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Oklahoma. Hitting. https://t.co/N8AMgdGRYa
Joined February 2021
⚾️ Personalized Hitting Insights: Tailored drills, tips & techniques to refine your swing and elevate your game. 🧠 Mental Toughness & Confidence Building: Strengthen your mindset & boost your confidence . 🎯 Targeted Feedback: Stay on track with regular feedback. 🤝🏼 Community.
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⭕️ Doug Latta’s Trigger Drill ⭕️. ♦️ Move with good balance & connection ♦️.♦️ Maintain your line.♦️ Make 1 move to the ball . ✅ Good for hitters that are bat and throw opposite.✅ Hitters that pull/yank with front side
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⭕️ HalfBat - Top Hand ⭕️. ♦️ Maintain connection.♦️ Palm-Up through the ball.♦️ Attack ball from the inside
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🧠You’re going to cave to the ego and try to do too much at times. Have the awareness to identify when the game speeds you up. Don’t be afraid to dial back the effort when you feel sped up. You’ll surprise yourself how efficient & precise you can be when you slow yourself down🧠
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If you’re serious about playing at the next level, nobody should have to remind you to get your work in.
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⭕️ Connection Ball Swings ⭕️ . ♦️ Use Ball To Maintain Connection .♦️ Swing Down Your Line.♦️ Stride w/ Good Balance.♦️ Stay Squared.♦️ 1 Move To The Ball. ✅ Good For Players That ✅. ➖ Cast their hands/barrel.➖ Disconnect into rotation
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♦️Pull Without Spinning Off♦️. ⚡️Hitters w/ flatter bat paths tend to over-rotate and lose direction with their front side. Instead of trying to force more VBA we focus on keeping the chest over home and being firm with the frontside to maintain good direction. @LandonBruce2023
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⚡️Stay Inside⚡️. ✔️ Working on getting to the inside 1/2 on pitches inner 3rd. ✔️ If you can stay inside this pitch and hit a line drive up the middle, you’re more likely make true ball flight to the pull side when you catch this ball more out front. 🔑 A lot of amateur
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⚡️Hit Through Spin⚡️. ✅ Hanging breaking balls pop out of the hand. As hitters we must be discipline enough to maintain posture over home plate and not stand up/pull off the ball. ✅ Keep your head and front shoulder down on the ball so your barrel can work through the break.
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♦️Bottom Hand Off Bat♦️. If you battle a dominant front side give this drill a shot and see if helps you get your front side more reactive . ➖Hitters with dominant front side .➖Hitters that bar lead arm during stride. Tag the OG of this drill to give them their props. 🤙🏼
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⚡️Smooth. No Panic⚡️. ✔️ It’s important we don’t “Panic” when we swing. Panic causes us to false fire and have bat drag. ❓What is panic? Panic is when our first move is muscly, forced, rigid, jerky etc.
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♦️ If you catch yourself pulling off the ball place the tee low and away on the black. To drive this pitch we as hitters have to carry and maintain our posture on/over home plate. Any front side move off our line and we forfeit any chance we had at driving this pitch. ♦️
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➖Two of the best to ever teach it both told me to “chase the ball off the barrel with my barrel”. I always thought that was a solid mental cue to help me feel my body and barrel getting through the ball. Try it out and tell me what what you think.➖
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⭕️ Top Hand Towards Pitcher ⭕️ . ♦️Keep top hand palm-up and out towards pitcher .♦️Rotate while maintaining posture & direction . Good simple drill I picked up from @LattaDoug a few years back
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🔴Half Swings🔴. 🔺Helps feel early connection. 🔺Good feedback for direction - Stay through it
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♦️ HalfBat - Bottom Hand/Lead Arm ♦️. Like @TJHannam10 said… . “Helps visualize the angles and path needed”. Awesome tool for the toolbox #
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⚡️Engine Is The Middle⚡️. 1️⃣ Recoil Swings - get the body to “sling” the barrel. The emphasis on pulling backs get the body to stop accelerate and decelerate in a short window.
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♦️Posture Over Home Plate♦️. ⚡️Emphasis on maintaining our head and chest over home plate throughout the swing.
