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@holistic_hitting

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Remote Hitting & Mental Skills Coach. CLICK LINK BELOW OR DM ME TO GET STARTED. 2018 World Series Champion, Former MLB Player/Coach - Husband/Father
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Most hitters aren’t struggling because they’re aren’t working hard They’re struggling because nobody ever taught them how to train the right way. Hitting is a system. Body. Strike zone. Mind. That’s what we train inside Holistic Hitting. If you’re serious about getting better: DM me HIT and I’ll send you the details. Remote training | Membership | In-person coaching by @holistic_hitting
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7 months ago
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Check out Mookie Betts making that ELITE move to get behind the ball! 🔥 This clip from Holistic Hitting was featured on @MLBNetwork, a HUGE milestone for our program! 🏆 As a 2018 World Series Champion, I’m passionate about teaching these game-changing skills through our remote and in-person training, plus mental skills to elevate your game. 💪 Join Holistic Hitting today and unlock your full potential! ⚾ #HolisticHitting #MookieBetts #MLBNetwork #BaseballTraining by @holistic_hitting
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a year ago
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My story…a journey through baseball.. #playerdevelopment #holistic_hitting #mentalgame by @holistic_hitting
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3 years ago
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What do you see in @brock_holt swing? Watch it once and you might say, “That’s a nice, easy swing.” Watch it again and pay attention to how much he gets out of that tight turn. Brock wasn’t a huge guy. But you don’t have to be huge to move the barrel with authority. You have to use what you’ve got efficiently, and there’s a lot to learn from watching him do that. Start with his core. Watch how his body turns and how the barrel comes with him. He doesn’t need a big, sweeping move to get the bat going. There’s very little wasted movement between getting ready to hit and delivering the barrel. That’s something I’m always trying to help hitters understand. When your body and barrel work together, you don’t have to manufacture everything with your hands. Now watch how direct he is to the ball. “Direct” can be a confusing word in hitting. It doesn’t mean pushing your hands straight at the baseball. Watch Brock’s turn. The barrel works around his body and into the hitting area without taking a big detour. His hands stay close enough to his turn that the swing doesn’t get away from him. He can turn tight and still let the barrel go. That’s the part I’d want a young hitter to watch a few times. You can be compact without being stiff. You can stay connected without holding the bat back. There has to be freedom in there, too. And look at the effort. He’s taking batting practice, but he’s still making a complete swing. You can see the intent without everything looking forced. Sometimes hitters chase more power by making everything bigger. Bigger load. Bigger move. More effort. Then they spend the rest of the swing trying to get all those pieces back together. Before you add more, look at what you might be wasting. Brock’s swing is a good example of how much you can accomplish with an efficient turn and a barrel that works with it. Let it play again. Watch his core on one swing. Watch his hands and barrel on the next. What stands out to you now? 👇 by @holistic_hitting
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A little Sunday wisdom: If you have to be perfectly on time to hit, you’re making a hard game even harder. ⚾️ Being ready early gives you time to see the ball, make a decision, and adjust. You’ve got some room for error. When you’re barely ready on time, everything has to go just right. And pitchers don’t make a living letting everything go just right. Ready early doesn’t mean swing early. It means giving yourself a chance to handle something other than the pitch you expected. Give yourself time. Hitting is hard enough. Want help with your timing, swing, or approach? DM me TRAIN and let’s talk. 👊 by @holistic_hitting
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2 days ago
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This is pretty cool right here. @jaxberry5 and @cadehudmon started working with me remotely during their senior year of high school. Tonight, they were on opposite sides of a college baseball field—Jax at UNC Charlotte and Cade at Davidson. And Cade went deep! 💣 As a coach, seeing guys you’ve worked with get to this level and compete against each other is special. Proud of both of these young men, and grateful I got to be part of their journey. You don’t have to live near my cage for us to work together. Through remote training, we work on your swing, your approach, and how you handle the ups and downs that come with hitting. If you’re getting ready for your next level and want some guidance, DM me TRAIN. Let’s talk about where you are and what you need to work on. Keep getting after it, boys. 👊 by @holistic_hitting
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2 days ago
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Watch this once all the way through. Then watch it again and pick one thing you love about this swing. Andrew Benintendi, 2018. In my opinion, one of the prettiest swings in baseball at the time. Some guys have a swing you could watch all day. Benny was one of those guys. The rhythm, the balance, the way everything flowed into contact. Nothing looked rushed. He could turn the barrel loose and still make it look easy. But anybody who has stood in a big league batter’s box knows how hard “easy” is. You’re trying to be on time against velocity while staying ready for something changing speeds or moving away from you. You have a fraction of a second to decide whether to swing, and then you have to put the barrel on a round ball. Looking smooth doesn’t get you any extra time. That’s what I appreciate about watching this back. There’s athleticism in his swing. There’s freedom. As coaches, we can get so caught up in positions that we forget we’re working with an athlete who has to move, react, and compete. Slow motion lets you appreciate the pieces. But watch how those pieces work together. That’s where the beauty of this swing is. I was fortunate to work with Benny in Boston during that 2018 championship season. When you’re in the cage and on the field every day, you’re focused on helping guys get ready for that night’s game. Years later, you pull up a clip like this and appreciate those days a little differently. What a team. What a season. And what a privilege to be part of it. I’m proud of Benny and the tremendous career he’s built. Getting to work with players like him is something I’ll always be grateful for. You hope you helped them along the way, and you keep rooting for them long after you stop wearing the same uniform. Run it back one more time. What stands out most to you—the rhythm, the balance, or the way he turns the barrel? 👇 by @holistic_hitting
