Hitting Performance Lab LLC - Baseball Hitting Training

All sports have their common injuries. Typical for football: - Ankle sprains. - Knee injuries. - Quad, hamstring, and groin strains. - Hip pointers. - Shoulder dislocations. - Acromioclavicular sprains. - Wrist and hand injuries. - Football concussions. Typical for Basketball... - Ankle Sprains. - Jammed Fingers. - Knee Injuries. - Deep Thigh Bruising. - Facial Cuts. - Foot Fractures. Typical for Baseball/Softball - Torn Labrum - Rotator Cuff Injuries - Dead Arm (Shoulder Instability) - Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury of the Elbow Requiring Tommy John Surgery - Wrist Tendonitis or Wrist Trauma Injuries - Pitchers Elbow - Knee Injuries or Tears (ACL, LCL, MCL, PCL) And one that doesn't get much press in baseball or softball is pain or pinching to the lower back. Pars fracture. Here's a post we did on these types of injuries: http://hittingperformancelab.com/low-back-ticking-time-bomb-risk-hiding-in-swing/

Hitting can be improved by working on the right things, and THEN doing those things right. What are the right things? Apply human movement principles validated by science to hitting a ball. What are human movement principles? Those found in biomechanics, physics, and engineering. For instance, build more power principles can be found at our free blog: https://hittingperformancelab.com/ and in our 2017 Amazon bestselling book The Catapult Loading System. And once you have mechanics, then Hitting Strategies come into play. An example can be found in this blog post: https://hittingperformancelab.com/making-adjustments-paradoxical-intention/

In my opinion, hitting a ball consistently hard is THE hardest thing to do in any sport. That being said, we can make hitting easier. Don't get me wrong, it's not easy. We do this with a mix of applying human movement principles that are validated by science to hitting a ball and hitting strategies that give hitters a game plan before going to battle.

The center. Hardest hit balls are center of ball center of barrel contact. These are 100% pure line drives. The average line drive rate in the Big Leagues is about 20%. The average ground-ball rate is 43%, and average fly-ball rate is 38% - we round up/down to 40% for each. So the average Major League hitter "misses" center-center contact 80% of the time! Our goal should be center-center, or about a 10-15 degree launch angle. If we miss slightly under center, then we'll be somewhere between 20 and 30 degrees launch (doubles and dingers), and if we miss slightly above center, then those are our one and two hop grounders that cover a lot of ground REALLY fast. This approach optimizes barrel path and hitting the right part of the ball.

The secret lies in spinal engine mechanics. The BIG-3 when it comes to driving the ball with consistent power are: #1: Showing hitter's numbers to pitcher at stride landing (aka, 'neck pressure'), #2: Hitter having slightly downhill shoulder angle at stride landing, and #3: Hiding hands from the pitcher (aka, 'scapula pinch') A combination or all of these can add over 10-mph in ball exit speed in less than one-hour session, providing hitter doesn't start with any of these.

The basic rules of baseball hitting is to score more runs than the other team, and to do that hitters have to get on base more often and hit more extra base hits. The other thing that helps is to maintain high ball exit speeds of the ball off the bat. The faster and harder the ball comes off the bat, the harder it is for the defense to field it.

You hold it in such a way where at the contact position, your hands are palm up (top hand) and palm down (bottom hand).

This is when a runner typically on first base, begins stealing second, and to protect the runner, the hitter hits the pitch (no matter where it is) on the ground to make sure a double play cannot be turned. This is considered situational hitting and is a way to create confusion in the defense and possibly move the runner up a base or two.

It is both, just like it's an art and science. IMHO hitting a moving ball consistently hard is THE hardest thing to do in all sports. Don't agree with me, that's okay, agree to disagree. Hitters don't know what pitch, speed, or location beforehand. Like my good friend Perry Husband says, hitting is a guess. It's probability. It's pattern recognition. And amidst all that, the hitter gets graded by consistently hard they hit the ball. "Consistency" points to skill, and "force" points to hard contact.

