It has been my experience that I never found the ONE book or video that had it all...
Science of Hitting by TSW Good Start 5 degree open closed stance and two strike hitting thought process with a slight up swing.
The Art of Hitting .330 Charley Lau Sr. Balance in the stance and seeing the ball better.
The Winning Hitter Charley Lau Sr. Plus a video by Don Dresydale is priceless advancing the runner and putting the ball in play in every at bat you get.
Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Hitting by Mark Gola
Lau's laws on Hitting by Charley Lau Jr.
The Hitting Edge by Tom Robson
The Mike Schmidt Study By Mike Schmidt and Rob Ellis a better understanding of what TSW and Lau were talking about.
You Can Teach Hitting by Dusty Baker, Jeff Mercer, Marv Bittinger stance, strength, balance and grip.
Sports Illustrated Pitching the Keys to excellence by Pat Jordan
Nolan Ryan's Pitching Bible by Tom House and Nolan Ryan great throwing mechanics.
Excepitional Player by Jim Dixion very interesting about how to use your core to generate even more power.
The Physic's of Basebal by Robert K Adair
Keep Your Eye on the Ball by Dr. Terry Bahill studies were done at Arizona for vision, head movements, bat weight etc
Slow the Game Down by Dr. Bill Harrison, this was the one person who really gave me an insight into how the head and body must work together to get maximum performance attended his all day clinic at the NFCA. This is where the white rag in the tee idea came from.
Doyle Coaches and Parents Clinics
NFCA Course 402 Advanced Analysis Course for Hitting...read the book did not take the course.
Video Teaching the Mechanics of an MLB Swing by Tom Emanski wrist release and centripetal force.
Video Slap Hitting by Jay Miller
Video Slash and Dash by Larry Ray
Frozen Ropes, Scope and Rope A Visual Profile of MLB Hitter
Out of the Crisis by Dr. W Edwards Deming for his insight into documenting your process and tracking your improvements to see if it gets better or worse. Most importantly describing everything in measurable and observable so reasonable people could understand it and then how could we test for it to see if you could feel it and if the data proved the process was working.
Right View Pro....this allowed me to see it better and understand what actually happens verses what someone tells you is happening. Too many times we see many versions of the same clip viewed much differently than what took place. Mike Candrea and Sue Enquist along with Don Slaught describe it and telestrate it so anyone can follow it and learn how to get the hitter to see it, feel it and fix it! By working with Don at clinics and shows it has given me a network of friends that have given me an education you could never hang a price tag on.
My two plus years of working with the Chinese National Softball Team has helped me to understand how difficult teaching can be when you depend on someone to interpret for you what you are trying to teach when you do not know the language. Touring with them and playing the NPF circuit allows you to talk hitting and working with some of the best female hitters in the world and again you can not put a price tag on that.
Finally Michael Bastian for giving me the opportunity to apply what we know at the ISF level and to Crystl Bustos for allowing me to be part of her network of friends and for helping me become a better student of hitting by explaining exactly how she hits and for trying out our ideas together from other people we know...and we are still learning and testing.
I own nothing from Epstein however have had access to his material but it is not on my book shelf as resource material.
The first book that got me thinking was The Science of Hitting by TSW start there and the journey for you will begin.
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