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“What Type of Hitter Are You?”
Published on 2011-01-25 20:14:00
One way to help your players have a very successful season this year is by taking a moment to ask them, “What type of hitter do you think you are?”Most young hitters have never slowed down long enough to consider such a thought. Typically, they run from hitting lessons to practice to games, with no consideration to the gifts they have blessed with and strengths they may have. There are only three “types” of hitters: Singles Hitters, Power Hitters, and “Line Drive” H
Rubber Band Theory.
Published on 2010-09-27 19:33:00
Whenever kids have trouble understanding the concept of "separation" at the plate, it always helps me to use the Rubber Band analogy.If you were to take a Rubber Band and barely pull it back, the impact or "pop" of the Rubber Band is going to be very, very small (or in other words, with very little power.)Now, if you take that same Rubber Band and pull it back to where there is an extreme amount of tension in the band (or in other words, through the torso of the hitter), the "pop" is going to be
Are Maple Bats Dangerous?
Published on 2010-09-27 19:17:00
As a result of Tyler Colvin's most recent accident in which he was struck in the chest by a shattered bat, baseball pundits again are rearing their ugly heads calling for a ban on all bats made of Maple in Major League Baseball.Jim Anderson, Vice President of MaxBats (and a close, personal friend) responded in this way when I asked him, "What in the world is going on with all these Maple Bats shattering?""The bat (not a MaxBat) that Wellington Castillo was using was a Model 243 (large barrel) w
