Purpose of this Website
Welcome to Englishbeyhitting.com. This website is devoted to teaching young hitters to swing a bat in the most bio-mechanically efficient way possible so as to accomplish three objectives: (1) optimal swing quickness, (2) efficient swing path and (3) maximum bat speed. Elite hitters at the highest levels of competition – both baseball and softball – have somehow learned to do these things when they swing a bat. But just exactly what are they doing to achieve them? This website is devoted first to understanding how elite hitters use their bodies to achieve these objectives, and second how to teach these same "mechanics" to young hitters. The website offers a variety of products and services, all designed to help your hitter develop the best swing his/her body is physically capable of achieving. |
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Here is Steve performing a one arm swing to demonstrate connection and rotation. |
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Hitting Instructional Products and Services
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Secrets of the Major League Swing?
How are Major League hitters able to get their bats into the hitting zone quickly enough to hit both off-speed pitches as well as 95 mph fastballs? How are the best NCAA fastpitch softball hitters able to hit both off-speed pitches as well as 65 mph fastballs? Read more
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Steve’s Unique Qualifications
What makes EnglishbeyHitting different from the numerous hitting instruction programs advertised on the internet, television and sports magazines, who all basically claim to teach "the secrets of the Major League swing"? Steve Englishbey has unique qualifications that enable him to understand and teach what these elite athletes have learned to do.
- Steve himself was an elite athlete, being selected in the first round of the Major League draft by the Houston Astros in 1972.
- He has spent hundreds of hours studying video of elite baseball and softball hitters.
- He has spent hundreds of hours on the field working with hitters of all ages and levels.
- Steve is a trainer of athletes with a professional background in physiology, kinesiology and exercise science.
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The “Trainer’s Perspective”
This last qualification is what gives Steve the "trainer's perspective" and really sets him apart from most of the other hitting instructors in the market.
Consequently, EnglishbeyHitting swing instruction will not include these typical “ mechanics” teaching points:
- grip
- blocking
- squishing the bug
- throwing the bat barrel
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- throwing the hands
- taking the hands to the ball
- taking the knob to the ball
- swinging down on the ball
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- staying inside the ball
- staying on top of the ball
- keeping your head in
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These instructional "cues" are not what set elite hitters apart from the rest of the hitting world. Read moreTwo Key Elements in an Elite-Level Swing
What do elite level hitters do that young hitters need to learn to do? Simply stated, elite level hitters have learned to (1) generate tremendous explosive power from the middle of their body and (2) use their upper body in the most efficient way to transfer that explosive power to their bat head. In other words, they swing like elite athletes. Can this swing be taught? More importantly, can your young hitter learn to swing a bat like an elite athlete? Read more |
