New Book!! FINDING CLARITY: A Mindful Look Into the Art of Hitting

PURCHASE YOUR eBOOK HERE !!

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Opening Day is here!!

The making of a ballplayer is usually found within the first steps of failure. When you’re faced with a challenge, what direction do you go?

Do you have a plan that promotes consistency throughout an entire season?

First and foremost, I didn’t write this book to push my philosophy on you. In fact, I don’t have a philosophy when it comes to hitting – my “philosophy” is whatever works best for the individual.

However, I do have principles.

I wrote this book for the serious hitter or coach who is interested in Finding Clarity both on and off the field.

 

WARNING: This book is not for everyone.

I would NOT recommend purchasing this book if you are:

  1. Looking for ways to increase your top-of-the-cage launch angle.
  2. Trying to research new complex terminology to impress your hitters or social media following.
  3. Not a believer in the power of mindfulness when it comes to hitting and coaching the person first and player second.
  4. As a coach, not willing to meet hitters where they are in their career in order to customize their experience.
  5. Trying to push a one-size-fits-all hitting approach on your team.

I want to shed light on some of the struggles facing young hitters in today. Many hitters are being fit into a “box” because their coach watched the latest online video and tried to implement it across the board. As a result, hitters are struggling mightily to survive.

 

Finding Clarity is available as an ebook ONLY for a few reasons.

One, I want it to be accessible at all times for hitters and coaches. It’s common to forget to bring a book with you. It’s uncommon to forget your smartphone.

Two, the book was created not only to be a short, clear and concise read, but also to be referenced over and over again.

Imagine yourself in a slump during the season and need to revert back to a specific section in Finding Clarity? Whether you’re a player or coach, simply grab your phone, scroll to the section that is focused on your situation – refresh and regroup.

Finding Clarity will meet you where you are in your career and help you build a solid mental approach, while bringing perspective and purpose to your development that provides consistency on and off the field.

As a BONUS, there are two FREE items available for hitters and coaches.

  1. #GoodBatting Journal – a daily hitter’s log used by our KWB professional clients.
  2. Coaches Worksheet – something for you and your coaching staff to work on weekly.

To receive the FREE item(s), submit your email here.

What separates a Major League hitter from the rest of us? They can cut through the clutter and find out WHY they are successful. Finding Clarity helps you cut through the clutter of launch angles, exit velocities and other confusing language to help you find clarity and become the best version of yourself in the batter’s box.

Hitting is simple. It’s just not that easy.

 

PURCHASE YOUR eBOOK HERE!!

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KWB Radio – Episode 51 #KWBchat

EPISODE 51: #KWBchat

The #KWBchat is back! Started by KW as a Twitter chat back in 2012, we decided to turn it into a segment on KWB Radio moderated by @FerraroOnAir. Our listeners submitted hitting questions to #KWBchat on Twitter and Joe has chosen the best questions for @KWBaseball to answer in this value-packed episode. Sit back, grab a pen and paper and dive into the world of #GoodBatting!

  1. At what point do you overhaul mechanics?
  2. How do you work on hitting breaking balls?
  3. Does bat speed matter?
  4. What are the 2 types of hit and runs?

Click here to listen to Episode 51!

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What Big Leaguers Know About Hitting That The Rest of Us Don’t

For most of my pro playing career (17 seasons), every year started the same way. 

Hope and excitement lead the way as another spring training camp opens.  I walk in the major league clubhouse believing this will be the year I break with the big club.  But, I find that with about a week left in camp I get reassigned to minor league camp as they are setting their rosters. 

Even though there is always disappointment, I am grateful that I get to talk hitting with established major league veterans and up and coming minor leaguers. 

The longer I played and the more conversations I had, I noticed one big difference between major leaguers and minor leaguers. 

Big leaguers usually had a much more simplistic hitting approach.

My approach when I was younger seems to be typical of many hitters trying to find their way. 

      • Look away and adjust in
      •   Runner at 3rd base get a pitch up in the zone.
      •   2-0 count look for a fastball in.
      •   With 2 strikes, protect away
      •   Don’t swing at a slider in the dirt (the more I thought this, the more I kept swinging)

My approach changed after talking to the best hitters in the game.  Their approaches seemed to have one thing in common.  KEEP IT SIMPLE.

      •   Look for fastball right down the middle and hit it hard.

What?  Why so simple. This can’t be right.  I didn’t believe it until I tried it. 

No matter the situation, in order to have a successful at bat, you have to swing at a good pitch.  When I hit off a tee, or flip, or batting practice…  the ball I hit the best is the pitch right down the middle. 

Why would I change that when the game starts? 

Why would I swing at a pitch on the outside 1/3 of the plate if I don’t handle that pitch very well?

I found that if I looked away and adjusted to a ball inside that adjustment is around 15 inches.  Thats tough to cover.  If I looked down the middle and he missed in its only a few inch adjustment, that is much more doable. 

I can hit a sacrifice fly, move a runner up, drive the baseball when I get a pitch down the middle. I can do whatever I need to do. 

Now if I am really being honest, the more complex my approach, the more I would completely ignore it once I stepped into the batters box. 

Looking for one pitch and one pitch only helped me lock in to a zone and gave me a goal I could accomplish every at bat. 

Seasoned hitters will at times try to outthink a pitcher and look for a certain pitch in a certain spot.  But, whether or not they succeed, most tend to go back to their simple, boring approach.

Consistency is the key and the most difficult thing to do in baseball. 

Keeping a hitting approach simple, doable and consistent is a common difference between the established major league hitter and the toolsy unpolished minor leaguer.   

Cheers, and play hard!

Doug

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Who’s Doug Bernier?  Doug Bernier debuted in the Major Leagues with the Colorado Rockies in 2008.  During his 17 year pro career, Doug played every infield position at the Major League level and finished with a career fielding % of .976.  In 2012, Bernier founded Pro Baseball Insider, a website where professional baseball players donate their knowledge of baseball free to the public.

A Free Gift from Doug. Would you like to know the 6 Secrets of Elite Infielders?  If you’re ready to step up your defensive game, be sure to enroll in this free 6 day email course. http://probaseballinsider.com/6-secrets-of-elite-infielders