets locked in. Ortiz and other big hitters are […]
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Hitting is Timing.. Plain and Simple. As coaches, if we really want to help our players to hit better in games, WE NEED to start paying attention to the details that work around timing the alertness, timing the vision, timing the swing ! The Best Hitting Drill – Ever (video series) is a “STARTING […]
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It has been been the opinion of many reporters and fans, Sammy Sosa was a largely overrated player up until 1998. Sammy Sosa struck out a lot and did not drive in the runs Cubs fans hoped he would. But then in 1998, his TIMING changed at home plate. His hitting coach made some TIMING […]
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Whether you are a Player or a Coach.. Having different hitting options and models to choose from gives a bigger bag of bullets. Too often players are told to “WIDEN their stance” – “Get your foot down” – and so on. I believe there are 10 Hitting Models of Timing to choose from. If you […]
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Above video gives you real game examples of bad timing. Try to watch the batter’s movement in conjunction with the pitcher’s movement. Inside the first example the hitter grounds the ball back to the pitcher. If you carefully see – the hitter does NOT get his body in-sync with itself.. Upper body and lower […]
This Hitting Clip shows the hitter NOT getting into the Pitcher’s Tempo .. the result of NOT having proper timing is BAD Mechanics .. get my videos on “Timing” … “The Best Drill Ever” … “Hit The Brakes Drill” […]
Inside this Video Analysis you’ll see one of the game’s biggest stars struggle with his timing. Of course he makes adjustments but learn from his adjustments ! Tryout for yourself one of our Online Video Analysis .. Send Us your game clips and begin to get your swing back in order ! […]
Here’s a Hitting Tip that improves your Curve -Ball Hitting Skills ! […]
Some of the best HITTING advice I got was from ALL-STAR ~ Reggie Smith. After sitting down with him, he told me ” …. there is NO wrong way to hit DAVE – just more EFFICIENT ways to get it done! ” When it comes to hitting advice and hitting theories.. Is following the CROWD […]
This Video gives a little detail regarding the hitter’s PRE-Activating actions. Golfers – before making a putt, making a drive will take the club face back a couple of times to “warm-up” or “awaken” the swing. Hitters are no different. Ask a successful hitter why does he hold the bat out in front of him […]
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Video explains how to recognize common hitting FLAW .. […]