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Youth Hitting Mechanics & Drills

Hitting Mechanics & Drills - Youth Baseball Series

Hitting Mechanics and Drills by Mitch Thompson

Hitting Mechanics & Drills is a part of the Youth Baseball Series.

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DVD Running Time: 40 minutes (ages 10 & up)
Get the basics down pat
Understand timing & balance
16 great drills for players or team

Learn the BIG 5 swing mechanics:
Stance, Load, Stride, Swing, Finish

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Hitting Mechanics & Drills

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Mitch Thompson breaks down the mechanics of the swing into seven parts: bat selection, grip, stance, start, stride, swing, and finish. Thompson also explores the mental approach to hitting and explains ways to make hitting simple. He demonstrates drills using the hitting stick, dry swing drills, the side toss, the short toss, tees, and front toss drills.

Coach JP Says:

This guy understands the youth swing, its common mechanical flaws, the right corrections and teaching points. He does not assume anything and starts with the basics. This allows him to quickly get through any "entry-level detail" and move right into more of the good stuff within the first few minutes.

Thompson touches on the mental side, goes directly into grip & bat selection (a quick recap), then pulls you in with some powerful statements regarding:

Creating balance throughout the swing.
Eliminating unnecessary movement.
Getting a good pitch to hit.
Why you should swing down to the ball.

Coach Thompson hits all the major points dead on and does it with an easy-going style that any youth coach or player can understand. I found his drills to be creative, helpful and easy to do. anywhere. His hitters are lucky to have him as their hitting coach.

* This DVD is good for intermediate to highly skilled High School players.

Hitting Mechanics & Drills

Chapter Review

Hitting is perhaps the most difficult skill to perform in all of sports. In fact, at the Major League level the failure rate is 74%. In this DVD, hitting coach Mitch Thompson simplifies the 4 skills that will develop successful hitters and covers the phases of the swing from start to finish.

Thompson focuses on creating balance throughout the swing, eliminating unnecessary movement, getting a good pitch to hit, and swinging downhill. He also demonstrates 16 hitting drills designed to improve the mechanics of youth league athletes.

We recommend this 40-minute DVD for those wanting to teach hitting to players aged 10 & up.

Hitting Mechanics & Drills has an introduction, conclusion, and 5 chapters of instruction and drills:

Mental Approach
Mechanics of the Swing
Five Phases of Hitting
Stance Breakdown
Hitting Drills

About the Coach

Mitch Thompson is the hitting coach and outfield position coach at Baylor University. Thompson has been coaching at Baylor for 12 years, which makes him the second most tenured assistant coach in the Big 12 conference.

Thompson played first and third base at Fort Hays State in Kansas, where he was named team captain as a senior in 1988. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State, where he earned a master's degree in physical education. Thompson has also coached at Radford and Auburn, where he was the defensive coordinator.