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The UGLY Truth About Hitting Ground-Balls: How To Choose Baseball Hitting Drills For Kids Paperback – February 8, 2017

by Joey D Myers (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
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"If you're 10 years old and your coach tells you to get on top of the ball...tell him NO." - Josh Donaldson, 2015 AL MVP, 3-Time All-Star, Toronto Blue Jays "I do have a little bit of lift to my swing. Everybody swings different. When I get my best swing off, it's a line drive or it's in the air. If it's on the ground, it's not my best swing." - Nolan Arenado, 2-Time All-Star, Colorado Rockies Primarily Teaching Baseball Hitting Drills For Kids To Hit Ground Balls Is Idiotic & DOES NOT Make Sense The objective of this book is to guide coaches in picking “effective” drills to help kids get the ball in the air. In other words, this book will teach you HOW TO fish. CAUTION: this is a RANT to end all rants, REVEALING the ugly truth about teaching hitters to consistently hit ground-balls. You're in for a wild ride, so please proceed with caution… This book addresses the following objectives coming from pro ground-ball hitting coaches: • How many games they've won with grounders, • How fielding percentage is way lower than fly-balls, • That it's much easier to catch a fly ball, • How great outfielders track fly balls, • How more can go wrong with the defense keeping the ball on the ground (can’t get a bad hop in the air!), • If their team hit more grounders, then they'd score more runs, • How some of the most winningest coaches in college baseball history, Gordie Gillespie and Augie Garrido as examples, stress keeping the ball on the ground to their hitters, • How you HAVE TO TEACH a 5'6", 135-pound High School hitter to hit the ball on the ground because his batted ball distance maxes out at 250-feet! And, • How even pro coaches and "great hitting instructors" never promote hitting fly-balls. By the end of this ground-ball RANT, you’ll either be convinced getting the ball in the air is the most effective way to score runs (line drives are balls in the air by the way), OR you’re being willfully ignorant, in which case, there’s NO hope for you. What I do know for sure is, you’ll continue to get beat on the ball field. DO NOT read this book if you believe great hitters cannot be made, and are just born. ENJOY!
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    5.5 x 0.14 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1543016359
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1543016352
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 8, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 62 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1543016359
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1543016352
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.14 x 8.5 inches
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My Name is Joey Myers, and I’m the founder of the Hitting Performance Lab. I played four years of Division-1 baseball at Fresno State from 2000-2003.

I’m a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), the International Youth and Conditioning Association (IYCA), and the Society for American Baseball Research(SABR). I’m also partnered with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA).

I’m a certified Youth Fitness Specialist (YFS) through the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA), Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and Vinyasa yoga instructor…AND, I’m also certified in the Functional Muscle Screen (FMS).

I’ve spent 11+ years in the corrective fitness field, and have a passionate curiosity to help other players – just like yours – dramatically improve performance through the science of human movement.

I'm currently living in Fresno, CA with my wife Tiffany Myers and two kids, Noah (4yo boy) and Gracen (11mo old girl).

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Customers appreciate the book's science content. They find it uses science and statistics to break down the mentality of hitting ground balls. The book provides great information backed by science, with data and links for further reading. The explanations are thorough, backed by excellent examples.

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  • Alexander Y. Ibi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this and get better!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017
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    I have been following Joey Myers' teaching and website for a few years now. I have used this and other products to teach my son to crush baseballs. He is a sophomore on his varsity team and has replaced older players because he can bang. A lot of what he knows and does is because of Joey's teachings.
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  • Deborah
    4.0 out of 5 stars Always great books from Joey Myers
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
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    I thought the book would have gotten into drills for youth baseball players. But never the less it was a great read for me to convince other coaches about swing plane.
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  • Jim
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2017
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    This book IS the new age of hitting. Explanations are thorough, backed by excellent examples. Good to have this out in the world to back up what I've been trying to do in my neck of the woods. There is enough failure in baseball, why subject kids to more by not teaching this style.
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  • Todd Hulbert
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good points
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2017
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    Quick pointed discussion on hitting philosophy with scientific data to back up claims and links for further information. Good self check if you are a coach, great parent teacher if you are trying to help your kid.
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  • Robert C.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good, easy read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2017
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    Uses science and statistics to break down the mentality that hitting ground balls is the proper approach to hitting. Appreciate that Joey uses science and how the body moves as the basis for his instruction.
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  • Amazon Customer
    1.0 out of 5 stars A Major Disappointment
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
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    Very little concrete and specific details on how to hit. Lots of evidence that ground balls are bad. After reading this book, I do not feel like have a better understanding of how to teach kids not to hit ground balls. Additionally, all of this information is available for free on different parts of the author's website. In summary, it is a tease for you to buy more of his products. However, the author does nothing to convince you that he has is capable of teaching you to hit effectively. A major disappointment!
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  • Stacie Lewis
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a great compliment to The Catapult Loading System
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2017
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    This book is a great compliment to The Catapult Loading System. If you want powerful hitters then forget swinging down or squishing the bug. Joey is as good as there is.
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    2.0 out of 5 stars While I agree with his opinion, this was basically ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2017
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    While I agree with his opinion, this was basically a glorified internet article. Very short. If you read the chapter headings, you'll basically get the same amount of information as if you were to read the whole book.
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