Right View Pro Evaluation

This is a sample hitting evaluation for a hitter that attended the 3-day camp earlier this week. It's about 16-minutes long, and it covers some before and after footage of the hitter as well as a working plan on where we would like to see her swing go in the future. She really improved during the 3-days, I was really pleased with her progress.

Mark Mulvany
Coach@Fastpitchtrainer.com

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Abby Moore * 1B * 2010 * Grapevine, Tx

Here is a clip of one of my kids, Abby Moore. She is graduating from Grapevine High School in 2010. Abby is the real thing. Well above average power, good size, 65 MPH overhand, Exit speed of the ball 70 MPH off bat (off a tee). You can see why this kid routinely hits balls 240+ feet. She's still in her early phase of learning to hit for power and average. She's hit 7 homeruns this year, and that number will grow each and every year from now on. Right now we are working on her having a more athletic front leg at heel plant to help rotation happen quickly with as naturally as possible. We are also working to stay on the front heel longer, and to give her swing more of weight shift prior to rotation. I would say she's using 80% of her lower body right now, it's scary to think how the ball is going to leave the yard over the next few years as well address these problems and she's still got 2 full years of ball before she ends up on someones college campus in the Fall of 2010. There are a lot of college coaches that view the blog and e-mail with me, I am sure you've been waiting to see this kid, and as always if you have any questions about the video or the kid in the video let me know.

Mark Mulvany
Coach@Fastpitchtrainer.com

Back With More - Bat Drag and Weight Transfer

In this video I look at one of our 18U hitters. Maggie Jones, a 2009 graduate from Sanger, Texas hit 4 homeruns during HS ball this season, and Maggie joined our travel ball team this Spring. Looking at Maggie's swing, I think you'll see there is more potential for power than 4 HR's a season. Maggie is really letting her upper body dominate the swing. Using the theory of addition and connection during the swing Maggie is going to be able to really use her lower body to put her bat on plane at the right time, and really use her hips to accelerate her bat head. Check back in a few months and see what we can get out of Maggie to turn her into even more of a prospect at the collegiate level.

With Maggie we will be working on, allowing more weight to come off the back leg, sooner, that will allow her to move into rotation easier. Once the lower body is really doing a nice job, then we'll really see what the upper body can really do during the swing. We try to establish the lower half first, because the habits of the upper body are dictated by the lower body. If the lower body prevents the upper body from working, then we must first fix the lower half so that the upper body can work efficiently. For example. If a hitters lead elbow drops during the swing, I can have her do 10,000 lead arm swings a day, but that will only help if her lower body leads and helps. The first priority for us is always to fix the lower body, and then see what habits our upper body really has when the lower body works well.

Mark Mulvany
Coach@FastpitchTrainer.com

Rotation Explained - Or at least it's a start!

OK everyone, rotation rotation rotation. That's what people talk to hitters about these days. What is rotation? Why is it important? What does it look like? Have you seen any today? Well, I have. I saw plenty today and I'll see more tomorrow. This particular swing I believe will help a lot of hitters out, as it's a common swing flaw that our kids struggle with: Taking the energy that they have from the linear move and keeping their body in constant motion into rotation. Check out the video below to see what I'm talking about. By the way when you see the video, you HAVE to understand that Kristin has been hitting left handed since September 2007, and WHAT A SWING! She works hard and is coachable. She's a 2009 graduate that somebody is going to be lucky to have in their program in the Fall of 2010. This is her swing at 9-months....Give her another 15-months, she'll be ready. Understanding where a player is, and what you can project her to be is going to make some college coach look really smart taking a chance on a kid that has only been on the left side for 9-months. I'm glad to help you contact Kristin if interested.



Mark Mulvany
Coach@Fastpitchtrainer.com