Anthony Rendon Swing Analysis: “Getting Shorter & Staying Shorter” Hey, what’s going on, it’s Joey Myers from the Hitting Performance Lab. In this Anthony Rendon swing analysis, we’re going to go over a couple of things… Inward turn of the pelvis pre-stride touchdown? “Hip slide” as a stride technique, Shifting foot pressure, and […]
Javier Baez Swing Analysis: Why Inward Turn Of Hips Is Wasted Movement… Hey, what’s going on it’s Joey Myers from the Hitting Performance Lab, and in this Javier Baez swing analysis, we will cover: Fangraphs metrics, Over-rotation of low half during pre-loading phase, Amazing C/T spine mobility (neck pressure), and Barrel tilt… Here’s […]
Longest Home Run Ever “Principles” May SURPRISE You… But before analyzing the longest home run ever ‘principles’, I want to share a few important resources… Some of you may remember first reading Physics Professor Robert Adair’s book The Physics Of Baseball. Think of the above video as the “engineering” of baseball – ahem, […]
Top-10 Most Popular Hitting Performance Lab Blog Posts Of 2019 (both Facebook & Twitter)… #10: Teach: How To STOP Hitting Excess Of Ground-balls & Fly-balls – Perry Husband long form video interview discusses: “How do I get my son to stop hitting an excess of ground-balls (or fly-balls)?”, How swing intention is great, but its benefits can be suppressed […]
Advice On Reader Comment: “I Have A Girl That Closes Her Eyes When She Is About To Hit The Ball” The above video, and following copy, gives our advice on a comment from one of our readers: “I have a girl that closes her eyes when she is about to hit the ball?” […]
Answered: “How To Get My Kid To Stop Rising And For Him To Utilize His Legs More During Batting?” Here’s what we cover in the above video: Legs DO NOT equal power – water polo example, What is leg function in swing & Adjusting to pitch height, Distance between the feet equal more control […]
Answered: “Helping Get Youth Players To Stay On Plane And Not Dip Their Bodies When They Swing?” In the above video, we’ll be discussing: Relationship between spinal engine and shoulder behavior in healthy effective swing, Causes of unhealthy “dipping” of body in swing, Head stability, Arching low back, Straightening out back leg, Over-rotating upper […]
Throw The Ball Advice To Reader Comment: “Throwing accurately making good throws” This throw the ball video and post has nothing to do with hitting, but at the same time, has everything to do with hitters. In it, we discuss: Mechanics are a big part of this, but this video will not go into […]
Backspin Tee: “I have a question about contact points for hitting inside/outside pitches. What’s your opinion on how you should set up your tee for working both of these locations?” Good question…here’s what we discuss in this Backspin tee video above: How to set up inside tee How to set up middle tee […]
Juan Soto Swing Analysis Reveals How-to Of ‘Line-To-Line’ Directional Force… In this Juan Soto swing analysis, we’ll discuss: Juan Soto swing analysis quick stats, Lower half sets directional force, Hitting it back through tube, and Catapult Loading System…