By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State “Stop striding and just hit it.” Every coach in youth baseball has said it at least once. The no-stride baseball swing gets prescribed when a hitter is late, lunging, or spinning off the ball — and sometimes it helps. But does it actually add […]
By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State If you’ve been telling a hitter “keep your hands up” and the problem keeps coming back — it’s because that cue is trying to fight a load-phase movement pattern with a verbal reminder. Hands drop is specifically a stride fault: the hands sink from […]
By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State Here’s the problem with a 14–16 week college baseball season: most D2, D3, NAIA, and JuCo players stop lifting when February practices start, grind through a brutal conference schedule, and arrive at regionals having lost 15–20% of the strength they spent all fall building. […]
By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State Here’s what happens to most high school baseball players who stop lifting when the season starts: by Week 6 of a 10-week season, they’ve lost 15–20% of the strength they built all off-season. By playoff time, they’re running on empty — slower bat speed, […]
By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State Most off-season programs for college baseball athletes are built for Power Five weight rooms — Olympic platforms, dedicated strength coaches, and bumper plate sets you only find at schools with eight-figure athletic budgets. If you’re competing at the D2, D3, NAIA, or JuCo level, […]
If you’re a Division I baseball player looking for a D1 baseball workout program PDF you can actually take to the weight room, this is it. Not a general athlete plan recycled from a fitness blog. A sport-specific, 12-week off-season program built around the three things that actually drive performance at the D1 level: multi-joint […]
Pitch Recognition vs. Swing Speed: The Youth Hitting Fix Most Parents Miss If you’ve been told “just swing faster” all weekend and still watched another round of weak contact, this is your reset. The real engine behind game-day power isn’t a prettier bat-speed screenshot—it’s earlier pitch recognition and cleaner decisions that turn fast swings into […]
Overload/Underload Bats & Weighted Balls for Youth Hitters: The Safe, Simple Way to Build Game-Day Power If your feed looks anything like mine, you’ve seen the “sledgehammer swings to get strong” clip right next to “ultra-light bat for crazy bat speed.” It’s confusing—and as a parent or coach, you’re stuck between wanting every edge and […]
The AI Coaching Course 2025 is a game changer for youth baseball and softball parents and coaches who often feel overwhelmed. It tackles the chaos by simplifying practice organization, which usually consumes hours each week. With easy-to-use resources, it helps coaches manage varying skill levels without confusion. Plus, parent communication becomes a breeze with ready-made […]
Bat Speed vs. Exit Velocity: The Youth Hitting Shift That Turns Practice Swings into Game-Day Rockets Parents hear “swing faster” all weekend, then watch another round of weak contact in games. This post clears up the most confused debate in youth hitting—bat speed vs. ball exit speed—and gives you the exact mechanical fixes and simple […]
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