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♦️Yoga Block Strides♦️. ✅Create tension in the rear glute.✅Maintain tension as you stride off the block.✅Stay squared during stride.✅Deliver your swing back thru the ball
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♦️ Having the ability to stay on the ball plays a big factor in being consistent. A lot of young hitters make front side moves taking their body and barrel path off the ball. Move the body with good connection & balance. Front side stays in line so backside can deliver. ♦️
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⚡️Smooth 1st Move⚡️. ✔️ Muscling up at the plate can cause hitters to miss-hit pitches and become undisciplined due to its disruptive impact on timing and control. ✔️ When hitters focus solely on generating power through forceful swings, they often lose the finesse needed to
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⚡️Aim Small = Miss Small⚡️. 1️⃣ In hitting, focus is everything. A millimeter can be the difference between a hit or a miss. Let’s explore how the ‘Aim Small, Miss Small’ philosophy can help you in the box. 2️⃣ What do snipers and hitters have in common? The belief that the
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⚡️Gather Into The Backside⚡️. ✅ Creating flowy rhythm into our forward move is 🔑 to getting the body to move seamlessly through athletic positions with good balance and tempo. 💧Flow into your swing like water. @cade_ross2 Bethany 2024 - Uncommitted . @okswings
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➖Professionals work to the beat of their own drum. Under control and constantly aware. controlling your concentration and awareness in your preparation will help you control your mind and body when the lights turn on. Don’t just work, prepare.➖. 🎥 @MarlyRiveraESPN
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➖Sometimes you just gotta go old school and hit low liners at the 2nd baseman. There’s a reason why the previous generations used these practice habits. Play and study long enough and they just might make sense.➖
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⚡️Path & Direction⚡️. 1️⃣ Top Hand Inner Lane - Create lag & get inside the ball. 2️⃣ Short Bat - Create good posture & maintain good posture through the swing. 3️⃣ 1st Base Angle - Deliver the barrel without the body pulling off the ball. 4️⃣ 3rd Base Angle - Maintain space and
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⚡️1/2 Swings⚡️. ✔️ In order to have a short, quick swing we need to stay connected. ❓What needs to be connected❓. 1️⃣ Trunk.2️⃣ Arms.3️⃣ Hands/Barrel. ✖️If your arms or hands/barrel drag behind your trunk then you’re going to have a long, draggy & disconnected swing. ✔️ 1/2
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⚡️Deliver Into & Through⚡️. ⭐️ By stabilizing the middle and lower 1/2 we are able to create and transfer energy quickly and on time for contact. We also enhance timing & adjustability by delivering our swing back through the big part of the field . @CamdenBates23 Washington 2023
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⚡️Connection & Direction⚡️. ✅ Connection ✅. 1️⃣ Ground Connection .2️⃣ Barrel Connected To Trunk. ✅ Direction ✅. 1️⃣ Body Maintains Posture.2️⃣ Barrel/Hands Working Back Through
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Maintain your angles and work through heaters up you’ll be in a better position cover anything that spins off of that same fastball tunnel. Trying to hit this pitch by spinning/pulling you’re probably rolling over & hooking most your contact. Set yourself up to cover.
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⚡️Short Bat Heavy Balls⚡️. 1️⃣ Short Bat - Create and maintain posture over home. Forces the hitter to keep the eyes and head down through contact allowing him to hold direction through the ball longer. 2️⃣ Heavy Balls - Makes the hitter be strong at contact, balanced and keep
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The pitches you take are just as important as the pitches you swing at. Be disciplined in your hunt.
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⚡️Closed Off Heavy Balls⚡️. ✔️ Posture .✔️ Direction.✔️ Stability . ❌ Spinny Lower 1/2.❌ East To West Shoulders. @MccaskillDax Washington 2024 - Houston. @okswings
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⚓️ Anchor Down Your Lower Half ⚓️. ✔️ One 🔑 to a powerful & precise swing lies in the stability of the lower half. ✔️ By rooting the legs firmly into the ground, hitters can unlock a connection between power and consistency. ✔️ When you anchor down your lower half you
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🤚Top Hand ISO. ✔️ Great drill to strengthen your top hand & build barrel control. ✅ Check These 3 Boxes. 1️⃣ Elbow-Wrist-Barrel Set At 90 Degrees.2️⃣ Keep The Barrel Inside & Behind The Hands.3️⃣ Finish Out Front & High Above The Shoulder. 🧠 Easy effort. Maintain the technique.
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⚡️Stretch The Gap & Close The Gap⚡️. ✅ Closed off to eliminate over-rotation of the pelvis
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♦️Fat Grip Swings♦️. ✔️Could help hitters that are too pushy with their hands or hitters that cast barrel/hands out away from their body. ➖Maintain angles through the zone.➖PalmUp/PalmDown.➖Have to maintain direction with front side. @Nelson_Hitting
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⚡️Hold & Step-Overs⚡️. 👉🏼This Drill Checks These Boxes. 1️⃣ Posture. We can’t stand up and off the ball with our chest or legs. Have to keep our posture throughout the swing. 2️⃣ Frontside Direction. We can’t get pull happy with our front shoulder & hip. Have to keep our
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♦️When we swing with good direction we set ourselves up to work back through the ball. We also set ourselves up to handle the same pitch location(s) at different depths.
