Here’s A Quick Way To Demonstrate Reaction Time Versus Timing… A special THANK YOU to Taylor Gardner for this reaction time versus timing demonstration. Above is a quick 4-minute demo video coaches can use to teach their hitters the difference between reaction time and timing. Can timing be taught? Is the Pope Catholic?! Of course […]
How To Fix The Hitting “Guru” #57 Problem Once And For All – A New Year’s Resolution… Consider the following Tweet from Matt Pierce, who I highly respect in hitting circles… 2019 Want For Coaches to stop mocking other coaches. For coaches to stop blasting guys bc of the level they coach. For coaches to […]
How To Loosen Tight Hips, Importance Of Playing Multiple Sports From Steph Curry, Jalen Hurt Advice On Overcoming Adversity, & More! (Non-HPL Links) 2018 was fantastic, and these were the HOTTEST topics on our social media throughout the year, according to you – the Hitting Performance Lab tribe. Thank you ALL for the vote by: […]
What Deserves The Label: “Bro-science Fixed Mindset Garbage”? I want to share a story… Right before the Great Depression hit the Oklahoma panhandle, rain was plentiful, causing Doctors and Lawyers to quit their practices and join the ranks of farmers to buy land and plant crops that were being subsidized by the US government. In […]
Timing Question Answered About How To Get Kids Consistently On Time In Games This week I want to share a question that Keith Soldra, one of my coaches, had for me in a recent survey. Keith is a private hitting instructor who teaches both baseball and softball hitters. Take it away Coach… “How to get […]
“Hitter Does NOT Keep Head In During Swing & Pulling Their Head Out Before Contact Is Even Made” That’s a comment someone made about one of their biggest frustrations with hitting right now. The above video will fix it! A BIG thank you to Coach Matt Nokes for this! The following is the bullet […]
Is There A Point At Which Doing Less (But Thinking More) Will Actually Produce Better Outcomes? “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln Coach Bill Masullo sent me an email this week tapping into his network of coaches to answer […]
The NEW Way Pitchers Are Getting Hitters Out That May Be Hiding Under Your Nose… Know WHY, according to Baseball-Reference.com, strikeouts (41,207) edged out hits (41,018) in the Big Leagues in 2018? In my opinion, the above MLB Tonight Brian Kenny interview of Trevor Bauer has the answers. Could it be… The Launch Angle craze? […]
How To Make Knees Great Again! Fragile. What a “dumb” joint. I heard one of my 8th grade hitters, who took a break from lessons to play football, busted his knee requiring surgery, and would be out for 6-8 weeks. Another one of my 7th grade hitters busted his knee playing soccer, requiring minor surgery. […]
The Sooner You Know How To Train Springy Fascia The Better I frequently get questions on how to train springy fascia. The following 4 tips from Tom Myers, author of the book Anatomy Trains, will help shed light on how to do just that. The following videos are NO MORE THAN 2-mins long each. Enjoy! […]