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Tony Gwynn's The Five Keys To Hitting - The King of Swing [VHS]

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I am very disappointed in "Tony Gwynn's The Five Keys To Hitting - The King of Swing". There is precious little instruction content on hitting in this video. What secrets Tony Gwynn knows about hitting and drills - he kept to himself. The video is 30 minutes long of which 10 minutes is devoted to introducing us to Special Guests and other unknowns who offer zero to the subject matter. Another 19 minutes is devoted to telling us what a great guy Tony Gwynn is, and how hard it is to travel all the time. A full one minute is devoted to actual hitting instruction, and there is no content provided that is not already know by any first year tee baller. The bloopers at the end of the production just demonstrate how Gwynn treated the making of this video as a joke. This video was a complete waste of time and not even worth a free viewing of the tape.

I was so upset after seeing this video that I just have to get my two cents in! I am a baseball mom that only knows what my 2 boys (9,12) tell me about some of the more difficult fundamentals of the game. Luckily while shopping online for a baseball intructional we didn't see this video first or they might have jumped all over it. Instead we immediately chose the number one hitting video in the nation, "Batting A Thousand". Believe me! After watching Tony Gwynn's video at a friends house, I couldn't beleive it. "Batting A Thousand" is definitely taking the world by storm for a reason. After the press touted "Batting A Thousand" as the first "genuine" pro hitting video baseball has seen in ages, I figured it was just good advertising. No Way! These guys are the real deal! Pro players giving it to you straight, no waisted time on cameos buy washed up has-beens. I have even learned a thing or two and my boys can't stop watching it. D&D Baseball also has five other titles....my shopping is done for the year! A Happy Baseball Mom!

Wasted alot of time talking about what he likes to do. Doesn't get into details of the swing or the concepts of the swing.

Tony Gwynn is a great baseball player. There! I just saved you $10.00

"Kids now days want to step in the bucket... I suggest not stepping in the bucket." This is a great video, don't pay any attention to the piss poor comments on it. Its fantastic

Someone once told me if you are looking for an instructional sports video from a professional athlete, the bigger the name the worse the video.How true. I then purchased this video recommended to me by an unknown called "The 59 Minute Baseball Practice". What a difference. This video was excellent and well thought out. I used a number of the drills in the video and they are great!Tony Gwynn should stick to what he does best. HITTING!The video focuses on a lot of non sensical stuff. Like having a lot of other pros. It seems like he is just name dropping.The tips he gives are not very helpful and the quality is not great. Usually I try to come away with one concept with an instructional video and with this one I drew a blank. Too bad because I think these pros don't really know what they do they just are incredibly talented. Trust me on this. Save your money and if you are involved in Little League, buy "The 59 Minute Baseball Practice".