Rob Ledington

Developer of the theory of Exit Angles, and Optimal Contact Points.

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Lastly, I have created drills to measure “swing time”, “stride time” and “load time”, based on beats. The hitter/instructor get immediate feedback. Which leads to positive changes that may need to be made in order to “be on time”, and “feel velocity” Interested? Reach out…

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Part 4: Creating off-speed beat. In this example, you have an 80 mph changeup. Notice different “second beat sound” for pitch identification, and required “in swing adjustment”

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Part 3: Create the 90 mph Fastball beat (3 beats) First beat to simulate starting on separation (incorporates ur specific reaction time to sound). Second beat, pitch recognition deeper sound for FB. 3rd beat represents contact (should be simultaneous to contact off tee)

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Part 2: combine separation to release time of pitcher (.40 average, better to get exact) to your specific audio reaction time and velocity time (.409 = 90 mph) for total time. Then divide 60 beats per minute by total time to get the beat.

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A few tweets on how to practice syncing your movement to time/velo. First, discover your reaction time to audio…

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How do u practice velo/the beat….60 beats per minute divided by ur total time. iPhone/speaker/ear buds……create ur own dance moves!

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Most important thing in hitting? Yep, timing! 2 most important things for good timing: Contact point and rhythm. Ball flight validates the correct contact point, and staying on beat validates the time/velo! People dance differently…but good dancers aren’t mechanical! 😎

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Over the years their has been lots of discussion about “matching the plane” VERTICALLY…. But very little about HORIZONTALLY! Pitchers with extreme arm slots, have specific angles of release. Match the angle with set up, not head turn. Can’t win fight being punched from behind!

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Metronomes allow u to change the sound of the beat…. So, one sound/time/beat represents FB… and another sound/time/beat represents off-speed. Training the mind (not the eyes) to adjust to varying speeds…..

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A 90 MPH pitch has a time of .41 and a beat of 146. A pitcher who throws 90, with a time of .50 from separation to release gives a total beat of 66….HUGE timing difference! “Slows the game down”

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Players won’t experiment unless they feel safe. It’s hard to experiment while being evaluated. So, require every hitter to go through the same drill on a given day. The fear will go away, and the concentration level will increase organically due to the task/competition

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Load, and/or Stride: it’s the back swing of golf. Some are long and slow. Some are short and fast. One doesn’t fit all. But one works best for each hitter. Experiment…..It’s usually not the mechanics of the swing, but the correct movements to get to the swing.

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@Coach_Taylor_11 Yes Sir….Line Drives occur between 10 and 20 degrees. Take a look at Oklahoma softball and what they’re doing. They led the country in hitting last year….chasing line drives!

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The most productive hitters have lower, not higher launch angles: The top 4 hitters in D1 last year (Schanuel, Wetherholt, Kulasingham, Crews) had avg. launch angles of 15 and below. LINE DRIVES!

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We don’t know what we don’t know…Pitchers constantly experiment with grips/arm slots to create movement/velocity. We call it “pitch design”. Hitters need to experiment more with set-up (opened/closed/square), loads/strides… they may discover something works better “Hit Design”

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Individual pitchers have a time from separation to release, and a time based on their respective velocity for various pitches. Thus, a TOTAL time, or “shot clock”. Hitters should practice that time until it becomes instinctive…. They may discover they have time for 2 dribbles!

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Timing Training: In the “Last Dance” documentary… Jordan knew he had time for one dribble in order to get off a shot with time running out against Cleveland…. He took TWO dribbles! Instinctual understanding of time, because basketball players practice time!

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Individual human brains process at different times. Some need more/less time to figure things out. Wouldn’t it be important to figure out how long it takes a given hitter to recognize pitches, so u could develop a swing time to coincide for the total time to contact?

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K’s are just outs?? The top 4 hitters in D1 in 2023, also had the lowest K percentages in the country. Why? Because they are seekers of LINE DRIVES, who hit Friday night starters, and 9th inning closers as well as Tuesday night starters!

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The top 4 hitters in D1 last year (2023) had avg Exit Velos in the 90’s. Why? Because they seek LINE DRIVES! And their misses (which are also fewest in the country) lead to Doubles/HR’s and hard GB’s, vs. FB’s and weak pull side GB’s that grandmothers can catch.

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Load/Stride is nothing more than Rhythm…. It has very little to do with power, other than getting u to a powerful position consistently on time! The load/stride can certainly prevent both, if done incorrectly.