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The Louisville Slugger® Complete Book of Hitting Faults and Fixes : How to Detect and Correct the 50 Most Common Mistakes at the Plate Paperback – February 7, 2001

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition (February 28, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0809298023
  • ISBN-13: 978-0809298020
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars"Hey!! You're pulling your head!!"
By tjcrewsbooks on September 12, 2004
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This book has everything but the answer to the one problem I was looking for: "pulling the head."
Coaches can always identify the "problem":
You're pulling your head--Keep your eye on the ball!
You're pulling your head--Quit trying to KILL it!

Two possibilities are:
1) The batter has made up his mind to swing at the pitch, is looking for something out over the plate, gets busted inside, and swings while backing off, appearing to "pull his head."

2) The batter is behind on the pitch because the pitch is coming in faster than he expects. His reflexes tell him the pitch will be a strike, and his reflexes tell him he's going to have to hurry with the swing. He strides, opens the hips, but can't get his arms around in time. He's "pulling his head" as he tries to get the bat around in the effort to catch up to the pitch. That's why many batters who "pull their head" appear to be swinging too hard.

The batter's timing is messed-up is the majority of the problem.
"Pulling the head" should be considered a symptom of the problem, and not the problem itself. The problem is timing. Coaches typically say "you're pulling your head" as though the realization will solve everything. To me, it's like somebody saying: "The reason you're sick is because you keep throwing-up."

Baseball isn't Golf (otherwise, I'd buy into the idea of the "head following the front shoulder" business.) Keeping the head still and not allowing the head to follow the front shoulder is an example of sound batting mechanics. Mechanics and timing go together, but they are two different things. Good hitters posess both timing AND sound batting mechanics. Good hitters get goofed-up from time to time.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsgreat book with visual aid and major league perspective
By K. J. Kemp on January 28, 2005
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This book offers major league insight from major league hitting instructors as well as hitting tips from stars like Chipper and Andruw Jones. The book methodically goes through every component of the swing from set up to follow through to mental approach. If you are struggling with your swing, trying to fine tune a part of your swing, simply improve your approach, or just learn the basics this book is very valuable. The photos of amatuer and pro hitters swinging and/or assuming their stances offer great feedback and support to the text description of the how to part of the book. I really believe this book could help any skill level hitter.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book on hitting, not just coaching
By Scott Nelson on November 8, 2012
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I've read most every baseball coaching book out there, and usually it is just somebody rehashing things I've heard 100 times before in a new way. HOWEVER, although a bit outdated (it consistantly lists McGwire and Bonds as hitting models), it provides the reader not only very good instruction on hitting faults and fixes (as the title suggests), but also some concrete "rules of hitting" that can be applied to players at all levels from T-Ball to College/Pro.

I took pages and pages of notes on the content and have worked to implement them into my coaching of a high level HS varsity baseball team.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLove this book!
By M.G. on February 27, 2015
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Awesome book! Tells you what mistakes you may be doing. Why your doing it. Then, drills to help you fix it.
I've read this book over and over, just to work on some area in my hitting. Knowledge is the key to success.
So anyone wanting to improve their hitting, then get this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Terrific Baseball Book
By Allan Emery on April 6, 2001
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This is the best instruction book on a baseball topic that I've ever encountered. Very clear, interesting, and well-organized. Will be of special value to coaches--at all levels.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLouisville Slugger Hitting Faults and Fixes
By rifv15 on June 13, 2009
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Excellent book on the fundamentals if hitting a baseball. I've read many other hitting books by some of the best hitters in baseball, but none compare to this one. It breaks down all the components of a batter's swing and has drills to assist with fixing swing faults. By far one of, if not the best, hitting instruction book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSolid resource for hitting instruction
By call me coach 24 on June 11, 2015
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this is a great book that breaks down things at a micro and macro level for coaches/parents to better individualized instruction. it is solid resource for coaches
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot a Great Reference Material
By MTHOMASSEE on June 26, 2009
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The book was well written, organized and addressed the 50 most common hittings faults. The book would not make a good reference material for an on-goign student of baseball hitting. An index listing the symptoms of the most common faults and referencing the page number of the fault and drill to correct would have been extremely beneficial.
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