Dylan Anders

hitters: stop hitting the panic button. It’s not “good or bad” it just “is.” How at-bats go is just information. A good season didn’t happen in one day. A bad season doesn’t happen in 1 day. One day at a time. Every day is a new day.

Hitters: Your Swing Follows Your Focus

Why Remote Coaching works: Hitters/Coaches/Parents have skepticism around “remote” coaching effectiveness due to the accepted belief/construct that in person hitting/teaching classrooms is always more effective. I don’t think so. The sweet spot is obviously being able to do both. Consistent remote communication between in-person sessions is a cheat code. But, would you learn more from being in consistent communication with your teacher daily or being in a tutor session once a week for an hour. Honestly, in-person and remote hitting are only as effective as the communicator that you're working with. But when you have consistent access to communicate over questions you have when you're studying and have a game plan to improve your skill acquisition daily, as opposed to trying to cram it all in weekly, it's a no-brainer which one would be more effective. Regardless, remote works because you are trusting me to see the unseen things in your swing and provide solutions and consistent feedback on how to improve them instead of trying to attack it on your own or just going in there doing the same things you've always done. Simplified complex problem solving That's why remote coaching works, with me specifically. You are going to send over video consistently from your training or from your game at-bats. I am going to break down what I see, and then provide a solution verbally and also, usually, in video form, of how to make improvements. And instead of trying to remember all of that, and then ultimately forgetting it (like it always happens in in-person), you have the ability to go rewatch the feedback, digest the feedback, process the feedback. Go in, apply the solution, continue to communicate with me, repeat the process. Before you know it, you have created an accelerated feedback loop where you're truly understanding and developing prerequisite knowledge that's going to allow you to compete and be competent at the highest levels of the game. It’s incredibly effective & efficient. I don’t believe “in-person” only is good enough anymore. Better more effective, more efficient options are available now. The power of the internet.

Every action in your load has a consequence. Every move you have to make from setup to “get ready” to hit has an opposite one to get out of that spot. This is why “the setup” is so important.

One of the biggest “malpractices” that has been commonly accepted by our game is bat speed training with a lack of directional focus. This “training” is only good when paired with a directional “constraint” to HIT THROUGH THE BALL FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE & MAINTAIN POSTURE.

In general, nothing is going to reveal more about your swing than hitting vs open angle opposite spin slider with an end goal of consistently hitting it to your pullside gap. (LHH vs RH SL or LH SL vs RHH)

Back knee tells the story here. As Cal goes forward, you will see it go ⬅️

What good is it to own a Ferrari if you don't know how to drive it? Anyone can "floor it" & say they are a driver. The coach will say "I produce good drivers." What happens when that driver is on a road course? That is no longer a good driver. That is a driver who is destined to crash & burn. This is what hitting in the MLB is like. Learning how to drive the car is more important than more horsepower when the course is calling you to turn not "Drive the car faster" Do you see how counterintuitive and detrimental that would be when the race rewards the car that can needs to handle the course not just go fast in straight lines? Hitting in the MLB is not a drag race. Hitting vs velocity is not a drag race. Hitting is like driving an F1 Car 🏎️ This is not a drag race. If you want to train like that go train for a long drive competition or home run derby. If you want to succeed vs nasty pitching, you may want to course correct.