Your players need to be strong, agile, and pick the right pitch to become power hitters. Coaches Jeff Cavaliere, Paul Reddick and Tom Clark demonstrate how to warm up safely and swing with the correct stance, positioning and technique. This program also includes strength and conditioning exercises to maximize your young hitters’ potential.
Coaching Youth Baseball: Power Hitting
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- Stance
- Stride
- Dynamic Warm-Ups
- Pitch Selection
- Strength and Conditioning
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FREE PREVIEW from the Series: Coaching Youth Baseball: Power Hitting
Hips Separate
In this video, Coach Paul Reddick discusses the importance of a young hitter understanding that he needs to look for a good pitch. Work on this fun method with your players and they will catch on quickly.
This video is one of 35 great hitting drills in our training series, Coaching Youth Baseball: Power Hitting.
This looks really great and something coaches can easily use for drills with the younger kids. Your video segments were perfect… quick and to the point.
-Coach B
Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League
Training Plan at a Glance
Check out these cool and exciting features:
1. | Great baseball training led by Jeff Cavaliere, former New York Mets trainer. |
2. | Features 35 easy-to-follow video demonstrations |
3. | Plans packed with great baseball drills and training ideas |
4. | Insider tips and printable training notes (on-line only) |
5. | Teaching methods are age-, skill- and fun-specific |
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Warm-Ups
- Dynamic Warm-Up (Upper Body)
- Dynamic Warm-Up (Lower Body)
- Introduction to The Swing
- Swing Overview
- Stance
- Stance with Demo
- Load Stride
- Load Stride with Demo
- Hips Separate
- Hips Separate with Demo
- Bat Lag
- Bat Lag with Demo
- Contact
- Contact with Demo
- Finish
- Finish with Team
- Pitch Selection
- Introduction to Strength and Conditioning
- Paul Reddick Strength Intro
- Jeff Cavaliere Strength Overview
- Deceleration
- Brake Deceleration Exercise
- Bat Stance Squat
- Ball Toss
- Hip Rotation Resistance
- Hurdle Under Explosions
- Load, Stay Back, Resistance
- Single Leg Rotating Squat
- Standing Rotary Twist
- Reverse Overload
- Step Over with a Squat
- Half Burpee
- Elbow Ups
- Thrusters
- Structure Your Circuit
- Circuit One
- Circuit Two
About the Coaches
Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS worked for the New York Mets from 2006-08 as both their head physical therapist and assistant strength coach. Named in 2008 by Men’s Fitness as one of America’s Top 50 Greatest Trainers, he is known for his unique and cutting edge approaches to functional conditioning for baseball. He strives to make both professional and amateur athletes reach their peak performance.
Paul Reddick is the director of The Yogi Berra Baseball School and has served as a coach, scout or consultant to over a dozen Major League Baseball organizations, most recently with the Pittsburgh Pirates. An accomplished baseball writer, he has served as a state delegate for USA Baseball. His training work brings power and speed to baseball players.
Tom Clark has been coaching youth sports for more than 20 years. Tom has worked with Paul and Jeff for several years, developing strength and conditioning techniques and structuring high quality training to help young baseball players reach their full potential.