Post your best resources for hitting instruction

[pstein]

Much like Crankermo, you lost me at O'Leary. I would characterize most of what he's advocating as a form of PCR(W), which is something you should move on from relatively quickly.

 

[straightleg]

Get 'em.
Trust me.

THought about it but I work with her hitting coach HC and I have met her and been to her clinics...
I know what is on them, if I get some extra cash will buy them just to support her.
I have 2 kids in college at the moment



~SL

 

[coachkurtis]

My daughter trained with Dave Paetkau for three years. The man is a wealth of knowledge and pushes when he needs to.

 

[coach james]

straightleg,
I also give you and your DD a Big thumbs up for your videos. Thanks for putting them out there for others to learn. There good to get a new/young hitter started.

I'm always adding to my DVD collection... what are the straightleg videos called? And where can we find them?

 

[mennitti]

I've been curious what the drawbacks of O'Leary are (without using acronyms....I don't know what the letters stand for). We use it at our high school, what are we missing?

 

[iMlearning]

Slippery Rock

Rdbass...Didn't know you went there...went there a lot to see my brother. An Edinboro man here.

 

[undergroundga]

My best resource is taking my dd to an actual hitting instructor. I may never be a guru, but I've had a much easier time understanding pitching than hitting.
As far as actual resources that I use to help me teach at practices, anything by Justin Stone at Elite Baseball in Chicago. And, god I can't believe I'm gonna admit to having his dvds, Tim Walton.I would love for Gerry Glasco to make a video!

 

[pstein]

I've been curious what the drawbacks of O'Leary are (without using acronyms....I don't know what the letters stand for). We use it at our high school, what are we missing?

I don't want to insult O'Leary too much, as I've been very rude to him in the past and have felt badly about it. However, my main issues with his material involve the insistence that the hands aren't active beyond maintaining the hinge angle. Also, he doesn't see very large pieces of the high-level swing puzzle.

 

[mennitti]

So you believe in rotation + extension?

 

[pstein]

So you believe in rotation + extension?

No. I believe in the hands. Extension is mainly a function of pitch location.