From Rick Asher 9/6/2012

Venom Parents & Players-

Some of our players may take hitting instruction from people that teach

rotational vs. linear/rotational hitting.  I personally teach

linear/rotational or Right View Pro.  Many of the college coaches teach

this style of hitting now days.  One myth is that there is a difference

between a baseball & softball swing.  Not true.  The Right View Pro style

of hitting is developed by Major League Athletes.  Taught by college

coaches such as Sue Enquist and Mike Candrea.

Go to youtube and type in Mike Candrea's name and he has many video clips

out there talking about the parts of the swing.

I am attaching a basic right handed hitter hitting lesson.  I push hard to

teach the verbage so that when we talk about the adjustments the player

needs to make they understand what part of the swing we refer to.  I also

included an outline of one of the hitting clinics i conducted in 2010.  We

will use a similiar format for the 10's and 12's this year.  I will have

more advanced clinics for the older girls.

A player must remember these 5 basic principles:

1-  Be Ready - the hitter starts the load into the hitting position when

the pitcher begins movement.

2-  Be early vs. being late - the hitter needs to ensure the front foot is

down to provide maximum leverage and explosion to contact.

3-  Look inside and adjust away - it is almost impossible to look outside

and adjust to the inside pitch.  The bathead needs to be release early into

the hitting zone on an inside pitch.

4-  Prepare for fastball and adjust to the change up or slower pitch

5-  Prepare for high and adjust to low - this is especially true for

fastpitch softball players.

My favorite quote is "We are what we repeatedly do, therefore, excellence

is not an act, but a habit."

Our focus is to teach the correct fundamentals and practice them over &

over again until there is muscle memory.

Fielding will be next weeks focus

Thanks

Coach Rick