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Step One For New Members

If you are reading this, you are in the main forum....where all the good discussion and exchange of ideas occurs.

Instructional threads are 'stickied' to the top of this forum page in an effort to get new members to see the work that gets done here. There are 5 different threads of a dad and his kid, going through the HittingIllustrated process. They are quite instructional. I think you'll be impressed with what you see. The kid's progress is amazing. One of them is now a D1 player who chose college after being drafted. Another is a DII college player. A third is his brother who is now in high school. The fourth is a current high school freshman. And the fifth is my son who is now out of college and playing amateur fastpitch softball. Take a look. The terminology is likely to confuse you at first. But do your best to understand.

Then, there is another forum titled The Second Engine, found just below this one on the main page, which consists of 18 threads that have been chosen as 'good reads' for new members to get 'up to snuff' on what is taught here.

It is my recommendation that you spend your first hour or so in that forum reading those threads. Then, come here to ask questions. We love it when clips of hitters are posted.

And here is a link to an Instructional Starter Pak. It has the basic information. There are many details that go with each step that are too cumbersome to put in the Pak.

Instructional Starter Pak

MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR TRIAL PERIOD
POST A CLIP OF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
I'LL GIVE YOU AN ANALYSIS AND A RECOMMENDATION.

If I were you, I'd concentrate on figuring out what the Hand Pivot Point and what the Rear Hip Pivot Point are....and how they are synced together to create the high level swing.

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    New 15U

    Hello All. Thanks for this great resource. I've spent many hours looking at all the information in here and it's a lot to unpack!!!
    Kudos to TM and all of you for making this one of the best hitting resources I've seen online. I've been following TM's social media for quite some time. Here's why I'm here: I've always hated typical facility instruction- particularly guys who think they have it all figured out and are unwilling to accept what video can provide. My son is 15. He had alot of success as a 12U. This of course makes learning something new all the more difficult. Drilling is one thing, but in games he always seems to return to what is "baked in" to his DNA (old movement patterns). He's really struggling with information overload at the moment. Thus far he is hitting below the mendoza line as a Freshman playing JV. Rather than wait until the season is over.. I decided to start TM's methods more aggressively now. The way I see it, everything is development focused until he has something worth showing off or is playing HS Varsity. Why not start that process now so by this time next year- he can contribute offensively as a Varsity player.

    As I mentioned earlier, his biggest obstacle is relying on old baked in movement patterns that served him so well until he started facing 80-85 MPH. Both Dad and son are willing to put the blood and sweat into the process. Here is a youtube clip of him tonight(attempting) performing SnF. http://youtu.be/hlR3AQLdh3c
    Tags: 15u, hitting, learning the ropes, new hitter
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    some more links to vids taken tonight attempting baseline SnapMan movements
    http://youtu.be/VlhwKZecHCo stretch & Fire
    https://youtu.be/T3KE9rqiwKk 6 stage progression

    Some Simulated Varsity Game action here: Pitcher throws 83
    https://youtu.be/bX-UdutQJ60
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    • #3
      Hi there, what's the SnapMan progression?
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      • #4
        The snap is what is missing. It starts late. When he starts his move out toward the pitcher, he's not pulling back enough to build his stretch. It should feel like a rag wring before firing.
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        • #5
          BlueBloodBaseball- Thank you for the response. How would you go about explaining this to him or putting in some drilling to accomplish?
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          • #6
            any ideas on how to correct this?
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            • #7
              SnF drills are the best place to start IMO. He needs to learn how the lower and upper halves of the body work against each other to create a "window of usable stretch."

              The HI mechanics are counter intuitive to what is normally taught. The pulling back and sending the barrel backwards elements are movements that need to be ingrained into habitual patterns. The only way to achieve this is through reps.... lots of QUALITY reps. Along the way, the swing will start to make more sense and the finer points of hitting can get worked on.
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              • #8
                Study what you find on the forums. Work with the intention to duplicate what others have done before you... learn from their failures and success...keep providing video of tour trials.

                It may prove to be a grueling process, but it is absolutely worth it if you stick through it.
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                • #9
                  Here is a useful place to read more about the pullbacks, their purpose, and how to get them to work effectively...

                  http://hittingillustrated.com/forum/...our-Pull-Backs
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                  • #10
                    And another...

                    http://hittingillustrated.com/forum/...-The-REAL-Move
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