Because our discussion of Baseball Express’ Weighted Ball Set looked at how to improve throwing power through the use of a training aid, I thought that this week’s discussion on training drills should look at how to improve hitting power through the use of unconventional methods. Like the weighted ball set’s use of unconventional methods, this training method, that seeks to improve power a hitters … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2012
Hip rotation drills for hitting
BaseballHittingRebelion.com, in one of their most recent blog post, has looked to explain common rotational hip problems that are present in swings. Through the use of videos, the blog post looks at the problem that hitting off of a tee while taking your stance on a 2x4 piece of wood, a common practice implemented by coaches, presents. Chas Pippitt, the blogs proprietor, looks at better and safer … [Read more...]
Thoughtful teaching tips for youths
SwingSmarter.com is a website devoted to the collection of all things hitting, but for this blog post we will focus our attention on their article entitled Teaching Hitting to Youth in 9 Powerful Steps. The article develops nine rules to help coaches teach their youth the science of the swing. Among the principles that guide these nine steps, which include keeping it simple, being patient, giving … [Read more...]
Weight training in baseball-What is appropriate?
For this weeks blog on advanced hitting our focus will be on an article written by Dana Cavalea, a strength and conditioning coach in the New York Yankees organization, entitled Machine Training vs. Free Weight Training.. Train to Move! Weight training in baseball is a controversial topic and most often comes up as your young baseball player moves into high school. Cavalea’s stance is that there … [Read more...]
Optimizing the Kinetic Link in the Baseball Swing
ISOBaseball.com’s goal of developing scientific baseball/softball based hitting equipment and instructional videos is shown through their blog post entitled Optimizing the Kinetic Link in the Baseball Swing. ISO baseball looks to describe scientifically the link between kinetic energy and the baseball swing. Simple enough. To make it easy for our readers I will explain some of the complex topic … [Read more...]
New bats reduce high school power game
Where aluminum bats use to accelerate the speed of baseball, new BBCOR (batted ball coefficient of resolution) bats have placed the speed of the games in the hands of the players. J. Mike Blake and Tim Stevens wrote about the new regulations for high school aluminum bats in an article entitled New bats reduce high school baseball power game. The article discusses the direct affect new bats have … [Read more...]
10 Tips For Baseball Parents
David Keesee is a self-asserted “world-class coach, motivational leader and former professional player.” Keesee is the proprietor of AllAspectsBaseball.com, in which he offers training tips for on and off the field. This weeks youth hitters blog subject will focus on a blog post that Keesee made and is entitled 10 Tips for Parenting in Baseball. While Keesee does not directly write his post for … [Read more...]
Weighted Training Balls – Training Aid Tuesdays
Baseball Express, amongst their other great products, offers a weighted ball set that is a must own for baseball players of all ages. The idea itself seems quite ingenious. Personally, I remember as boy cutting open a tennis ball, filling the inside of the ball with change, and rapping the ball with duck tape so I could build up my arm strength by throwing a weighted ball. While the “penny ball”, … [Read more...]