Why You Roll Over Every Outside Pitch
Rolling over the outside pitch is not a strength problem. It is a decision problem. Here are the three contact points, the two cues I use in every lesson, and a drill that gives you a number to retest.
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How We Build Your Plan: The Three Kinds of Players in Every Dugout
Hand ten players the same drill sheet and you get three different practices. Here is how Coach Trev studies the athlete before building the plan, and why it changes the way a rep gets coached.
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You’re Not Fooled by the Curveball. You’re Early.
Most young hitters do not get fooled by off-speed. They get early. Here is the sequencing fix, the two cues I say in every lesson, and a three-round drill that gives you a number to retest.
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Two Strikes Isn’t a Death Sentence. It’s a Job.
Watch a hitter after he takes a called strike two, or fouls off a couple. His shoulders drop. The bat gets heavy. He walks back into the box already halfway to the dugout. The 0-2 count feels like the pitcher already won. Here is the truth nobody tells young hitters: two strikes is not the…
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Your Hands Are Late Because of the Hitch
You keep getting beat by the fastball. Not the good one on the black. The one down the middle, the one you have been waiting for all at-bat. It comes, you swing, and you are late. Your coach tells you to speed up your hands. You try. You get later. Here is the truth nobody…
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Why Most Hitters Never Learn to Load Their Hips
Here is a swing I see every week. A kid squares up, loads his hands, and fires. The bat looks quick. The ball dies at the warning track, or worse, rolls over to short. He hits the cage, he takes his cuts, he works hard, and the power never shows up. So he grips it…
