Common Swing Flaw of Young Players - Front Shoulder - The Baseball Barn

Coach Rich goes over one of the common swing flaws in younger players today. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com

Don't Be Late

Check the count, catcher's target and pitch location and remember #dontbelate when pitchers make mistakes! #ehoa pic.twitter.com/TDBdCQZHtx

— Jake Epstein (@epsteinhitting) March 31, 2016

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Hitting Myth - Roll Your Wrist Through Contact - The Baseball Barn

Coach Rich dispells the myth of rolling your wrist when at bat. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com

Open Hitting Sundays at The Baseball Barn

Sundays 12 Noon to 2PM

Come in and get a great hitting workout with our staff throwing soft toss in our hitting tunnels. A great way to get swings in for a very low cost!

Open Hitting is limited to 30 people per day. Cost $10 per session.

How To Correct Rolling Over/Early Wrist Roll - The Baseball Barn

Coach Rich goes over how to fix early wrist roll. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com

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Don't forget our hitting and pitching packages. Also, keep a look out for "Blast Savings" in the near future. We will send out an email blast for a day or weekend savings event. Don't miss them!

Outside Pitch Drill - The Hip Flex - The Baseball Barn

Coach Rich goes over some good techniques for hitting an outside pitch. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com

Pony: Play Ball!

 

USA Baseball, the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the U.S., in conjunction with participating national member organizations announced today the decision to adopt a new method for measuring bat performance in the testing of youth bats.  Informed by the research of leading scientists on the USA Baseball Bat Study Committee, and supported by its NMOs, -- including the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Babe Ruth Baseball/Cal Ripken Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball, Little League Baseball and PONY Baseball -- USA Baseball has concluded that recent advancements in science, engineering, technology, and the materials available to fabricate non-wood bats, now allow the manufacturers to construct youth bats that can perform at a wood-like level through the entire range of lengths and weights of youth bats.

The new USA Baseball bat standard (USABat), which will apply to bats that are classified below the NCAA and NFHS level of play, will be implemented on January 1, 2018, allowing the bat manufacturers sufficient time to bring these bats to the marketplace.

"USA Baseball is pleased, with the support of our participating national member organizations, to announce the USABat standard," said USA Baseball's executive director/CEO, Paul Seiler. "Beginning with the launch in 2018, we will take another step forward in making our game more uniform at the youth level and ensuring the long-term integrity of the game."

Similar to the NCAA and NFHS BBCOR standard, which helped to eliminate discrepancies with different length bats and thus provide a more direct measure of bat performance, the new USA Baseball bat standard will allow youth baseball organizations in the United States to reach their goal of establishing a wood-like standard, a standard that will provide for the long-term integrity of the game.

There will be no immediate change to youth baseball organizations' bat rules.  All bats, currently accepted for the respective leagues, remain permissible through December 31, 2017. Each participating national member organization will incorporate the new standard into their rules for the 2018 season and will begin, with this announcement, to inform their membership of the USABat standard.

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Swing The Knob Not The Barrel - Baseball Barn

Coach Rich goes over an easy adjustment to recommendations of swinging the barrel or casting. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com

Quotes of the Month

"When you're ahead in the count, DON'T BE LATE!"

-Ted Williams and Mike Epstein

How Far Away To Stand From Home Plate - Batters Box - Baseball Barn

Coach Rich addresses a viewer's question on how far away to stand from plate. See more at http://www.vvbaseballbarn.com