College baseball hitting trends showed a dramatic drop in home runs and batting average in 2011 after the implementation of the BBCOR standard for bats. The chart below shows the drop in batting average in the 2011 season. Note that the NCAA began allowing aluminum bats prior to the 1974 season. Weight limits curtailed batting [...]
I know that it’s mostly a softball thing, but I have spent over an hour after practice folding up a Jugs batting practice net. But, that was before I watched Barbie and Mad Dog do their thing in this video which will make it very simple how to fold up the Jugs batting practice net. [...]
Probably the thing that I see most incorrect from youth coaches today is the bunting technique that they teach. Those of us who played baseball in the 60′s, 70′s, or 80′s were taught the square bunt with the horizontal bat. Teaching such technique is not only antiquated, but downright dangerous. A fastball thrown right at [...]
Check out this video of baseball’s hottest prospect – Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals – using a 36-inch, 47-ounce bat during an indoor batting practice at Bat-R-Up in Las Vegas back in December. Thanks to Hardball Talk for posting this video and making it easy for me to find it. The comment chain of [...]
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