My Ongoing Review: Jon Doyle's Million Dollar Hitter

I just got done reading and watching everything, and I will most likely be ready to go by next week, but I'm definitely shooting for tomorrow. I now realize why when people ask that those who have ordered the program don't go into too much or any detail because someone could very easily give away 15-20% of the program in a simple lapse in judgement by typing or saying something they were not supposed to.

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Tonight I started to do the first very basic drill with my brother who is 12. So far we both suck, and our baseball specific vision is rediculously terrible based on this first test. I say baseball specific because my eyesight is 20/15 without glasses and his is 20/20 with glasses. We will continue with this drill tomorrow. I will begin hitting consistently on Friday at 5:30 in the morning. I can't wait.

I haven't had a chance to do much because all of our schools gyms and indoor facilities are booked for fall and winter sports. This is really making me mad as I would like to perform the program on a consistent basis to give an honest review, but that's not an option right now. I might end up staking my claim at a 5 to 6 AM block of time in one of the gyms every morning.

I decided my brother wasn't able to really begin the program yet because his swing has so many mechanical flaws that there are more important things that need to be done right now for him.

I started hitting today. After completing all the drills with restricted vision I noticed it was much easier for me to focus on the ball.

I am curious about this hitting system.

How many dvd's are included?
How long are the dvd's?
How many drills are there?
How complex are the drills?
Are the drills mainly individual drills or can they be used in a team environment?

Appreciate the help. Thanks.

There are two DVDs, I'm unsure of the length off the top of my head, but I sat down and watched them multiple times in one night before beginning the program. There are about 15-20 drills, all of which are very easy to learn. Chances are, you have done 75-90% of these before. If you have enough of the necessary equipment (you probably do), then using these drills or the entire program in a team environment shouldn't be a problem, however when I do the drills it is almost always with only one partner.

I've been doing the drills for 3-4 days a week in the short days that are left. I now have the ability to focus in on the ball and say to myself that I need to hit the middle or top half of the ball and my vision allows me to do so with near pinpoint accuracy. I'm also learning how to hit the outside pitches much better. I have finally completed week 1.

Unfortunately, I don't really have the time to do the program in full and give it an honest review, so I may try and start over some time soon.

Now that the season is winding down I have more time to practice like I used to, so I will again begin to do the Million Dollar Hitter program, but this time I will be able to use consistency. My goals are by the end of the 12 weeks to have earlier recognition of off speed pitches, especially changeups and sliders, I have started to hit curveballs better with more practice. When using the batting cage in my backyard I was able to get the Jugs machine up to 92 MPH before I lost the ability to turn on pitches consistently, but I think that is more of a power issue than a vision problem.

Spent about an hour hitting. I started to get frustrated with some pitches and began to rush things until I realized I needed to calm down. Today was not as much about performance as creating a starting point.

I somewhat Suspicious about this thread. Being able to "sit on a pitch" naturally involves core strength. However, it requires so much more. I wouldn't want to call it technique per se but rather the ability to use the kenetic chain efficently. I'm sure there are several posters that can speak to this.

I just wrote as how I felt it. I have found it easier this year to hit pitches that go faster because I can get around on them faster, I wasn't really thinking about all the other factors that could have improved over the course of the year.



As for the review, today I was pretty sore when I hit in the cage and my swing was pretty slow because I was still tired. I'm going to rest for today and tonight so I will be ready to go for our playoff game tomorrow. I would call consistency for this program 5-6 days a week, which does not include live hitting, added cage work, and live hitting.

Hit again today, and I will now start keeping track of the weeks into the program I am at (today starts week 1). I was hitting very well until I popped a blood blister all over my bat handle and after I fixed it with some tape my hitting struggled a little bit, but other than that I had a good day.

No hitting today, will hit tomorrow morning though. Instead I chose to do the drills that came with the set in the CD. Next week I will also begin lifting weights again. I'm not sure whether I am going to post that in here or in the strength and conditioning section, but that stuff will be done as well.

I hit again today this morning, but I really need to get another batting glove for my left hand, because the blisters bleed so bad by the end of the session that the cuts I am taking are so low quality it isn't worth doing.

Why are you continually getting blisters ?---at this time of the season your hands should be toughened.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Why are you continually getting blisters ?---at this time of the season your hands should be toughened.

If you are getting blisters and they are that bad you need a properly fitting glove.

This is no difference in your finger rubbing on the inside of the glove than your bare finger rubbing on the grip. Gloves sounds too loose.

All practice swings should be of the highest quality. Once the quality goes out the window continuing to swing will only cause harm to your swing mechanics.

I have always got blisters, my skin is very soft and without batting gloves I have always had problems. I had my gloves today though and nothing happened. I think someone interpreted what I said incorrectly though, I have never got blisters on my hands when I wear batting gloves unless the material is wearing thin, it always happens when my bare hands are rubbing on the grip.

I hit again today, the blisters stopped and I'm not having any more problems with that, however I have found that even though the quality of my swings increased this time, I have an issue with "topping" the ball. That is going to be a goal of mine to fix in the next few weeks.

My hitting session was cut short today, as I was very time restrained. I widh I could have finished because I seem to be doing better than when I started. I can't wait for summer season to begin.

