Hitting coaches world-wide will agree that TIMING is the key to hitting!  Ask them to define “timing” and the methods they use to teach it and they are stumped. There are a ton of drills to teach swing mechanics, bat speed, etc., but not a lot of ideas on how to teach TIMING once our students

I agree with most experts that the “torpedo bat” is pretty much a sales gimmick that may sell a ton of bats but will have very little effect on baseball hitting performance!! Hitters make their outs two ways in baseball. They are either too fast or too slow. MLB hitters make their outs on fastballs

Lately, I have had numerous parents brag to me that their son had recently gained 10-15 mph bat speed or exit speed and the first thing I ask them is, “Did he get better or worse?” The race to increase bat speed and exit velocity has actually confused the issue and in many cases made

One thing we think is really important for all our hitters before the season starts is to make sure we know where each player’s Home Run Alley (or extra base lane) is. Years ago when I first started charting every swing in both practice and games I had a young hitter nicknamed “Cheese” who was

  Any hitting coach worth his salt will tell you that timing is critical to becoming a great hitter, yet in close to 20 years of playing baseball for many great coaches I never had a coach tell me how to work on timing.  In fact, I don’t think I heard it discussed until several

During the actual playing season we recommend focusing only on three things: See the ball longer Maintain your bat speed Rhythm and Timing    Seeing the ball longer means seeing it as early as possible and following it all the way into the hitting area. Seeing the ball begins before the game even starts. One