The Combat Hitting Formula for Success
Mental: 70%
Visual: 15%
Physical: 15%
These percentages equate to the time and effort required to be a successful hitter and are aquired through 10 minute drills. Drills that run past 10 minutes lead to innervation and poor mechanics. You can always come back to a particular drill later. Keep the mind fresh.
Leaping At The Opportunity To Hit
On Deck Prep and In Box Attitude
It's been said by many and multiple times that you get your hits in the on deck circle. If they can't qualify that statement, then it's only noise. Again, as stated in previous blog posts, a disciplined mental approach using a hitting system that works is a major component to being a successful hitter. If you employ such a system while on deck and in box, you'll be ripping line drives until the world looks level.
Preparing to hit on deck and in box means, as picky as it may seem, that proper hitting mechanics and an aggressive approach are important to maintaining hitting mechanics integrity and having successful at bats. To accomplish this in the Combat Hitting system, destructive muscle memory killers are removed and forbidden. The top of the throw out list is the softball swing... at anytime. If it doesn't look like a line drive swing, don't do it. Also, the pre-load bat waggle is not conducive to retaining a still head or the correct hitting muscle memory. Although it is not an uppercut swing or a swing of any type, it leads to problems. As an ex scout, I can tell you the problems with the feet and hands are the hardest to overcome. Feet and hand problems make you a "NP", a no prospect also known as a Zero in the OFP. You may argue that a waggle helps you in getting your hands started, but I've seen that it's of little or no benefit. The thought that it is useful in overcoming inertia in the launch stage is debatable. It does have a high propensity to lead to a hitch...especially if your hand and wrist strength can't handle a waggle. The end result will be the barrell dropping below the hands creating a hole in your swing. Expect to be pitched up and in routinely with this flaw.
Another case for eliminating the waggle is the probability of causing innervation* and blurred vision.
(Innervation* is an ugly beast in baseball. It likes to show up when there's blurred vision caused by tracking pitches with more than 4 eye muscles in each eye when hitting, and occurs after 10 minutes of repititious drills)
More ON DECK Prep
In the Combat Hitting system you're taught to desensitize your nervous system in your pre-at bat prep. Not only have I borrowed strength and stretching techniques from the Russian Sports Program, but I have incorporated many aspects from the Martial Arts as well...hence the name Combat Hitting was derived.
Desensitizing the nervous system by breathing techniques followed with the toe to head slap down, will have a positive physiological hitting effect. Additional on deck prep, which includes the hitting mantra with muscle memory work, a quick depth perception drill and fine tuning your visual acuity.
Forget the bat weight. Overloading changes your hitting mechanics and the lighter bat feel only lasts for 20 seconds before the bat feels heavier than it is. In essence you're causing yourself to be weaker during your at bat.
Once in the box, you're ready to start your IN BOX routine to sharpen your focus.
Mental: 70%
Visual: 15%
Physical: 15%
These percentages equate to the time and effort required to be a successful hitter and are aquired through 10 minute drills. Drills that run past 10 minutes lead to innervation and poor mechanics. You can always come back to a particular drill later. Keep the mind fresh.
Leaping At The Opportunity To Hit
On Deck Prep and In Box Attitude
It's been said by many and multiple times that you get your hits in the on deck circle. If they can't qualify that statement, then it's only noise. Again, as stated in previous blog posts, a disciplined mental approach using a hitting system that works is a major component to being a successful hitter. If you employ such a system while on deck and in box, you'll be ripping line drives until the world looks level.
Preparing to hit on deck and in box means, as picky as it may seem, that proper hitting mechanics and an aggressive approach are important to maintaining hitting mechanics integrity and having successful at bats. To accomplish this in the Combat Hitting system, destructive muscle memory killers are removed and forbidden. The top of the throw out list is the softball swing... at anytime. If it doesn't look like a line drive swing, don't do it. Also, the pre-load bat waggle is not conducive to retaining a still head or the correct hitting muscle memory. Although it is not an uppercut swing or a swing of any type, it leads to problems. As an ex scout, I can tell you the problems with the feet and hands are the hardest to overcome. Feet and hand problems make you a "NP", a no prospect also known as a Zero in the OFP. You may argue that a waggle helps you in getting your hands started, but I've seen that it's of little or no benefit. The thought that it is useful in overcoming inertia in the launch stage is debatable. It does have a high propensity to lead to a hitch...especially if your hand and wrist strength can't handle a waggle. The end result will be the barrell dropping below the hands creating a hole in your swing. Expect to be pitched up and in routinely with this flaw.
Another case for eliminating the waggle is the probability of causing innervation* and blurred vision.
(Innervation* is an ugly beast in baseball. It likes to show up when there's blurred vision caused by tracking pitches with more than 4 eye muscles in each eye when hitting, and occurs after 10 minutes of repititious drills)
More ON DECK Prep
In the Combat Hitting system you're taught to desensitize your nervous system in your pre-at bat prep. Not only have I borrowed strength and stretching techniques from the Russian Sports Program, but I have incorporated many aspects from the Martial Arts as well...hence the name Combat Hitting was derived.
Desensitizing the nervous system by breathing techniques followed with the toe to head slap down, will have a positive physiological hitting effect. Additional on deck prep, which includes the hitting mantra with muscle memory work, a quick depth perception drill and fine tuning your visual acuity.
Forget the bat weight. Overloading changes your hitting mechanics and the lighter bat feel only lasts for 20 seconds before the bat feels heavier than it is. In essence you're causing yourself to be weaker during your at bat.
Once in the box, you're ready to start your IN BOX routine to sharpen your focus.
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