By Chris McKnight As a former college coach for 19 years, I have had the opportunity to observe many young hitters at various stages of development. During this time a couple of key points always stood out when working with...
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Complete Hitting Part Three – Mental Preparation
By Eugene Bleecker Mental preparation: Mental preparation plays a huge role in success and failure at the plate. There are a few different techniques that can be used to mentally prepare for at-bats and they are used in different situations....
Situational Hitting
By Eugene Bleecker Situational hitting is important to becoming a Complete Hitter and there are many situations in baseball where executing properly can be the difference in the ball game. Examples of situational hitting are Hit & Runs, bunts, hitting...
Complete Hitting - Part One – The Nine Zones
By Eugene Bleecker Complete Hitting is the idea that as a hitter, you are able to accomplish everything that is asked of you at the plate. A complete hitter must be able to not only pull the inside pitch but...
Why is Dynamic Balance Important?
By Mike Epstein The pitcher's goal is to disrupt a hitter's balance. To accomplish this, they change speeds to upset the hitter's timing. One of the problems that true linear hitters had in the '80's and '90's was once their...