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Getting Ready
HITTING APPROACH 
KNOW YOURSELF
How do you step in the box?
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT
STRATEGY
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BE A TOUGH OUT

GRIP
LOOSEN UP
PICK IT UP LIKE AN AX
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STANCE 
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WEIGHT AND HANDS
LOCATION IN THE BOX
DEPTH

Proper Hitting Goals
On-Deck Preparation
Stance versus Swing
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COIL
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COMMON PROBLEM

Keep the Front Toe Closed During the Stride
Perfecting the Stride
Hitting Off Your Front Leg
"Squishing the Bug"
Flat-Snap Hitting
Finishing the Swing
Seeing the Ball
Plate Coverage and Forward Extension 
Poor Timing
Correcting a Weak Swing

Lunging and Over Striding
Lunging forward during stride
Over Striding

Staying Closed Before the Swing 
Stepping Out on the Pitch
The Level Swing

Bunting

The K Factor
(The Strike factor)

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Getting Ready to Play

If it's February or March, then in most parts of the country baseball is around the corner. Teams are forming and local leagues are beginning registration.
 It's time to start working on the swing before tryouts or evaluations.

 Whether hitting off a tee in their garage or braving cold weather at the park, many players will spend hours and hours grooving their swing before the season starts.

The problem many face, however, is that they will build bad habits by repeating an improper swing.

Repetition is the key to success if the reps are done correctly.

Chances are good that you've swung at many pitches before discovering this page.
 So you may have some idea of what works in your swing - and the results you get.
 You may also have a need to improve in a certain area only.

Batters need to do what works for them.

Working on the philosophy that
 "if it ain't broke don't fix it",
 We recommend you try first to understand your own swing,
 then move on to correction.

 

What does it take to be a great hitter?

How do we maximize our potential and become great hitters?

It's obvious
Edgar Martinez, Tony Gwynn, George Brett
and
 Mark McGwire
have all discovered the answer.

What about the rest of us?
 How do we maximize our potential and become great hitters?

 

Since you love playing baseball, your goal is to become a better hitter. Everyone has an opinion, and everyone will give you advice.
 Your job is to take ALL the advice and weed out everything that doesn't fit your hitting style.

 How do you know what to weed out?
 There are certain fundamentals common to all good hitters. Use those fundamentals as your building blocks, then be open to other advice. Try out different ways of hitting, different stances, different approaches, different drills.

 If something works for you, keep it;
 if it doesn't, throw it out.

Analyze your strengths and weaknesses, incorporate these into how you practice, and how you approach each at bat.

 You want to be a great hitter?
 There is no substitute for desire and hard work, both mentally and physically.

 

Know your strengths 

Know your strengths and weaknesses as a hitter. Try to maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

If you make a conscious effort to eliminate a weakness in practice, you can make that translate into the game.

 

 

 


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