Entries by Joey Myers

Do Not Have To Be Pro Hitter To Stride Like A Pro

In This Video, You’ll Discover… The answer to the following question from one of my readers: “When should hips open?  Should front foot land open or closed?  What is front foot position angle at and of stride and importance of it?” We’ll be going over: GRF compression forces, Hips can block the transfer of energy, […]

What Powers The Turn: It’s Not ALL About The Hips

  In This Video, We’ll Discuss… Loading and unloading springy fascia, Spinal engine mechanics – some to very limited muscle activation (finger flick on thigh), and Ground Reaction Forces (GRF’s)… The above is actually a video on my Catapult Loading System online video mini-course (it’s in the Pelvis Module).   If You Found This Helpful… […]

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Baseball Hitting Drills For Little League: How To Fix Bat Drag In 2-Weeks [Zepp Swing Experiment]

One Of The Best Baseball Hitting Drills For Little League Helping STOP “Racing Back Elbow” Bat Drag   Question: Does ‘Top Hand Finger Pressure’ Effect Bat & Hand Speed, and Time To Impact versus Keeping the Hands Loose? (Pre-Turn Hand Tension Revisited) Using the Zepp (Labs) Baseball app, I wanted to use the Scientific Method to revisit […]

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How To Teach A Kid To Increase Baseball Or Softball Hitting Power & Bat Speed With LESS Hip Rotation Batting Drills

Discover how to teach a kid to increase baseball or softball (fast-pitch and slow-pitch) hitting power and bat speed with LESS hip rotation batting drills.  PLEASE NOTE: power isn’t ALL in the hips as some may say.  After exploring this post, you’ll see why we feel ‘load and explode the hips’ or ‘fire the hips’ […]

Pitch Recognition Secrets Discovered: Dr. Peter Fadde Interview

A Simple Way To Train Pitch Recognition That Works For Collegiate & Pro Hitters   Dr. Peter Fadde applies sports science to batting drills focusing on pitch recognition.  He’s a Professor in Learning Systems Design & Technology at Southern Illinois University. CLICK HERE for a great case study featured in the Baseball Collegiate Newspaper titled, “Pitch Recognition […]

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STOP ‘Squishing Bugs’! Zepp Swing Study Reveals Average 8-MPH Bat Speed INCREASE Doing Complete Opposite Of ‘Squishing The Bug’

In This Baseball/Softball Hitting Video, You’ll Learn… The Zepp swing experiment revealing whether “Squish the Bug” swing mechanics depress bat speed, The answer to the reader question: “How do you get guys off their Back foot?” And, we’ll cover the following points… Teach squishing bug to 10U only? Shifting foot pressure, Committing percentage of weight to […]

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How To Get Under The Ball Like Stephen Vogt: Zepp Swing Study Reveals 3-Degree BOOST In Ball Launch Angle, 27 Less Ground Balls Hit (out of 100 swings), & 24 More Line Drives Hit (out of 100 swings)…

In This Video, You’ll Learn… The Zepp swing experiment revealing the affect the back leg angle has on ball flight, How-to stay short (or low) during Final Turn (using the pole-over-head metaphor), The optimal back knee angle during Final Turn (relating to Fastpitch difference), and How the back foot adds stability during the Final Turn.   Getting […]