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5 days ago
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Mookie Betts, back in 2018. One hand on the bat, locked in on every rep. Watch him finish through the middle of the field. Then watch the ball flight. That’s the feedback—he’s working on something specific, and the ball tells him how he’s doing. I loved throwing to him during this work. Nothing rushed. Attention to his technique, attention to his routine. These swings mattered to him. When you do your drills, are you just getting through them—or paying attention to what comes off the bat? 👀 #HolisticHitting #CageTalk by @holistic_hitting
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6 days ago
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Swing up? Swing down? Watch this swing… then let’s talk about it. I recently saw @arod talking about swinging down and chopping down on the ball. It brought back some pretty cool memories of hitting batting practice with him at the Boys Club in Miami. Hitting from the right-field corner, facing the boys club, because if he hit from home plate he would hit the houses across the street, and it felt like every ball he hit was a pull-side homer off the gym at the boys club. I don’t remember ground balls. I don’t remember low line drives. I remember baseballs getting launched. Now, he might have been THINKING down. I never asked him. But I sure remember what the swing looked like and where the ball went. His hip rotation was incredible. The way he turned, delivered the barrel, and drove the baseball was something you could appreciate in person long before we could slow everything down on our phones. Watch this homer to center at Yankee Stadium. Look at how he turns behind the ball. Look at the barrel working through contact. Just an incredible swing. That’s what makes the conversation about FEEL versus REAL so interesting. What a hitter feels, what he says he’s trying to do, and what his body actually does can be different. That doesn’t make his feel wrong. A cue can help a hitter produce a great movement without literally describing that movement. The challenge comes when somebody else hears that cue and tries to copy it. Does “swing down” help YOU turn and deliver the barrel better? Or does it make you chop across the ball? Does “swing up” help you drive it? Or does it make you drop the barrel and lose your direction? You have to watch what happens when the hitter applies it. The words alone don’t tell you enough. I’m not here to argue with Alex. I got to train with one of the best hitters to ever play this game. That was special then, and it means even more to me now. Whatever your opinion of him, I’m proud to have watched his journey and shared a small piece of it. The man could absolutely hit. What’s a hitting cue that works for you—even if the video looks different from what you feel? 👇 by @holistic_hitting
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7 days ago
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Want to be elite? Own your process. The best players I’ve been around know what they need to do every day to prepare, compete and get themselves ready to perform. That’s the O in our CORE Mental Skills — Ownership of Process. So check yourself… how good is your process? Are you actually doing the things every day that give you the best chance to succeed? C — Championship Mindset O — Ownership of Process R — Relentlessness E — Enthusiasm The mental game matters. Want to learn more? DM me CORE. by @holistic_hitting
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8 days ago
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Does your batting practice look like this? If not, why? Romy Gonzalez working in Triple-A Charlotte, on his way to the big leagues. Gap to gap. Through the middle. Holding his posture and spine angle while letting the swing work. Watch the intent behind the swings. He’s driving the baseball with authority, with direction and control. That’s a habit worth building. You don’t have to look exactly like Romy. But you should know what you’re working on when you step into the cage. Every round needs a purpose beyond “take some swings.” That’s what we build through CORE 5 and my remote training: understanding your movement, giving your work direction, and developing habits that carry into the game. DM me TRAIN if you’re ready to put a plan behind your batting practice. ⚾️ by @holistic_hitting
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8 days ago
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Mookie makes these swings look easy. Hitting isn’t. Having worked with him in Boston and continuing to work with him today, here’s something I want young hitters to understand: You can study his movements, but copying his stance won’t give you his swing. The goal is to understand how YOUR body works—how you create rhythm, get ready on time, and deliver the barrel without forcing it. Then comes the real challenge: trusting it against someone trying to get you out. A lot of hitters take one bad swing and immediately start fixing mechanics. But were you late? Chasing? Caught between two pitches? Still thinking about your last at-bat? You have to understand the problem before you can make the adjustment. Enjoy these swings. Then ask yourself: “Am I practicing with a purpose, or just taking swings?” That question can change your next BP session. DM TRAIN if you need help carrying your work into games. ⚾️ by @holistic_hitting
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11 days ago
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