Ted Williams - Baseball's First Hitting Coach

<p>This week, Jim and Jake give an introspective of the impact legendary Major League Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams had on hitting the game of baseball.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>TO WATCH THE FULL VERSION OF THE SHOW, VISIT THE LAB-EPSTEIN HITTING PODCAST YOUTUBE PAGE.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Episode Notes:</p> <p>2:00 – Eric Chavez impact on the Mets</p> <p>5:00 – Understanding the player as a coach</p> <p>7:00 – College players preparing for the draft</p> <p>10:00 – Mike Epstein’s relationship with Ted Williams</p> <p>15:00 – What starts the swing</p> <p>16:00 – Charley Lau and Mike/Jake Epstein’s teachings</p> <p>23:00 – Ted Williams and Paul O’Neill</p> <p>27:00 – Ted Williams famous quote about hitting and practice</p> <p>32:00 – How Williams would’ve fared with today’s technology</p> <p><br></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></p> <p>Email the Show: jimbopodcast21@gmail.com</p> <p>Twitter/Instagram: @Jimtara, @epsteinhitting</p> <p><br></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="ht