Bay Are​a Bears​​
Bay Area Bears Hitting and Pitching, Professional Baseball Academy, PBABaseball/Softball lessons- Batting cages
416 West King St. King Nc (Parking - Entrance in back)
Rotational Hitting.
The circle at the bottom shows where the foot started prior to engaging the hips. Minimizing any wasted energy, "leaking" out the back.
Background information
We believe in and teach rotational hitting. I've watched numerous hitters and I can pick up on most mistakes. BUT, do they(player) understand? We video so we can show the player and the team so they can SEE what they are doing, right and wrong. Most players do not realize they are rolling their wrist, lunging forward until they are shown the video. VIDEOS don't lie. As a coach, it helps me pick up on things I may miss also.
Living in North Carolina, basketball was a very big part of growing up. I refer our kids to Jim Valvano's Espy speech every year. Time is precious and you should play like you mean it and we should never give up. Hard work will pay off and there is a time and a place for fun and games and a time for work. Baseball is a process and takes time. It doesn't improve over night.
I teach using rotational hitting and do understand a "small" part is linear. I like to work on one area at a time so the batter doesn't feel overwhelmed with change. I feel there are 3 parts to lessons: Mechanics, Timing, and Mental approach-Pitch selection. I try to use terms they understand as well as terms they will hear in High School and beyond. The past few years in Tx, I was the hitting coach for a private school that made the playoffs each year.(4yrs) Sometimes players hear a term but they don't fully understand what the meaning is or WHY it's so important. We show them through Video, Gyros on bats, and radars. Numbers don't lie and showing them their bat speed increase through changes confirms what we're doing. I consider my batters some of the smartest on the fields and the best batting coach on the field when they are up to bat. Even my younger players can tell me what pitch is being thrown.
I often hear my player hits great in the cages but they can't take it to the field. But let me ask you the same way I ask my players. How much of baseball is mental and how much of it do THEY practice? In the lesson, we practice this weekly! Sometimes it's not the player but the parent that may need to change. I know I'm treading on shaky ground but how many of you have heard a parent yell to a kid to hit the ball or throw strikes?? I've never known a kid go up to bat and intentionally strike out or walk a batter. So how are you encouraging your player? What is a .400 batting average? .400 may not be bad but that does mean they fail .600.
There's a lot more to it. I'd love to share it with you. Contact me today for your initial lesson. We'll go over expectations, video, Analysis and drills to work on the swing.
I am a certified Epstein instructor. We use the same principles and video analysis to review hitters swing. Schedule your lesson today!