Eric Tyler describes how Baseball Rebellion uses the split grip drill to help improve both barrel direction and bat path.
Many coaches at all levels tell their hitters to ‘line up their door knocking knuckles’. This is not only incorrect, but it puts many players in an extremely weak position when attempting to turn the bat into the hitting zone… The Box Grip, where you line up the knockers with the punching knuckles is what we have taught for years. And while more more correct and widely used in the mlb, there may be a better way.
Are you constantly doing one hand hitting drills and seeing no results? Find out why you could be hurting your bat path from doing these drills.
Baseball Rebellion Product Review: Momentus Speed Hitter You’ve seen it before in your training facility, maybe you have seen the commercial, or perhaps you own it. The Momentus Speed Hitter is a relatively well known hitting product now and can be seen time and time again in baseball and softball training facilities. The question……
The Toronto Blue Jays had one of Baseball’s best offenses from 2012-2015. One of the main reasons for this has been Edwin Encarnacion. Since 2012, Encarnacion has hit 151 home runs. He hit 117 home runs in the seven seasons prior. This article written by Jack Moore from Sports On Earth credits Encarnacion’s success to……
One constant message we send to our players regarding hitting is “your first mistake is your worst mistake.” A hitter’s first mistake causes the subsequent pieces of the swing to deteriorate. This idea makes a hitter’s setup and grip extremely important! This particular article is going to focus on the grip portion of the setup…….