Developing hitters starts with the culture you want to create. I talk a lot about swinging angry and being in damage mode, but that is...

Cues are often used when developing hitters. What we say to an athlete to teach them how to hit can be beneficial or detrimental....

When we develop hitters we need to create a practice design that will improve performance in competition. Practice design is simply the...

What are your goals as a hitter? For most hitters this includes hitting the ball harder, farther, and more consistently. How do we do...

Being a productive hitter is as simple as making good decisions. Should you swing? Should you take? Pitchers try to make this difficult...

Here is another example of mental game reflection as it relates to hitters. After a week of games, scrimmages, and/or tournaments, take a...

Often times players and coaches get caught up in the physical and mechanical aspect of hitting development and overlook the mental side....

Youth development in baseball and softball seems to revolve around travel ball - joining a team for a fee and playing lots of weekend...

Recently, I did a Zoom presentation on Youth Hitting Development where I discussed my philosophy on developing youth hitters that will...

In this video blog we take an inside look at how we perform hitting assessments and use performance technology such as HitTrax and...

It's the winter off-season and many players are preparing for the upcoming competitive year. Players might be going to the cages a few...

This is a summary of the transformation for a youth softball hitter: In the pretest the hitter showed an ability to hit the ball hard but...

Day 1 The first day a hitter comes into the facility we go through an assessment to establish a benchmark of where the hitter's current...

Hitting posture and setup is crucial to creating a smooth entry and a solid batted ball collision. When we talk about posture we are...

Good hitters have confidence and solid routines. Here is a sample routine to keep the hitter mentally prepared for the next at-bat. 1)...

If you aren't assessing you're guessing. Coaching baseball or softball hitters must start with an assessment, which includes data...

Data Driven Programming When a company is data driven it means they make strategic decisions using collected data, analysis, and...

Batting average is arguably the most popular offensive stat talked about in the game of baseball or softball. Even people who don't...

Why are hitters swinging less often prior to two strikes and so much more often when they have two strikes?

Disclaimer: If you haven’t read The Book by Tom Tango, you should check it out as what I am about to talk about is merely a glimpse...