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⚡️Day 1. Direction⚡️. ✅ How our barrel gets into & moves through the zone is 🔑. All the other nuances to the swing are just that, nuances. ✅ Figure out how to get your barrel into the zone quickly and keep it through for a long time.
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⚡️Relaxed, Loose & Whippy⚡️. ✔️ In hitting, the importance of a relaxed, loose, and whippy swing cannot be emphasized enough. This swinging approach enables players to utilize their body’s natural kinetic chains to maximize power and efficiency. ✔️A tense or rigid form can
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⚡️Whip It From The Middle⚡️. 1️⃣ Loose Limbs.2️⃣ Rhythm & Flow.3️⃣ Whip From The Middle. @Ashtynlynch2027 Moore 2027. @okswings
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▪️Constraint Work▪️. ✅Butt behind ankles. ✅Hold the ground .✅Maintain posture through rotation.
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⭐️ Camden White - Uncommitted ⭐️. ✅ Choctaw HS 2023.✅ OF/MIF/RHP. @CamdenWhite2023 .@ShaneHawk41
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⭕️ FarmBoard Slide-Outs ⭕️. ♦️ Keep your middle in the middle.♦️ Controlled move forward .♦️ Move through back hip/glute.♦️ Stay anchored . ✅ Good For players that spin or get pushy with their legs. ‼️YES! I will get a number 6 jersey‼️. Use link below.
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🕵🏻♂️🔎Self Identify 🔎🕵🏻♂️. ✅ Maturing in hitting is becoming so fine tune with your brain / body connection that you can quickly self analyze to make the necessary adjustments.
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⭕️ Open 45’s ⭕️. ♦️ Maintain posture over home plate .♦️ Direction through the middle. ♦️ I added the walkthrough finish to help feel more linear direction. Could help players who spin/pull off the ball and for those that struggle maintaining posture through rotation
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⭕️ Yoga Block Step-Overs ⭕️. ♦️ Body Balanced & Connected.♦️ Pick up front foot under knee.♦️ Stay Squared .♦️ Let Backside Initiate Swing. ✅ Good feel drill for hitters that stack or get stuck on their backside.
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⚡️Speed With Direction⚡️. ➖ Doesn’t matter how fast you go if you come off the track. Set your body and angles in position to deliver into & through the ball. Give yourself a chance to cover more and HIT more. ✔️ Direct your speed.❌ Don’t let it direct you . @Parkerl_14 NOC
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♦️Miggy 🐐♦️. ✅ Always in a position to maintain direction thru the ball.
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⚡️Hit Through Spin⚡️. ✔️ When we recognize the breaking ball we have to maintain & trust our direction to hit through it. Staying down with our head/shoulder/chest will keep our barrel on through the ball.
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⚡️Getting the pelvis to stabilize and stop is 🔑 for transferring energy. A lot hitters over-rotate their pelvis causing bat drag. Stabilizing the lower 1/2 allows pelvis to stop and send energy to the next segment.
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⚡️Whip It & Stick It⚡️. ✔️ Deliver the barrel with direction and coverage .✔️ Loose muscles are quick muscles. @BryanWilliamsJ6 - Dallas Baptist. @okswings
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⚡️Maintain Posture⚡️. ❌ Expose the flaw. ✔️ This particular hitter tends to stand upand out of posture. We put the vest on to try and pull him up and out of posture which forces him to maintain his head/chest over home.
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🚨3 Drills to Build Quality Direction🚨. 1️⃣ Closed-Off Drill:.Purpose: Forces the hitter to keep their head and chest centered over the plate throughout the swing. ➡️ Key Focus: Maintain posture over home to prevent the body from pulling off early. ❌ Mistake to Avoid: If the
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♦️Butt On The Tee. Maintain Stable Backside 🍑. ⚡️Positioning The Pelvis.⚡️Creating Space.⚡️Maintaining Space.⚡️Working Back Thru The Ball. @TaberStokes Mustang 2023
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🧵⚡️Thread: On Time Through The Middle⚡️🧵. 🧠 There’s lots of benefits when our focus is hard through the middle. It sets our timing, vision and lengthens our adjustability window.
