You Don’t Have To Be A Pro To Be An Effective Hitting Coach (BEST-Of 2016 Blog Posts)… HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I know I’m a little late, But I’ve been working on getting the new book, The Catapult Loading System, published on Amazon these past 4 weeks or so. Before getting into this BEST-of 2016 post, […]
You Too Can Get Your Hitters To Sharpen Plate Discipline, Re-Calibrate Timing, & Barrel The Ball More Often In Two 5-Swing Rounds Per Week With Distraction Training (SAFETY DISCLAIMER: those that have had or are prone to epileptic seizures, SHOULD NOT use these goggles)… Ongoing studies are revealing distraction training using Strobe Goggles are giving […]
Group Swing Analysis For Coaches I wanted to try something new… And see how beneficial doing group swing analysis would be for coaches. A hitting “think tank” if you will. The rules: Video is one swing in three speeds (100%, 50%, & 25%, in that order) NO background info about hitter, Be constructive with suggestions, […]
Addison Russell Grand Slam Video: The Anatomy Of A Dinger I had quite a few people ask me what I thought of Addison Russell’s grand slam in game-6 of the 2016 World Series. I had just missed it minutes before taking my family (wife, 4yo, & 7-month old) to get pizza, where not one […]
A Simple Way To Make Adjustments, Build Swing Tempo, AND Elevate The Ball That Works For Mike Trout & Josh Donaldson I have a treat for you… A “grab-bag” of golden nuggets… The following 11 hitting tips come from my most popular social media non-HPL links of 2016. To give you an idea, I typically promote […]
Low Pitch Hacking With Homer Bush I first met Homer Bush over the Socials a year or so ago… He followed me on Twitter, so I followed him. (CLICK HERE to check him out on FanGraphs.com) What caught my attention was that he had an intriguing book out, which we’ll cover shortly. Homer Bush was not a […]
This was a technical presentation that I gave to my local Toastmasters club about HOW TO keep swing experiments objective. What we’re covering in the above video presentation: How important maintaining an objective process & avoiding the destruction cargo cult sciences causes, What is the scientific method? Evolution of my swing experiments (visit: http://gohpl.com/swingexperiment to learn how […]
Tim Tebow Hitting Analysis: Get To The Big Leagues Without Playing College Or Pro Baseball? Before we get to the Tim Tebow hitting analysis… I wanted to take you BACK TO THE FUTURE!! We all know the quote by Ted Williams that hitting a baseball is one of the single most difficult things to do […]
Welcome To Day-3 Of The War Room 10-Day Challenge… In the above video, we’ll go over what I begin looking for in hitters when deciding on where to start in their swing transformation. Particularly, we’ll use the following as a loose Swing Audit Checklist: Foot setup, Grip, Hand placement in the stance, Finger Pressure, Footwork, […]
WELCOME! In the above Day-1 video, we’ll go over: Finding which course to first focus on, Take them over the terrain (differentiating the courses), Finding the promised bonuses, and The Coaches Forum. Please post any comments or questions below…
