The Hitting Mechanic
April 2008

The Hitting Mechanic - May 2008

4/24/2008

Rotational Hitting Podcast (MP3)

Sorry I've been quiet of late. I've been studying the hitting instruction market and have been trying to decide whether it makes sense for me to put out a hitting DVD.
     The answer I keep getting is "Yes."
     As a result, I've started putting some scripts together and have put together a rotational hitting podcast (.MP3). This podcast is a primer that discusses rotational hitting at a fairly high level.
     If you would like to save the podcast to your computer, but don't know how, just right click on the link and choose the "Save Target As...", "save Link As...", or "Save As..." option.
     You can also feel free to send copies of this podcast to your friends.

4/2/2008

The Major League Swing

Over the past few months I have gotten a number of e-mails from people whose coaches hold, and teach, ideas that don't reflect what major league hitters actually do. Often, what these coaches teach will destroy a hitter's swing rather than making it better.
     In some cases, such as when the coach has a gigantic ego and won't listen to anyone, you can't do much about this situation. All you can do is act like you are listening to and doing what your coach is telling you to do but actually do what you know is correct.
     However, in some cases coaches are well-intentioned but ill-informed. They are smart people who are receptive to new ideas, but unfortunately don't know what they should be teaching hitters to do. For cases like that, I have put together a PDF document called The Major League Swing that explains what the best hitters in the world actually do when they swing a bat.
     Hopefully, this is a document that you can e-mail or hand to a coach and say, "What do you think about the ideas discussed in this document?" Ideally, reading this document and seeing the examples contained in it will open their eyes and show them that they may need to rethink their approach to teaching hitting.
     Feel free to e-mail this document to whomever you like.

4/1/2008

Testimonials Needed

Over the past couple of weeks, I have gotten a number of calls and e-mails telling me that the approach to hitting that I discuss on this web site really works. In a couple of cases, college and minor league hitters have told me that I have helped turn them into power hitters where previously they were only contact hitters.
     Now that I'm convinced that what I am teaching really works, I have decided to start putting together a book that discusses my approach to teaching rotational hitting.
     However, to ensure that my book will sell, what I need are testimonials that I can put on the back of my book and on my web site and that will make up for my relatively meager credentials. As a result, if you have been helped by what you have read on this site, and especially if you haven't paid me anything for that information, I would appreciate it if you would consider e-mailing  me a short testimonial that I could put on my book and web site that explains the results you have seen as a result of what you have learned on this web site.
     Thanks.

The Hitting Mechanic - March 2008