Hitting With Power — Train With a Point

Exit velocity is the number coaches can see without arguing. If he wants to hit at the next level, that number has to move.

Don’t go into a workout just to get some swings in. Have a purpose. A target. A count. Then stop before it turns into chopping wood.

Power comes from sequence, not from muscling the bat with the hands. Hips lead. The barrel stays through it. You don’t see pitchers get their arm in front of their hips. Hitting is the same idea in the other direction.

A heavy bat will tell the truth faster than a lecture. He cannot swing 44 ounces by leading with his hands. That’s the point of the drill — not to look like a strongman.

People love to argue quality versus quantity. Quality comes BECAUSE of quantity. He’s going to take bad swings. The kids who live in the cage have fewer of them. The best hitters I’ve been around were cagerats. They had a routine and they showed up.

Your job in the yard is not to rebuild his swing every night. Pick one thing. Count the reps. Leave. The pattern sticks later than you want it to. Don’t get frustrated. He’s young. Coordination comes in waves.