Pro Hammer Specific Results: Miles Bice

Before Video Recorded in 1000 fps.
Specifically look at the head at contact.


This is after 2 months of lessons using the Pro Hammer in short toss drills.


The results are cleaner strikes near the sweet spot of the bat.
Then when a bat is used there are more consistent strikes near the sweet spot
producing harder hit balls more often.

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BBCOR or BBCRAP!

Over the past few months I have personally tested and test some of my hardest hitting students with the newest BBCOR metal 5.0 bats, what I have discovered may just surprise you.
These are the models I have tested





Personally I hit over 30 balls with each bat. I understand why home runs in college baseball went down 49% this past year. I used my Zelocity Radar gun to get an exit speed off these bats. To give you and idea of my past results over the years here are some numbers. in 2010 I hit and average of 95mph with the DeMarini Vodoo, 96 mph with the TPX EXO, 93 mph with the 5150 and 91 mph with my BAUM Bat. I topped out at 103 mph with the EXO, but my average was 96 mph. With my 34 inch 31 once Baum bat I topped out at 98 mph.

In my controlled testing I hit 10 balls with each bat 3 times and took a 5 minute rest in between rounds. If i miss hit the ball and did not put a clean swing on it I tossed out the result. My purpose was to test for clean and hard strikes on the ball to get a maximum exit speed average.



5150
Average Exit Speed (AES): 83 mph
Top Exit Speed (TES) 86 mph

Surge
AES:84 mph
TES: 88 mph

EXO
AES: 85 mph
TES: 87 mph

Then I tested it against a BBCOR DeMarini that was given to me on my birthday.


AES: 87 mph
TES: 90 mph

What bat got the best result? It wasn't a metal bat at all. It was the Baum Bat and the new on I just got has a BBCOR 5.0 stamp on it. The model is a AAA Pro Standard Knob.


AES: 90 mph
TES: 94 mph

What do these speed mean? Well a ball traveling at 90 mph at 45 degrees of angle will travel on average about 360 ft. A ball traveling 85 mph at 45 degrees of angle will travel on average about 280 ft. Clearly 90 mph has a chance to leave the yard a lot more than 85 mph. Bryce Harper hit a ball at Tropicana Field with an exit speed of 105 mph and it hit up in the top of the stadium some 470 ft away with a Non-BBCOR DeMarini Vodoo.
So my advice is to swing wood. It will hit the ball harder and force you to change your swing to one that drives the ball. The days of the ball exploding off the bat are over thanks to BBCOR. I prefer the Baum Bat because it is an composite that last a long time. Hits consistently the way real wood does but does not have the breakage that real ash or maple does. I test other students and the results were very similar that is why I am just sharing my numbers.
In conclusion these $300.00 to $400.00 BBCOR bats are straight crap. My students are going to wood and I think you should too.
The Baum Bat is also a great way to learn how to swing a wood bat properly with out breaking bats in the process. Metal bats are great because in the past they have been explosive when the ball is hit in the sweet spot and forgiving when hit on the handle or end. I have seen balls leave the park when not even hit that well or even above or below the sweet spot of the barrel. Wood bats are not forgiving at all. If you hit a ball to far down on the handle the bat cracks or even breaks in half. If a ball is hit on the end the same result happens and there is no chance that ball is going to leave the yard. BBCOR bats perform truer to traditional wood, but based on my testing results they under perform overall.
I will preface this also. I am not paid by any of these companies to test these bats or sell these bats. I am a professional hitting instructor that only wants to see my students perform their best. I think these new BBCOR bats actually hurt their chances of being seriously scouted by college and professional teams because they perform below what I would consider a Major League Baseball standard.

WAY TO GO KRYSTAL!

Krystal came 4 weeks ago to get some softball hitting lessons. She has worked so hard and this past Sunday she hit a hard hit that tied the game and set up the next hitter to hit the game winner. I love to here success stories like this.
Awesome job!

Pro Hammer Update: Pure Honest Feedback

Well I have tested this bat now for 5 days and here is the feedback.
I tested 10 hitters with the Pro Hammer bat and this is the breakdown of their personal feedback.
7 out of 10 say they liked it.
3 out of 10 say it was alright, but they needed to hit with it more with it.
0 out of 10 say that hated it.
4 said they would buy this.
0 have bought it.

Okay so here is my honest feedback. I have some other devices that I use and I get very immediate feedback from them. The Pro Hammer is a bat developed to promote sweet spot or center line contact.
Tee Test:
I have hit some balls with this and it did take me about 10 swings to get my hands right or get the head right so when I put the bat head in the zone it is level. Once I got use to it I was able to hit solid line drives over and over.
10 students have hit with this off the tee. All of the my 10 students did not hit the ball off the tee very well from the start. Just like me they had to hit a few balls so they could figure out their hand position. Then they could tell when they made solid contact. I see the hitter really trying to get their hands inside the ball to get the head in the zone.
Front Toss:
This is like soft toss, but I am in front of the hitter instead of on the side. It is more real than the soft toss in getting true timing and contact area. Hitters also take a few swings to get the proper contact area but they do hit the ball. About 2 out of 10 hits are solid sweet spot hits, meaning almost or perfect contact. The rest of the contact is noticeably softer.

What I expected:
I expected the hitters to just light balls up after swinging the Pro Hammer and then picking out there bigger barreled bat. I only saw this happen with one hitter. So to say I am satisfied yet I would be lying if I said yes. I will continue to use this and test more students and keep you posted. It is too soon to rule out if this bat is a success or a flop.

The ProHammer Bat

I will be testing this bat here in the next few weeks.
The ProHammer is designed to maximize sweet spot contact and correct errors in the swing like dipping and roll over. I'm going to put this Bat through a rigorous test with at least 20 students. I will be posting their feedback.

I like gadgets that focus on timing, so if this one really works I will be recommending this bat to all my students and followers.

What do I like about the ProHammer?
1. The small contact surface area reminds me of the Easton Hit Stix that I used to use as a kid, but I could still roll over a ball and hit it decently. THIS BAT GIVES IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK ON A ROLL OVER.
2. Proper Grip: Palm up and palm down hand position through the entire swing is required to consistently hit the ball hard with this bat. MUSCLE MEMORY TRAINING.
3. Just like with the NOS Timing Chain I believe that with practice hitters will start making more accurate throws to the ball and maximized exit speeds.
4. It is correctly weighted to feel like a real bat. This way in training with the ProHammer timing will be more accurate when transitioning back to a real bat.

I'll keep everyone posted on this bat test and when orders can be made.

This is coming soon.

This type of workout is designed for elite athletes to move fast, become more powerful, and increase speed and agility. All the core muscle group that are needed when diving for a ball up the middle, spinning to your feet, and delivering a strike to first base or a quick explosive burst to get to that inside pitch. I am an authorized dealer of this product. Don't buy it online or on TV. Get it from me and support Hithardernow.com!

How an Online Lesson Works.

This is to show you that Online lessons really do work.
There are two key elements in and online lesson to make it work for you.
1. You have to want to learn how to make a better swing.
2. You will have to work on what is suggested on your own, or with a friend, or parent.
The bottom line is you are going to have to do the work to improve.

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Here is the students comment. He lives in California and contacted me through Facebook.com.

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