Alex Rodriguez recently posted a hitting video that immediately sparked one of those debates baseball people seem to have every few months. In the video, A-Rod talks about avoiding excessive back-shoulder drop and uses a golf analogy to explain the swing. His point is that hitters should not turn the bat into a “lob wedge,” but instead work more down through the baseball. Predictably, the responses started almost immediately. “A-Rod knows what he’s talking about.” “He hit 696

What if swinging at a strike isn't always the right decision? It sounds counterintuitive. We're taught from day one that strikes get swung at and balls get taken. But there's a little more to it than that. A pitch can cross the plate for a strike and still be the wrong pitch to swing at, because not every strike lands in a spot where a hitter can be productive. Imagine a 0-0 count. The pitcher throws a strike on the inner half, right at the top of the zone. Could you swing at

Spend enough weekends around youth travel baseball and softball and you'll notice something interesting: there is a lot of winning. There are championship games everywhere, rings everywhere, trophies everywhere. Social media posts announce tournament champions, runners-up, MVPs, and All-Tournament teams. Then you open GameChanger and see 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds hitting .600 with multiple home runs, doubles, and triples. On paper, everybody seems to be crushing it. But some

"I Can't Hit Slow Pitching" This struggle is not rare or imaginary. Parents, coaches, and players routinely report the same pattern: a hitter thrives against tough higher-velocity pitching, then looks early, out in front, and off-balance against below average arms. The swing that looked compact and powerful against 60+ mph softballs or mid-to-upper 80s baseballs suddenly produces weak contact or awkward swings against slower pitching. The underlying mechanism is straightforwa

Every year, I ask middle school and high school athletes about their goals, and the answer is almost always the same: “I want to play college baseball,” or “I want to play college softball.” I love hearing those answers because they tell me an athlete is dreaming big. Every coach wants athletes with ambition. But over the years I’ve realized that many young athletes fall in love with the destination long before they understand the journey. They picture themselves wearing a co

Opening Night Breakdown: Even Aaron Judge Struggles Last night, we used our at-bat tracking system to break down every single at-bat from Aaron Judge in his Opening Night game with the New York Yankees vs the San Francisco Giants. Final line: 0-for-5 with 4 strikeouts. What We Did Using our at-bat tracking system, we logged: -Every pitch sequence -Swing decisions -Count leverage situations -Pitch locations -Outcome of each at-bat Then we generated a performance report, just l

For many families, weekly hitting lessons feel like the “right” thing to do. You show up once a week, take swings, get some feedback, and hope those adjustments stick until the next session. But the truth is... Development doesn’t happen once a week. Real skill growth requires frequency, repetition, feedback, and structure, not a single lesson that’s forgotten by the time the next one rolls around. That truth became incredibly clear during a recent hitting assessment we compl

In today’s baseball and softball world, players and parents hear a lot about numbers. Bat speed, exit velocity, launch angle, sweet spot %, hard-hit %, attack angle, and other analytics. These numbers matter but numbers alone don’t make hitters. Great hitters are built through a combination of skills that work together, not in isolation. At Swing Angry, we train hitters using a complete system built around four pillars : 1. Bat Speed & Exit Velocity 2. Bat-to-Ball Skill (Coll

Travel baseball and softball are everywhere now. Every weekend, fields are full of matching uniforms, tent cities, and parents hauling...

“She throws so fast, I can’t catch up.” “That pitching was so slow, I couldn’t wait on it.” We’ve all heard these frustrations — or maybe...

For years, the world of baseball and softball instruction has relied on the traditional one-off lesson model. While this approach has its...

At Swing Angry , we believe that building a great youth travel baseball team is about much more than just winning tournaments. At ages...

Sports are filled with lessons, challenges, and growth opportunities. For young athletes with aspirations of playing high-level baseball...

Two athletes, Alex and Ben, are both training for the start of the baseball season. They both have 18 weeks to prepare before opening...

If you haven't checked it out yet, Trey Hannam and Baseball IQ have released the survey results for what college coaches are looking for...

Bat-to-ball skills are the foundation of hitting. They are the ability to make consistent quality contact with the ball, regardless of...

The ability to swing the bat fast cannot be understated. Bat speed is to hitters as velocity is to pitchers. Bat speed is directly...

To improve your hitting, you need to train in environments that prepare you for what you'll face in real games. One way to do this is to...

In the realm of hitting, few metrics carry as much weight as bat speed when assessing a hitter's prowess. It's the hidden gem that can...

I receive a lot of requests for hitting instruction with little ones. While I understand your enthusiasm, I want to offer some insights...