Technically, no it's not. But it sure as well should be!! Two of the critical - but general - offensive metrics closely looked at are: On-Base Percentage (OBP) and Slugging Percentage (SLG). The former gets credit in the form of a hit by pitch, walk, single, double, triple, or homerun. You divide that number by the hitter's at-bats. The latter gets credit in the form of singles (1-point), doubles (2-points), triples (3-points), and homeruns (4-points). You then divide this number also by all hitter's at-bats. The goal in baseball or softball is to score as many runs as possible, and to keep the other team from scoring. To score more runs, we must get on base, whether hit by pitch, walk, or hit. This is why I think walks should be scored as hits. They're definitely earned whether being patient with a wild pitcher or battling with a pitcher that's around the strike zone.

Sorry, we're only accepting swing videos from those who signup through The Feedback Lab link above.

Yes we do. Our program is called The Feedback Lab. CLICK HERE: http://gohpl.com/feedbacklab2 to get more information.

Yes it does. It works for humans. We apply human movement principles that are validated by Science to hitting a ball.

Thank you for your question. There are no "goals" (soccer?) in baseball or softball. But a goal from a mental baseball point of view is a set of targets a player or coaches wishes to achieve. These can be offensively or defensively. Ideally goals must be about what the player or coach can control, low to medium difficulty to obtain, and focused around something that can be measured.

Basic hitting steps are: - Athletic: stance, distance from plate, and grip on bat - Footwork: back hip torque, float/ride, fall (stride), and keeping back foot sideways - Load: neck pressure, downhill shoulders, and hiding hands - Turn: hold hold, stable head/neck, barrel path - Pronated wrist snap: late horsepower, extension, output angle. - Follow through This is a generalized mix of three main hitting buckets: 1) Catapult Loading System: build more power 2) Pitch Plane Domination: hit more line drives 3) Reaction Time Mastery: get on-time more often 4) The 7 Hitting Strategies: how to make adjustments like a hitting boss

This question depends on how old and how experienced the little leaguer is. If we're talking from scratch, then there are a few house keeping items that have to be addressed... - How to get in the box properly (knees bent, bend at waist, chest over toes). - How to turn away from a pitch coming at them (to address fear of getting hit in peer-to-peer combat). - How to swing across their face instead of chasing their face (pulling head off the ball) - How to finish swing with two hands because most let go of the handle too early with top hand. - How to stride in towards the plate because quite a few step in the bucket. - How to hit a high pitch down and a low pitch up because most swing up too much. - How to actually swing the bat and not just stand there chronically taking pitches. That covers the basics for little leaguers.

The goal in hitting a baseball is to strike the middle of the bat with the middle of the ball. We say fat of the bat on fat of the ball. Fat on fat. This assures high ball exit speeds.

Yes you can. On the Hitting Performance Lab homepage, click the "Your Course Login", and once the page opens up, then click "Forgot Password?"

If you have a question about what to fix in your kiddo's swing, then please reach out and tell us a little about what is happening. We're pretty good at diagnosing without you sending video. So please contact us and we'll do what we can to help.

Great question. A parent interested in jumping on board in The Feedback Lab online hitting lesson program can go to the following link to get more information: http://gohpl.com/feedbacklab2 If you decide to take the next step, you have two plans to pick from: 1) purchase 6-feedback sessions that don't expire. You would be billed for three months only. And 2) purchase 12-feedback sessions that also don't expire. You would be billed for 3 months only. Once you're in, then you get login access where we walk you through how the program works, and most importantly, how to get video to us, so we can do the analysis. For some, getting unedited video to us is the hardest part, but we're here to help. Once we get that first one out of the way, it's all gravy from there!

Hi Muhammad, Sorry, we’re only accepting swing videos from those who signup through The Feedback Lab link: http://gohpl.com/feedbacklab2

Great question...our online lessons are all pre-recorded, uploaded to YouTube (as unlisted), and send to you with prescribed drills (which you can view via login to your dashboard): http://gohpl.com/feedbacklab2 We do not use Zoom/Microsoft Teams at this time. However if need be, we can.

Yes I do! Here's our affiliates page: https://hittingperformancelab.com/affiliates/

You can go here to login to your courses or services: https://truthaboutexplosiverotationalpower.mykajabi.com/login Also, you can find this link on the HittingPerformanceLab.com homepage, navigation link: "Your Course Login".

Of course! Just please give credit where credit is due ;-)

I have an online hitting lesson program here: https://gohpl.com/feedbacklab2

I do offer online hitting courses...please go to our homepage and take the quiz to find out which course is right for you: https://hittingperformancelab.com/