What No One Tells You About Hitter’s Spinning Off the Ball
Every coach, instructor or parent that has ever worked in baseball has dealt with a hitter ”spinning off”. If it’s so common and has been dealt with so often, why is it still around? Here is what no one is saying about “spinning off”.
How to Train to Hit Offspeed Pitches
Many hitters seem to hit well in the cage but not in games. It comes down to how the hitter trains their pitch selection and most importantly their adjustability. By simply doing front toss with a twist you can change how a hitter adjusts from pitch to pitch.
One Tool To Stop Roll Over Groundballs
Learn how these 3 Flat bat variations can help cure weak roll over grounders. Helping your hitters understand swing direction, barrel turn and proper extension.
Stop Hitting Just to Hit
Quality over Quantity We have all heard that statement before, but baseball and softball training seem to have not listened. Yes, one of the main ways to get better at…
Two Verbal Cues to Help Hit for Average & Power
Hitting for Power and for Average We can all agree that Baseball is a numbers game. With the technology that is available today, it makes it easier for us to decipher where the hits are. Having a high batting average will keep you in the game for a long time. Since we are going into…
Consistent Hard Contact Is All In The Hips
If you are tired of seeing inconsistent contact at the plate check out this drill to help prevent your hips from sliding forward and turn with more power.
How The Squat And Deadlift Can Improve Your Swing
The time is now to get bigger and stronger for next season. Learning how to deadlift and squat properly can help with many parts of your swing. Understanding how to fire your hips and glutes can directly affect your swing. Getting stronger in the deadlift and squat can also drastically improve your posture in your swing as well!
Stop Leaking Power In Your Swing
Stop Leaking Power In Your Swing When hitting, It is important that we stay connected to the ground as ultimately, that is where power comes from. When our back heel comes off the ground we lose some of that power. Below, I discuss this issue and how to stop leaking power in your swing. What……
Stay Through the Ball Long with the Ping Pong Drill
The purpose of this drill is to slightly exaggerate the idea of “staying through the ball”. As we know, it requires not only barrel speed to hit the ball hard, but barrel accuracy.
How to Use Resistance Bands In Your Swing
Adding some resistance to a complex move can sometimes clean up that movement and create better movement patterns. This article covers three separate ways to use resistance bands to help your hitter.
Should Hitters Have a Barrel Tip in Their Load?
A Lot of youth hitters watch players in the big leagues and see how much MLB hitters wave and tip their bat. When the bat tip is done correctly it allows for whip and speed through the zone. If done incorrectly it can cause hitters to get loopy and disconnected early in their swing
Warm-Up Hitting Drills for Hitters of All Ages
Front shoulders flying open, pulling off the ball are mainly due to posture being compromised in a hitters swing. The two drills in this article will help hitters understand the right posture and a hitting drill that I do everyday during in person lessons.