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Coast to Coast baseball camp

December 15th, 2010 No comments

Swingtraining.net will be working at the Coast to Coast baseball camp at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, FL from December 27-31, 2010.

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hitting instruction in the cage

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Being a MLB hitting coach

January 24th, 2010 No comments

Interesting article on what it takes to be a hitting coach in the big leagues:

Hours are spent together inside batting cages hidden underneath the stands, sitting around video screens analyzing the intricacies of a swing and standing around batting cages, where a simple reminder to keep the bat head in the zone longer could be the key to breaking out of a slump.


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Bratt Bat – Heavy Weighted Bat Drill

October 15th, 2009 No comments

The Bratt Bat has been around for a long time and if you pay attention you can probably see one in the on-deck circle of most major league baseball teams.  Although Bratt Bat’s are traditionally used as a warm-up device, I think they can also serve a purpose for learning specific areas of the swing, such as rotation and swing path.  Even though these heavy weighted bats are out of the suggested range for use with standard overload-underload bat speed training, they still can be an effective tool for teaching mechanics that generate power and increased bat speed.

Weighted Bratt Bat

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RIT Sportszone ESPN2 Interview

October 6th, 2009 No comments

In my Rochester posts, I mentioned that I did a two-part interview with a local TV show.  They came to Jupiter to speak with myself and another RIT grad who also happened to work at Roger Dean Stadium.  When I went back to Rochester to work with the team, we did a follow up and they took some footage of me working with the players.

Here’s a link to the RIT Sportszone site, where you can find the entire episode (Season 8, Episode 2).

I put my segment in the sidebar, and also included a  it below in a bit larger size, along with more details about what I was talking about…

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Swingtraining.net & Perfect Competition

October 1st, 2009 No comments

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Swingtraining.net has joined with Perfect Competition sports performance facility in order to provide comprehensive strength, speed, and hitting specific workout programs in the Southeast Florida area.  Perfect Competition already has a well established reputation for their MLB Performance Enhancement program, and now Swingtraining.net will add the most specific hitting training available.

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Rochester Visit

September 16th, 2009 No comments
As previously mentioned, I travelled to Rochester, NY mostly to work with the Rochester Institute of Technology baseball team.  We went over cage drills, hitting approach and swing mechanics.  I was able to demonstrate the features of a radar device that measures bat speed, batted ball exit velocity, swing quickness and timing error (will have more on this is the not too distant future…) and discuss off-season training.  Coincidentally, RIT was having their alumni game that weekend at Frontier Field (AAA home of the Rochester Red Wings), so I was able to catch up with a lot of familiar faces…..really enjoyed the trip.
R.I.T. alumni game at Frontier Field

R.I.T. alumni game at Frontier Field

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