Player Development Series - Volume Six: Understanding Your Movement as a Hitter

<p>Jim picks the brain of Jake on how a player/hitter can begin to understand their movements in their swing to better increase the percentage of their success. Plus the guys talk about the swing of Korean born players, a new trend developing in Major league Baseball, and the new MLB designated summer leagues.</p> <p>Episode Notes:</p> <p>2:00 – Discussion about a Korean born player’s swing structure</p> <p>8:00 – A smaller trend of rookies making their major league debuts at an older age</p> <p>12:00 – MLB’s new designated summer leagues</p> <p>27:00 – The age Jake teaches the hitting moves in his system</p> <p>38:00 – Does it take smaller drills in increments to understand movement</p> <p>43:00 – How technology helps give a hitter better understanding of how they move</p> <p>51:00 – Listener question</p> <p>Subscribe and like the show- Apple | Google | Spotify | TuneIn | Soundcloud | 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></p> <p>Twitter/Instagram: @Jimtara, @epsteinhitting</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 address the unique needs of individual players. For more information, log on to <a href="http://www.epsteinhitting.com/" target="_blank"><strong>www.epsteinhitting.c