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Welcome to the site. It appears that you are here with the primary purpose of selling something. Have you contacted the folks at HSBBW to advertise? If you have, great. If you have not, please be aware that spamming is not welcome here.
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Understand the spamming thing. Actually, just two high school coaches who are promoting hitting. Take a look at our site and give us your honest opinon. Thanks again
Understand the spamming thing. Actually, just two high school coaches who are promoting hitting. Take a look at our site and give us your honest opinon. Thanks again
Check with MNmom if it's ok to post here. cabbagedad explained it perfectly clear - we don't allow spamming here. You want to sell your stuff then pay to advertise just like the other businesses you see on here.
Practice what you preach guys - this is from your own website.
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Practice what you preach guys - this is from your own website.
Coach2709, sincerely appreciate your response and we will message MNmom today. Like stated, we are two high school coaches that are sincerely interested in promoting hitting. Thanks again.
Coach2709, have messaged MNmom and appreciate your help. Thanks headstillhitter
No problem and appreciate your quick action to take the proper steps. I wish you guys luck in your business and seasons.
I thought the golden rule was,,get a good pitch to hit?
All a matter of opinion, but in my experience if we do 2 things consistently (head still & hands inside the ball) we can do a lot of things wrong and still be a pretty good hitter. Listed below is an article. Thanks for your reply.
The golden rule in the batting stance
by Brian Smith
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.The most important tip that anyone can give to a hitter is "Keep your head down and still in your stance and swing."
Every hitter has been given this cue, but only the consistent hitters actually put it to use.
The still head helps create consistency, and consistency is what separates the good hitter from the journeyman hitter - enabling him to hit the ball hard again and again.
A hitter has very little time to judge the location, speed, and category of the pitch, and then command the muscles to swing the bat aggressively at the pitch. That is why hitting remains "the most difficult thing to do in sports."
Obviously, when fractions of a second mean so much, the act of keeping the head down and still so that you can see the ball longer, can mean everything in the hitting process.
What causes head movement during a swing?
The most common cause is "pulling the head out." It is a bad habit that not only keeps the hitter from seeing the baseball in the contact zone, but helps pull the front shoulder and hips out of the power zone. In fact, it constricts the hit selection to just the inside pitch.
All hitters face this problem at one time or another. The good hitters never stop working at it - to keep it from happening. Fortunately, it remains a relatively easy part of the hitting process to focus on in practice: Keep the head down and still with your eye on the ball, on every swing.
Another common cause of head movement is overstriding or lunging. Whenever a hitter overstrides or lunges, he will move his head downward - changing the level of his eyes and making it harder to judge the pitch. Hitting is hard enough as it is without having the eyes bouncing around while the pitch in on its way.
The hitter, depending on his body size, will generally take a six to eight-inch stride. Anything over eight will usually lead to excessive head movement that will prevent the hitter from meeting the ball consistently.
Overstriding can be averted by having the hitter spread out more and take a smaller stride. The wide stance-short stride will help promote balance and allow the hitter to use his body more efficiently.
The archetype hitter in this respect was, of course, Joe DiMaggio, who set up with his feet well apart and barely moved his front foot on his step-to-hit.
DiMaggio's seamless, perfectly balanced stroke provided great consistency and power. What's more, unlike most great power hitters, he rarely struck out.
Coaching point: Besides spreading out and reducing the stride, the hitter should be taught to keep his stride soft - move his foot forward as if testing an icy surface to determine whether it will support the body weight. The "soft" step will help keep the body balanced at its strongest hitting position.
The hitter's head will dictate what kind of hitter he is. The key thing in coaching is to get the hitter to focus on keeping the head down and still on every swing.
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The golden rule in the batting stance
by Brian Smith
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"F you and your high powered rifle!" The Gary Fadden incident - The Ayoob files
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.The most important tip that anyone can give to a hitter is "Keep your head down and still in your stance and swing."
Every hitter has been given this cue, but only the consistent hitters actually put it to use.
The still head helps create consistency, and consistency is what separates the good hitter from the journeyman hitter - enabling him to hit the ball hard again and again.
A hitter has very little time to judge the location, speed, and category of the pitch, and then command the muscles to swing the bat aggressively at the pitch. That is why hitting remains "the most difficult thing to do in sports."
Obviously, when fractions of a second mean so much, the act of keeping the head down and still so that you can see the ball longer, can mean everything in the hitting process.
What causes head movement during a swing?
The most common cause is "pulling the head out." It is a bad habit that not only keeps the hitter from seeing the baseball in the contact zone, but helps pull the front shoulder and hips out of the power zone. In fact, it constricts the hit selection to just the inside pitch.
