Counteracting a Pitcher's Strategy

<p>This week’s episode of The Lab – Epstein Hitting Podcast, Jim and Jake break down ways hitters in baseball and softball can counteract a pitcher’s strategy through detailed study, repetition, and game-planning to further increase the chances of a hitter’s success.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>TO WATCH THE SHOW, VISIT AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAB – EPSTEIN HITTING PODCAST YOUTUBE PAGE --- </strong><a href="https://youtu.be/qzpQ3WF5pRk" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qzpQ3WF5pRk</a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>SHOW NOTES: </strong></p> <p>1:00 – Jake’s big announcement</p> <p>3:00 – Preference for batter’s boxes</p> <p>9:00 – Counteracting a pitcher’s strategies</p> <p>15:00 – Counteracting a pitcher’s off-speed pitches</p> <p>19:00 – Studying the pitcher</p> <p>23:00 - Counteracting a pitcher’s strategy when a hitter is down in the count</p> <p> </p> <p>Subscribe and like the show- Apple | Google | Spotify | TuneIn | Iheart | Stitcher | Pandora | YouTube</p> <p>Subscribe to the show’s YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.youtube.com</strong></a><strong></strong></p> <p>Email the Show: jimbopodcast21@gmail.com</p> <p>Twitter/Instagram: @Jimtara, @epsteinhitting</p> <p> </p> <p>Why the Epstein Hitting System?: The Epstein Hitting system was created by 10-year Major League player, Mike Epstein. In addition to leading the 1972 World Series champion A’s in home runs, Mike played for arguably the greatest hitter of all-time, Ted Williams…Using what he learned from his career and from Ted Williams, Mike built a system to identify and fix swing faults. Mike received the only letter of recommendation for hitting instruction Ted Williams ever gave out…After working closely with Mike to learn the craft of teaching hitting, Epstein Hitting is now led by Jake Epstein…Jake has perfected the use of video analysis to create a plan to maximize a player’s swing. In addition to slow-motion video analysis, Jake has built a library of drills that he uses to addr