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Coach Staton

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⚾ - Former D1 Baseball Player
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🥎 "My hitter swings as hard as she can but the ball just dies. Why?"

Because she's swinging with her upper body. Power doesn't live in the arms and chest — it lives in the legs. Here she's learning to sit into her backside and drive from the ground up, so the energy builds in the lower half and travels up into the barrel. 🔨 The upper body only delivers power; the legs create it. Want more power? Use your legs. This is where swings are built.

👇 Where does your hitter get their power? Drop it below.

#softball #hittingdrills #softballcoach #legdrive #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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The process....the results. Great work Londyn! Taking the work on the @swingsynctrainer onto the field.

#TrainToDomimate taken in Riverton, Utah by @coachstatonhitting

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*READ THIS!!!*

My baby girl. 6 years old and wanted to take some swings. Spending quality time with her and hyping her up was so fun!

Message to parents make sure you are your child's biggest fan, because you'll also be the reason they succeed or fail. You being their positive rock will allow them to enjoy and love anything and everything they do!

BE INVOLVED! taken in Salt Lake City, Utah by @coachstatonhitting

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Today is the day! New schedule is live. Here are the key changes.

- Priority booking - $40 a month for 60 days of access to the calendar. Can cancel anytime and is limited to 10 people.

- Standard booking - 30 days of calendar access.

- Entire calendar is a rolling 30/60 days.

- No more bundle packages BUT there is a coupon code that can be used. Code = 4pack

*Cancellations will still be filled through GroupMe cancelations chat. Any cancellations for the priority booking will also be posted within the cancellations chat.*

Shout-out to @kam_conley and @reborn_consultants for all the help these past couple of weeks! Make sure to hit them up if you need anything done with websites and marketing!

Any additional questions or concerns please don't hesitate to reach out. taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🥎 Months of work. One night. First career home run.

Maddie has been grinding — band reps, med ball constraints, front toss, the same three cues every single session: stay there, load, sit. 🔨 None of it felt like a breakthrough while it was happening. That's the part nobody warns you about: the work keeps working long before you can see it. Then you get a night under the lights where it all shows up at once. 🚀 Long overdue and completely earned. Welcome to the Launch Legion 👨🏾‍🚀🚀. This is where swings are built.

👇 Tag a hitter who's still waiting on theirs — it's coming.

#softball #hittingdrills #softballcoach #launchlegion #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Controlled violence. Here's what that actually means.

Effort and force aren't the same thing. Effort is how hard the swing feels — tension in your hands, arms, chest. Force is how hard the ball leaves. Past a certain point, more effort produces less force, because tension slows the barrel down. A tight hitter is a slow hitter. 🔨 So the cues go the other way: less (pull the effort out of the top), all legs (put the work in the bottom where the big muscles are), sit (load the backside before you clear). Calm hands, violent hips. The violence is real — it's just coming from the right place. Less is more.

⚾ Tag a hitter who swings out of his shoes and still can't find the barrel.

#baseball #hittingdrills #baseballcoach #controlledviolence #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Three pieces. That's the whole thing — and each one has a job.

The band loads the rotation under resistance, so the turn gets stronger and he feels where the movement starts. The wood bat has a smaller sweet spot than composite, so every rep tells the truth about his bat path — no hiding a mishit. "Punch it through" keeps the barrel driving at the ball instead of wrapping around it. 🔨 That's it. No fourth thing. A hitter can hold three things in his head and repeat them on his own at home, which is the actual point of coaching — he shouldn't need me in the cage to have a good swing. Simple, clean, effective.

🥎 Save this one — it's a complete session you can run anywhere.

#baseball #hittingdrills #baseballcoach #woodbat #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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💥 THROUGH THE PLATE. NOT AROUND IT. 🔨

Back hip driving straight at the pitcher. Shoulders locked square. Barrel living in the zone forever. 🥎 No spinning, no leaking sideways, no flying open — just everything pointed where the ball is going. ⚡ That's a swing with direction AND power behind it. Through and square, every single rep. This is where swings are built.

👇 Tag a hitter who spins off the ball — they need to see this one.

#softball #hittingdrills #softballcoach #backside #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Less shoulders, more legs. Here's why that trade works.

Your shoulders are a small muscle group attached to the end of the chain — they're built to deliver the barrel, not generate the force behind it. When a hitter leads with them, the upper body spins out early, the front shoulder pulls off, and the barrel drags through with nothing behind it. Hard effort, soft contact. Your legs and hips are the big engine. Load the ground, drive from the bottom up, and let the shoulders arrive last — same effort, completely different ball. 🔨 Day 1 with this hitter and you can hear the rep where it clicked. This is where swings are built.

🔥 Save this one and watch your hitter's shoulders on their next 10 swings.

#baseball #hittingdrills #baseballcoach #swingmechanics #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Leg utilization — the game changer for this hitter.

Here's the chain: it starts in the ground, loads into the back leg, fires through the hips, and finishes in the barrel. Skip the legs and you're asking your arms to do a job they can't do — that's where weak contact comes from. So we train it directly: band reps to build the lower half and the feel of staying loaded, then front toss to transfer that into a live swing. "Stay there" is the whole cue — hold the load, then drive. 🔨 This is where swings are built.

🔥 Coaches — what's your go-to cue for leg drive? Drop it below.

#baseball #hittingdrills #baseballcoach #legdrive #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Why "not perfect yet" is exactly where you want to be.

Imperfect reps are where learning happens. When a swing is still coming together, every rep is feedback — the good ones show her what right feels like, the off ones show her what to adjust. That's why we stack band work to build the rotation, then front toss to transfer it, over and over. Progress isn't a straight line; it's a pile of reps that slowly tips in your favor. Growth takes time. 🔨 This is where swings are built.

🔥 Coaches — how do you keep hitters patient through the process? Drop it below.

#softball #hittingdrills #softballcoach #workinprogress #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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🎯 Why wood is the best training tool you can hand a hitter.

The sweet spot on wood is smaller than composite, so there's nowhere to hide a bad bat path — a mishit shows up in your hands immediately. That instant feedback is what makes wood so valuable. This high school hitter (who broke his own bat, so he's swinging mine 😄) is working tee, band, and front toss reps, staying easy on his backside and driving through. Train on wood and your game bat feels forgiving. 🔨 This is where swings are built.

Question for you: should I have my custom bat made by @americanbatsmith ? 🪵 Let me know below 👇

#baseball #hittingdrills #baseballcoach #woodbat #TrainToDominate taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @coachstatonhitting

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