All hitters face this problem at one time or another. The good hitters never stop working at it - to keep it from happening. Fortunately, it remains a relatively easy part of the hitting process to focus on in practice: Keep the head down and still with your eye on the ball, on every swing.
Another common cause of head movement is overstriding or lunging. Whenever a hitter overstrides or lunges, he will move his head downward - changing the level of his eyes and making it harder to judge the pitch. Hitting is hard enough as it is without having the eyes bouncing around while the pitch in on its way.
The hitter, depending on his body size, will generally take a six to eight-inch stride. Anything over eight will usually lead to excessive head movement that will prevent the hitter from meeting the ball consistently.
Overstriding can be averted by having the hitter spread out more and take a smaller stride. The wide stance-short stride will help promote balance and allow the hitter to use his body more efficiently.
The archetype hitter in this respect was, of course, Joe DiMaggio, who set up with his feet well apart and barely moved his front foot on his step-to-hit.
DiMaggio's seamless, perfectly balanced stroke provided great consistency and power. What's more, unlike most great power hitters, he rarely struck out.
Coaching point: Besides spreading out and reducing the stride, the hitter should be taught to keep his stride soft - move his foot forward as if testing an icy surface to determine whether it will support the body weight. The "soft" step will help keep the body balanced at its strongest hitting position.
The hitter's head will dictate what kind of hitter he is. The key thing in coaching is to get the hitter to focus on keeping the head down and still on every swing.
COPYRIGHT 1998 Scholastic, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
quote:Originally posted by wogdoggy:
I thought the golden rule was,,get a good pitch to hit?
Not to discount getting a good pitch either. We can be mechanically sound and if we do not get a good pitch to hit either than it does not do much good either. Hitting is all about doing things consistently. If i do the wrong things consistently then i will get the same results consistently. Same holds true for doing the right things consistently. To me, it all really starts with keeping the head still. So often in coaching high school hitters we get the head coming up early wanting to follow the ball after contact. This is all fine and well after contact, but would much, much rather hitter be in habit of keeping head down throughout swing and finish. Once contact has been made "what is done, is done." Lifting head slightly to follow contact path so often resulsts in head coming up just slightly or early and pretty soon, we have a problem and have made hitting round ball with round bat lot more difficult.
Um, I could make that for pretty much free. It's a mouthpiece with a clip on the end. No offense. Just sayin.....
quote:Originally posted by ironhorse:
Um, I could make that for pretty much free. It's a mouthpiece with a clip on the end. No offense. Just sayin.....
None taken. You are correct that the design is very simple yet effective. Within the last 2 weeks put in use with 4 high school programs and all reviews have been very positive. In terms of cost being free, nothing is free. You have cost, overhead, case as well as we offer free shipping. Like stated earlier, we are promoting improving hitting and this has been a very effective tool that i have personally used with high school hitters, students i give lessons to etc. Thanks for your response
Wow... a somewhat misinformed idea combined with things that don't match up to video.
Good hitters do not keep their "eyes on the ball" and their heads down throughout the swing. It simply doesn't happen. You can't see the ball for the last 12 or so feet, which is why late breaking pitches are so effective. Keeping the head down inhibits lower body action.
Ted Williams hated it. Ted Williams is also on the record as saying that he never saw the ball hit the bat. Nor did Mike Epstein. I haven't seen the ball hit the bat. No MLB hitter now or ever has seen it.
Go look at some pictures at contact. MLB hitters aren't looking down at the ball. They're looking out at the field.
Good hitters do not keep their "eyes on the ball" and their heads down throughout the swing. It simply doesn't happen. You can't see the ball for the last 12 or so feet, which is why late breaking pitches are so effective. Keeping the head down inhibits lower body action.
Ted Williams hated it. Ted Williams is also on the record as saying that he never saw the ball hit the bat. Nor did Mike Epstein. I haven't seen the ball hit the bat. No MLB hitter now or ever has seen it.
Go look at some pictures at contact. MLB hitters aren't looking down at the ball. They're looking out at the field.
quote:Originally posted by Low Finish:
Wow... a somewhat misinformed idea combined with things that don't match up to video.
Good hitters do not keep their "eyes on the ball" and their heads down throughout the swing. It simply doesn't happen. You can't see the ball for the last 12 or so feet, which is why late breaking pitches are so effective. Keeping the head down inhibits lower body action.
Ted Williams hated it. Ted Williams is also on the record as saying that he never saw the ball hit the bat. Nor did Mike Epstein. I haven't seen the ball hit the bat. No MLB hitter now or ever has seen it.
Go look at some pictures at contact. MLB hitters aren't looking down at the ball. They're looking out at the field.
