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Explosive Hitting Advanced Weekly Classes
Explosive Hitting Focuses on 2 Major Goals
1. Improved Ball Exit Velocity (Hit it harder)
Statistics clearly show the greater the ball exit
velocity the greater the chances of geting on 
base.  Increased amount of hits, and increased
slugging percentage.  

Our system focuses on the intent to hit the ball harder. 

Our system focuses on the movement patterns/energy systems
it takes to hit the ball harder.  

Our system also is designed to objectively measured sources of 
power including ball exit velocity, bat speed, and ways to improve
both.  

2. Improved Ball Flight (Launch Angle)
Studies clearly show to increase your % of hits, 
and overall power it clearly depends on the launch
angle of the ball.   

Naturally all hitters have their own personal tendencies. 
Ground ball, fly ball, pop up, late, early.   Our system 
helps each player work against their own personal tendencies
while improving overall ability to hit with greater ball flight.  

Ball flight for our hitters is divided into Zone Categories.  Each 
players will document and record every swing to create better
awareness of ball flight, timing, and direction.  

Our philosophy is anything we measure and record we can improve. 
Recording objective data is step 1 to making an adjustment against
a negative tendency.  

Hit With Extreme Purpose
The Explosive Hitting System creates an environment
in which every swing has extreme purpose.  Hitting 
with purpose or practicing with purpose is crucial to 
development. 

# 1   Swings are measured using the categories
of ball exit velocity, bat speed, ball flight, and direction. 

# 2   Players are required to record each swing and 
document tendencies.   

# 3 Practice making adjustments.  Our system creates
a process that focuses on allowing players to learn 
to make self adjustments.   
 

142 Players Have Now Reached 90mph Ball Exit Velocity
15 Have Now Reached over 100mph
Alex Peterson Freshman 93mph Ball Exit Velocity
Donovan Nanfeldt 102MPH Exit Velocity
8th Grader Reaches 90mph
Ethan Buenzow (8th Grade) 90mph Ball Exit Velocity
8th Grader Ethan Buenzow 
reaches 90mph ball exit
velocity.  

Explosive Hitting Classes
Helps Players standout 
when it comes to hitting 
power and overall hitting
ability.  

Visual Learning
Using Visual Examples for Visual Learning
Drills to Create The Feel Of An Elite Movement Pattern
Using Tools to Create Feel
Imagine What Can Happen With the Right Direction, Guidance, and Time
Our Own Jack Ryan Led Team USA and The World Cup in Home Runs, and Slugging % at the 2015 World Cup in Taiwan.
Genetics simply tell us where we start. Environment, work ethic, proper guidance, and how we train will be the difference maker.
Explosive Hitting Class Has Six Components - 

1.    Infusing Intent into your swing 

Training The Swing Through Personalized Intent greatly impacts technique and is a results oriented way of training. 


2.    Video Analysis and Video Imitation and Classroom 

Players learn through seeing/watching/ and imitating.   Our visual component allows our students a consistent chance to see what great hitters do a like.  We then imitate what we see.    Hitters can see their own swing as well compared to big league hitters. 

3.     Strength Component  
Strength propels speed.  Explosive Hitting allows students to improve strength as it relates specifically to the movements of hitting. 
Create Feel by focusing on 3 movement phases of hitting while blending our drill sets to create feel. 
4.    Emphasis on the movement pattern great hitters have in Phase 1 of their swing along with rhythm and timing. 

5.    Emphasis on drills that improves the movement pattern of phase 2 of their swing.  Connection During Rotation
6.    Emphasis on drills that improve the movement pattern of phase 3 of their swing.  Swing through the final arch. 
The Six Components Hit's on crucial elements: 
Mindset/Visual learning/strength/Creating Feel in each movement phase also referred to as chunking. 
Using Nueromuscular blending concepts to improve swing habits faster.  

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This is a an elite class.   This is NOT for someone who needs motivation to work.   This is not for players who need their hand held.