I've not seen a hitting video you can buy that is better then Alyssa Haber's seminar at Softballcon that is available for free on fastpitch.tv.
Check out episodes 152-157
-W
SS and SBPh- Holy Cow! I never knew that was there. That is awesome.
I'll add this- The BEST thing I ever did to educate myself was to cut and paste every post I could find by "Hitter" whose name is Howard Carrier. I printed it out and put it in a binder. I studied/study it whenever I could/can. While I did that, I started to see posters who showed up over and over that were obviously well versed in that same philosophy who were also helping people like me who were trying to learn. They made it to the binder too.
Once I figured some of that out, it was amazing to me how many very good coaches subscribe to Hitter's philosophy. Some know where it came from, some don't. You can tell when they start using the same phrases and techniques I see here...
Educating yourself helps you decide who you want teaching your daughter lessons. It will help you sort real instructors out from the hitting coach quacks. They are out there and they charge just as much as the good ones. When you go to get lessons, make sure the instructor teaches you too. What I mean by that is there should be a place where you are out of the way and you can stand or sit and listen. That instructor should be willing to privately answer your questions AFTER the lesson. If it is a half hour lesson, ask him or her to dedicate a few minutes at the end to answering your questions. Take notes. Don't interrupt the lesson though.
I'm not a hitting coach, but my two daughters and their friends have benefited greatly from the people on this forum. Once I learned the basics, we were able to make our practice time much more meaningful and it has translated into results on the field.
I buy a lot of dvds but have to agree that this clinic is as good or better than most. As a matter of fact FastpitchTV is my second biggest resource for fastpitch. After this site of course! And both are free! How awesome is that!I've not seen a hitting video you can buy that is better then Alyssa Haber's seminar at Softballcon that is available for free on fastpitch.tv.
Check out episodes 152-157
-W