Check out pics on website under examples: Joe Mauer, Derek Jeter & Albert Pujols. All speak for themselves with hitting accolades & pics speak for themselves with head positioning and lower body rotation.
quote:Originally posted by Low Finish:
Wow... a somewhat misinformed idea combined with things that don't match up to video.
Good hitters do not keep their "eyes on the ball" and their heads down throughout the swing. It simply doesn't happen. You can't see the ball for the last 12 or so feet, which is why late breaking pitches are so effective. Keeping the head down inhibits lower body action.
Ted Williams hated it. Ted Williams is also on the record as saying that he never saw the ball hit the bat. Nor did Mike Epstein. I haven't seen the ball hit the bat. No MLB hitter now or ever has seen it.
Go look at some pictures at contact. MLB hitters aren't looking down at the ball. They're looking out at the field.
Not arguing that any major league hitter has "seen the ball hit the bat," however for 20 years we have taught head starts on front shoulder, finishes on back shoulder, head actually stays still (hence the name) and head stays down through contact. I know from 20 yrs. experience that the players who have the least head movement are the most consistent. keeping the head down through contact has no effect on lower half rotation. Does not matter if you are teaching rotational hitting or linear hitting or a mixture the head must stay still. Check out mlb pics on site of the 3 hitters. I see head down, lower half working through ball etc. Anyway, thanks for the post, I enjoy talking hitting. Thanks again
quote:Originally posted by headstillhitter:quote:Originally posted by Low Finish:
Wow... a somewhat misinformed idea combined with things that don't match up to video.
Good hitters do not keep their "eyes on the ball" and their heads down throughout the swing. It simply doesn't happen. You can't see the ball for the last 12 or so feet, which is why late breaking pitches are so effective. Keeping the head down inhibits lower body action.
Ted Williams hated it. Ted Williams is also on the record as saying that he never saw the ball hit the bat. Nor did Mike Epstein. I haven't seen the ball hit the bat. No MLB hitter now or ever has seen it.
Go look at some pictures at contact. MLB hitters aren't looking down at the ball. They're looking out at the field.
Not arguing that any major league hitter has "seen the ball hit the bat," however for 20 years we have taught head starts on front shoulder, finishes on back shoulder, head actually stays still (hence the name) and head stays down through contact. I know from 20 yrs. experience that the players who have the least head movement are the most consistent. keeping the head down through contact has no effect on lower half rotation. Does not matter if you are teaching rotational hitting or linear hitting or a mixture the head must stay still. Check out mlb pics on site of the 3 hitters. I see head down, lower half working through ball etc. Anyway, thanks for the post, I enjoy talking hitting. Thanks again
Yes, it does. Without a doubt.
Ted Williams said something about how George Brett screws himself up when he tries to keep his head down. And so did Dwight Evans.
Varitek's head is not down.
Nor is Vlad's.
Tony Clark?
Like I stated earlier. Look at examples of mlb guys on website and tell me there head is not down. Tool is for youth league to high school hitters whom I have worked with for 20 years. Everyday, with kids it is the same thing, keep the head down. Looking at pic. of Jeter and others on website their head is down. Do you not think mlb hitters get head up occasionally? Matt Williams was notorious for it. Thanks again and i invite you to look at pictures on website under "examples" tag.
quote:Originally posted by headstillhitter:
Like I stated earlier. Look at examples of mlb guys on website and tell me there head is not down. Tool is for youth league to high school hitters whom I have worked with for 20 years. Everyday, with kids it is the same thing, keep the head down. Looking at pic. of Jeter and others on website their head is down. Do you not think mlb hitters get head up occasionally? Matt Williams was notorious for it. Thanks again and i invite you to look at pictures on website under "examples" tag.
the head moves forward slightly with the "stride" teaching a kid not to move his head could be counterproductive unless its excessive.the head does move THEN it becomes stable.
We actually teach head starts front shoulder and actually stays "still" throughout the swing finishing on the back shoulder. Head is going to move slightly due to shift in weight transfer, but needs to remain as "still" as possible. If i could have all our hitters do 2 things consistently it would be: head still/hands inside ball. Obviously lot else comes into play, but if we do these 2 things consistently we can do some things wrong and still be a pretty good high school hitter.
quote:Originally posted by headstillhitter:
We actually teach head starts front shoulder and actually stays "still" throughout the swing finishing on the back shoulder. Head is going to move slightly due to shift in weight transfer, but needs to remain as "still" as possible. If i could have all our hitters do 2 things consistently it would be: head still/hands inside ball. Obviously lot else comes into play, but if we do these 2 things consistently we can do some things wrong and still be a pretty good high school hitter.
how do you hit a baseball if your hands are outside the ball..with the knob? I hate these stupid catch phrases that do more damage than good.like knob to the ball and squish the bug.
