What if we could use the awkward period of puberty to our advantage? I think puberty & maturation is an area of hitting development that is often overlooked. I won’t bore you w/ the details on how this thought experiment (more accurately, an observation & discussion) developed. Let’s just skip that part & get rightContinue reading “Coaching A Moving Target: Hitting Development From Adolescence To Adulthood”
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ReThinking Ocular Dominance
Do eye patches have any application past our weird hitting experiment? It’s been almost 4 years since we researched & experimented w/ this idea of training ocular dominance in hitters at Heavy Mettle. I am still convinced that it is widely misunderstood & overlooked. This season, something peaked my curiosity to revisit this idea. IContinue reading “ReThinking Ocular Dominance”
Shoes, Ankles, & Ground Reaction Force
1st of new blog posts I’m starting. 2 questions, 10 minutes, 1 thought experiment. Let’s get this out of the way. If you need a refresher on Ground Reaction Force check the following link: Bertec Course Question 1: Can the type of shoe a hitter wears affect performance? It seems intuitive, but let’s take aContinue reading “Shoes, Ankles, & Ground Reaction Force”
Baseball Thought Experiments 