Test, Feedback, Test, Feedback. It's all about results.

I love how I teach. I have only met a hand select few that really understand how it is I teach. My goal is first that my students hit the ball harder right away. My second goal is to teach a student how to correct themselves quickly during their game. Things like Ball Flight Law (BFL) and Magnus Effect (ME) are some of my biggest feedback tools to course correct. BFL works this way, when the batter hits a 100 balls they will develop a pattern. From this pattern I can tell a lot about a hitters swing. If they dip, are the late, are they a pull hitter, even if they hit more pop flies then ground balls. Thank God there are only a few patterns which makes diagnosing very quick. It can be done at bat by at bat or even pitch by pitch. The quicker the hitter adjusts the better the chances of successfully hitting the ball hard become. The positives are if the hitter can get there timing down with a good swing early in the count they are much more likely to really drive a pitch. The deeper the counts get the more the scales tip towards the pitcher. Magnus Effect deals with the angles of the the bat striking the ball and the spin that it creates. Much like a billiard's player strikes the cue ball in different locations to produce different results after the ball strikes another.

A hitter that squares up a ball will actually strike the center of the ball with the center of the bat stopping all rotation and the end result is a very hard knuckle ball flying at a a wide eyed infielder or outfielder. Home run hitters consistently produces a slow rolling backspin when they hit the ball. This ball is hit slightly above center providing solid contact with a backspin that keeps the ball in the air longer. Golfers love this and they design club heads to produce this effect.

"Okay enough already!" You are saying, "Tell me how to fix it!"

Alright I will!

Constants are this. Your hands always go to the ball. That is hand eye coordination if you didn't have it you probably wouldn't still be playing baseball by now. This is important so when someone throws a ball at you your glove goes to the ball and catches it. If you didn't have this skill then you would have a black eye all the time, a few concussions and maybe a couple of teeth knocked out. But you have it so let's get to work.

So here is a quick scenario and how to fix it. Fastball right down the middle and you swing and foul the ball straight back. Two things: You are late and your bat head was below your hands. The Fix: Start a little sooner and turn the hips and shoulders together to keep the bat traveling with the hands longer. This way if you are a little off on the timing at least the bat head will be in the same area as the ball. If you are late then you will hit the ball to the off field, on time up the middle, and early will pull the ball.

See how easy that was? Not really. So to get real results real fast come see me for and hour and get a video analysis.

Keep Swinging!