Slow pitch softball hitting sounds like it should be easier than baseball — the ball is bigger, it’s coming in slower, and there’s more time to decide. But the three problems I see most in slow pitch hitters have almost nothing to do with effort or athleticism. They keep pulling ground balls on pitches they […]
Baseball hitting lessons are worth the investment — when they target the right things. The problem is that most instruction addresses symptoms rather than causes. A coach sees a hitter pop up consistently and tells him to “keep the ball on the ground.” That’s not fixing the swing; that’s changing the intention. The mechanical pattern […]
Five softball hitting drills. That’s all this post covers. But these aren’t generic tee work protocols or the same drills that have been recycled in hitting instruction for 30 years. Each one targets a specific mechanical problem — the kind that survives hundreds of reps of normal batting practice because batting practice doesn’t give hitters […]
Free 12-Week PDF Included Your daughter plays 4 days a week — but nobody’s ever given her a training plan built for a body that’s still growing. This free youth softball workout plan is built for girls ages 10–14. Three days per week, 30–40 minutes, no gym membership required. Build the athleticism, bat speed, and […]
4 Weeks 3 Days / Week 20 Min Per Session Free PDF Download By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com Most college softball players fall into one of two in-season training traps: they keep lifting at off-season volume and accumulate fatigue that erodes performance by late conference play, or they stop training entirely and watch four months […]
4 Weeks 3 Days / Week 25 Min Per Session Free PDF Download By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com Most baseball players who want to get faster do the same things: ladder drills, cone work, sprint intervals, maybe some box jumps. They work hard. They get marginally faster — and then they plateau. The reason isn’t […]
20k+ Programs Downloaded 20+ Years Coaching D1 College Athlete Baseball Mobility Program PDF: Free 4-Week Hip and T-Spine Plan That Unlocks Rotational Power By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State This free baseball mobility program PDF gives you a structured 4-week plan — three sessions per week, 15–25 minutes each — […]
Most High School Softball Players Lose Their Off-season Strength Gains By Mid-April — Not Because Of Slumps, But Because Nobody Gave Them An In-Season Plan By Joey Myers — D1 Baseball, Fresno State | Author, Catapult Loading System | NASM-CES · IYCA Youth Fitness Specialist | 20+ years of coaching Your daughter worked all winter. […]
Most coaches go straight to mechanics — but if your hitter keeps stepping out, fear is almost always what needs to be fixed first. By Joey Myers — D1 Baseball, Fresno State | Author, Catapult Loading System | 28,000+ programs sold | 20+ years of coaching Stepping out — or “stepping in the bucket” — […]
39k+ Email Subscribers 20k+ Programs Downloaded 20+ Years Coaching D1 College Athlete Coaches have been prescribing more hip rotation for bat drag for decades — and it’s making it worse. By Joey Myers | HittingPerformanceLab.com | Former D1 Baseball, Fresno State Understanding what causes bat drag in baseball starts with the pelvis — but not […]
