“We’ve had kids in the shop have like 80 mph bat speed and their exit velos weren’t great….When you’re trying too hard, the accuracy and the compression of the ball goes down. And that’s ultimately what our sport is..”
🔥 from @YesYesTraining in the Remote Hitting Zooms on how important Bat Speed is🗣️
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“Smash the ball and then you walk deliberately towards first base…if you feel your body fight against itself you’ve over-rotated somewhere you want it to feel clean” 🐟🪜
Listen to Ryan MacMillian talk about Trout Steps and the Lefty Version of it with Bryce Harper’s 🗣️
#miketrout #bryceharper #the108way
“We’re taking our window of success and extending it because we’re our barrels on plane from here through here versus in and out of the zone…If I slam my brakes that’s where my barrel is gonna release. That’s why your direction was cleaner and you were actually squaring those balls up instead of clipping them”
Listen to @nheadley14 talk about keeping the barrel in the zone and not overrotating, especially on outside pitches, to compress the cork instead of clipping it🗣️
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“It’s just so different because no one’s watching baseball. Even if you think about the homers you watch, did you see the pitches before the homer? How did he get to that pitch? What was the count in that pitch? there’s zero context on what was seen on the swings because of social media”
Listen to Ryan McMillian talk about understanding the whole context of the game not just the one swing you see on social media🗣️
A lot of players and young kids only see the highlights and don’t see what happens in a whole at bat! Every week we’ll be posting full at bats from the hitting and pitching side!
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Had a great summer with @eXposureBB. Grateful for all the opportunities. Looking forward to the fall to start up! Here are a few swings and my final stats.
“How often am I on time? How often am I staying through it? Putting good swings on the ball, sticking to an approach and a plan? We can take a 1-4 day but be 3-4 on quality at-bats”
Listen to @YesYesTraining talk about framing your results on Quality At Bats and not the actual outcome🗣️
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“You have to understand when a drill you’re working on creating new movement patterns or when you’re challenging the movement pattern…If you’re challenging the patterns with a Velo machine, are you going to perform if you’re thinking about the movement?“
Listen to @YesYesTraining on the focus on creating a new movement pattern vs challenging the pattern and the different mindsets🗣️
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Always fun when we got to see “Projectable LHP” start to become “a guy”. @jt_tow26 continues to get the job done this summer. Kid knows how to PITCH!!! #BeSpecific@YesYesTraining
“Allowing our lower half to turn on when it’s time to go is really important. When hitters turn their legs on too early, they typically sink into them early and then push up out of them on the way forward or as we’re delivering the barrel”
Listen to @nheadley14 talk about using your legs correctly and what moves you don’t have to force to make happen
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