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1️⃣ Create Space.2️⃣ Maintain Space.3️⃣ Attack The Inside.4️⃣ Stay Through It. 🔑 All The Time. Every Time. @wlundquist12 Norman North - Uncommitted .@laneevans_10 Norman North - NOC Tonkawa. @okswings
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⭕️ Mini BOSU’s Under Front Foot ⭕️. ♦️ Stay in your back hip/glute.♦️ Let backside start your swing .♦️ Feel trunk get across the front hip .♦️ Stable/Firm front side allows for better deceleration. Could be a good drill for players that lunge or push forward off their backside
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⚡️Vest Swings⚡️. 1️⃣ Trunk Decel.2️⃣ Maintain Posture. ✔️ We’re checking 2 boxes here. I’m trying to pull Colin up and out of posture so he has to force himself to maintain his head & chest down. ✔️ Pulling the band from behind will get his trunk to stop quicker which will not
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⚡️Space & Direction⚡️. ✔️ Allow space for your hands to work inside and back through the middle. ✔️ If we let our body get in our way we have to compromise our path by either casting our hands out away from our body or we will pull our front shoulder to clear space. Both will
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⚡️Attention Cross Dominant Hitters⚡️. ✔️ If you’re a Bat Right/Throw Left or Bat Left/Throw Right and struggle with coming off the ball. ❗️THIS FOR YOU❗️. 1️⃣ Banded Swings: Your non dominant side is on your backside. You might struggle with engaging your back glute causing you
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⚡️Skinny Bat⚡️. 🎯 Aim Small - Miss Small. ✔️ There’s a lot of emphasis on bat speed & EV. Yes, those things play a role. However, we need to be accurate with our swings. When we’re accurate we’re dangerous.
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⚡️Body & Eyes Have To Be On Time In Order For Your Barrel To Be On Time.⚡️. ✅ Good Rhythm .✅ Good Tempo.✅ Good Timing. 🔑 We’re quick but never rushed . Taber Stokes - Mustang
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I’m wanting to make a list of guys who use the Toe-Tap as their gather. Off the top of my head I have…. Vladdy Jr.Billy Butler.Charlie Culberson.Jazz Chisholm .Alex Jackson.Hermosillo .Victor Martinez . Please feel free to add to the list of both past and present.
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⚡️Hit Thru Spin⚡️. 1️⃣ Stay Down.2️⃣ Stay Through.3️⃣ Catch It Out Front. ❌ Try To Lift It.❌ Try To Pull It. @landonrit24 Yukon 2025 - Uncommitted . @okswings
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♦️Front side has to stay on the ball so we can cover and adjust thru if necessary. If our front side bails on us then we close out window of opportunity to adjust♦️. 🗣”Stay squared!”.🗣”Front side on it”. 🧠🔑Lots of truth to those general sayings. 🔑🧠
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⚡️Heavy Plyos & High Heaters⚡️. ✅ Braced @ Contact.✅ Palm Up / Palm Down Through The Middle. ⚾️🔥. ✅ Stay Above It.✅ Stay Through It.✅ Refuse To Come Off The Ball. @alexconover36 Cowley County - OKSt Commit . @okswings
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➖ I put a fat grip on my one handed bat once. I liked it for myself. Helped me maintain palm-up/palm-down in an exaggerated lag type of feel. Def isn’t for everybody but if you’re a player who likes & needs to feel an extreme palm-up/palm-down feel maybe give this a shot.➖
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➖Find Your Process➖. ✅Learn It .✅Build It.✅Trust It. Find what works for you. Drill it in so you can trust it when the lights come on.
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If you’re late on fastball because the pitcher slide stepped then you didn’t prepare yourself in the on deck circle.
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⚡️Technique Matters⚡️. ✔️ How we do things matters. ✔️ Your attention to the details matters. ✔️ Your trust in your plan matters. 🧠 Hitting is a discipline of habits. Build proper habits then challenge yourself to maintain those habits when the lights come on.
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⚡️Head Down = Barrel Thru⚡️. ✔️ Keeping your head down through the swing will help you keep your barrel working through the ball. ❌ If your head comes up, most likely your barrel is coming with it. 1️⃣ Head Down.2️⃣ Eyes Down .3️⃣ Barrel Through. @julesbarger2027 Bethany 2027
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⚡️Hit The Brakes⚡️. 1️⃣ Trunk.2️⃣ Energy Transfer .3️⃣ Direction.4️⃣ Whippy. @BrysonKelley7 Drumright 2024 - Uncommitted . @okswings
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⚡️Recoil Swings⚡️. ✅ From The Middle.✅ Building Stability.✅ Energy Transfer. ⭐️A powerful engine needs powerful brakes. @CamdenBates23 Washington 2023
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✅ As a hitter, timing is everything. The ability to be on time to hit the ball back through the middle gives us the adjustability we need when we’re early or a little late. And it’s not just about being on time - a great hitter can cover different windows of timing with ease.
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1 sport, 2 sport or every sport. Do whatever you feel is best for you and your career. However, there are 16 year old professional baseball players born every year. Work accordingly.
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🚨 Hitters 🚨. Understanding game situations, matchups and count leverage will get you more success than chasing a pretty swing.
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⚡️Inside & Through⚡️. ✅ Angled work is a staple for hitters to develop spacial and direction awareness. The goal is to find a way to flush every ball without rolling over or hooking balls on the ground to the pull side. 🔑 Let the ball be your feedback. @nate_henn9 Tuttle 2025
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