If anyone watched the ULL vs. ASU game last night I am curious on what your thoughts are on the Michael Lotief Hitting Style. I think he is about the only one which teaches this style.

 

Here is an explanation of it from an ESPN Analyst:

 

Michael Lotief Hitting Style Description - YouTube

Personally, I'm not a fan of the split grip, but it obviously works for he girls he has there. They teed off on one of the best pitchers in the country last night in Dallas Escebedo.

I think there are 100 ways to hit, throw, catch, pitch, etc. I think if a coach says there is only 1 way to do things, then they are not much of a coach in my book. I say if it works, don't change a thing.:thumb:

Personally, I'm not a fan of the split grip, but it obviously works for he girls he has there. They teed off on one of the best pitchers in the country last night in Dallas Escebedo.

 

And lets hope it works again tonight. It is a unique way of hitting and it does work for them. I think what is interesting about the whole thing is we are taught to swing through the ball and complete the swing and these kids are doing "half" swings and crushing the ball.

Looks like it would be hard to learn.

 

We work a lot on stopping at contact and stopping at extenison and that can be hard enough at times.

 

I heard they play almost all Jr's and senior's bc it takes so long to learn and they have 32 players on their roster which is a huge numer, most schools are around 20.

It teaches you to not overswing, which is where poor mechanics and posture occur...bat stays in the hitting zone more effectively.