I hit very well yesterday. I was hitting hard line drives and hard ground balls to all sides. I'm not a big fan of pop flies, so I thought I did pretty well. I still top the ball sometimes, but it is becoming less and less of an occurance. I will begin the week two drills this afternoon.

Today the baseball felt like a softball when I saw it. I'm starting to feel a difference when I hit now, and I can't wait for my summer season to begin in 8 days. The only problem I am having is putting up with this heat wave, so I'm getting tired faster, but I'm doing fine otherwise.

The blisters are taken care of.

I can't control what other people want to see.

upstate,
if you could briefly sum it up without giving away too much information,what is the purpose of the program?Is it a hitting in general program,or is it a program that helps you with explosiveness at the plate,maybe a program that focuses on only hitting opp. field?

just curious

The purpose of the program is to perform baseball specific vision drills. There are all sorts of hitting drills, but the goal of all the drills is to train vision while maintaining mechanics.

oh ok,sounds like a good product

thanks

I haven't posted here in a while, but I had my first summer game today, and after getting about 10 ABs for school I really impressed a few today. I went 3/5 in a double header with (in order) BB, 3B, G5, 3B, 1B, and K. I had 3 RBIs and 3 runs with a SB off a left handed hitter, something I have never done before. I feel very good about my performance today and I will certainly keep doing the drills. I have slowed down a little due to finals week but I will be going 120% this summer.

Had a game two days ago. BB, 1B, G6, F5. The strike zone varied so much that I was forced to swing at pitches out of my comfort zone. It was especially hard because pitches that I was seeing clearly and identifying as balls ended up being strikes and I was kind of forced to swing at things that I didn't want to. As for the effects of the program, I am making more solid contact with off speed pitches and I can identify balls and strikes much quicker.

Went 1/4 with a line out, reached on an error, a bases loaded ground rule double, and a high pop fly to the shortstop. I was extremely mad about the pop fly, but with all the other hits, even though I hit it right at someone most of the time I hit the ball hard on the ground which is something I really never did before, I used to be the king of lazy ground balls. I am feeling very good and I can't wait to get in the drills again after my last final on Tuesday.

You have a PM

Today I went through the program about 8 hours before the game to shake off some rust, since I haven't practiced recently. At the game, I hit 3/4 with the game winning hit, two outs, bottom of the seventh, after we were down 8-0. It seemed like a really bad Disney movie, but I did my job and I've never felt better in the batters box.

I went 4/6 today with 3 doubles and 4 RBI. I could see all the pitches with ease, and although the curveballs weren't very good (by my judgement), I still was able to jump on all of them and I hit one to the warning track today. I feel like I am becoming a better hitter every game and I definitely think I have a strong feel for the strike zone.

Practiced today for the first time in a while and I did surprisingly well. I'm going to start doing more of the drills that focus on hitting offspeed pitches as now that I have been able to get hits and put the ball in play consistently, now I want to be able to hit a breaking pitch with power. Before I got hurt I raised my batting average to around .480 in my summer league, but now it looks as if I will miss a weeks worth of games so I should be ending right around there.

how well has the unbreakable abs program worked, how hard is it to do, and do you need a lot of equipment to do the drills?

When I was following the UA program (school tole me I can't go in the weight room, not a fall athlete, more BS) it worked very well and I noticed that I was hitting further and I was also running faster, which is also when I ran my best 60 at 6.8 seconds. As for the equipment, for UA, your HS weight room should have everything. For MDH, if you own a tee, and you have something to hit into like a tarp or a net, you should be good.

My season is over due to injury, but I led them team in batting average and RBIs even without playing in 5 games. This team had a few all county selections and all area selections, so this was no push over of a team. However, that's not what this post is about.

Recently I have received a few PMs from more than a few players asking things like, is the program worth it, or what is the $3 piece of equipment that makes it all work. I can simply answer right here that I definitely think the program is worth it and would absolutely give it a 10/10. I am not a "foot soldier", if you will, for Jon. I have nothing to hide and I believe that this is the best thing I have ever done to improve my hitting. Along with that, I am self motivated, so instead of sitting on the couch eating cheesy poofs or weight gainer 40000 for hours at a time, I go out and I make a conscience effort to dedicate a good hour and a half to hitting balls off the tee or out of the machine regardless of what mother nature throws at me. You have to want to sweat a little to get success out of this, there is no button clicking or chart reading, but there is a lot of hitting. If you do not have the time for that then please do not order the program and then end up bashing the quality of Jon's work. But if you can take a good hour to an hour and a half of your time every other day as I did, then you will see results, as I did. No one else on here is going to watch you do it, so no one will ever prove that you tried or not when you write a review, if you choose to. I don't think I need to go through anymore motivation garbage because the theme is the same. Only you will know if you did the work, and if you did, this program ensures your results will be better than any teammate of yours who wings it on the tee, in the cage, or anyone else following any other organized program for that matter.

Just have a question about this thread 1st no activity on a consistant basis and seem UPStateNY2008 is the bigger contributor. Said he started this thread on Oct 23,2006 saying he was following program in 2 weeks and yet on May 21,2007 he states he was still in week 1 but had numerous postings inbetween. How that happen?

Upstate NY do you still exist?