Hitting and Hitters Discussion Who Are the Better Hitting Coaches in Northeast Ohio?

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If I remember correctly, Glenn coached Courtney Pruner.

 

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Gary Saunders,
MC Madness org, Currently 15U Head coach... Strong hitting team..

Instructor at Brunswick B.A.T. Cages, http://www.brunswickbatcage.com
Strong following of girls going there..Well worth it..

Hitting Coach for Baldwin-Wallace Collage Fastpitch team..

 

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Dale Bills, my two have gone to the barn for almost 6 years now.

 

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I've seen Glenn McCoy and his staff teaching many different age groups and
style of hitters over the years and know they are excellent instructors. And they know how to connect with each level or type of player they are dealing with both the mental and physical side of the game. Jana J. (at pinnacle with Glenn) is an awesome slap teacher if your kid has the wheels.

 

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Jim Piazza from Keystone does a great job.

 

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Jim Devin from OTN Performance in Niles

I thought he got the boot?? Is he still there??

 

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I agree that Glen McCoy is one of the best hitting instructors in the akron/canton area

 

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Gary Saunders from MCMadness. My DD has been going to him for about a year. She has improved her hitting game 200%. He is highly recommended. Works out of BAT Cage in Brunswick.

 

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Some great instructors have been named on here, but if girls would just put more effort into their swing at home there wouldn't be as much need to pay an instructor. I've seen it to many times...they aren't willing to work until mom or dad puts up $$$ when all they need to do is go to the back yard and swing the darn bat!!!

 

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I don't agree with that comment at all. Anyone could go in the backyard and swing a bat. They just can't grow on the fundamentals they have without some good direction. A backyard can't teach that. ;&

 

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I agree tee work on their own is a must to be good. The advantage a good hitting instructor gives to his students is the ability to recognize different pitches and the knowledge of how to hit them and where to hit them to. A good instructor is nothing more than an instrument to help you achieve a higher level. You still have to work hard on your own.

 

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I don't agree with that comment at all. Anyone could go in the backyard and swing a bat. They just can't grow on the fundamentals they have without some good direction. A backyard can't teach that. ;&

There weren't always instructors around to teach hitting. I was a pretty good hitter back when I played ball and it came from hitting on my own in the backyard with a "Johnny Bench Hit Away" and off my moms pitching, and I'm not sure there was a hitting instructor within 50 miles of me. My love of the game drove me to watch my baseball heros on the TV and try to replicate their mechanics. Kids nowadays want the immediate fix without working at it.

I am sorry to respectfully disagree...but any kid can get better in their own backyard if they put in some work.

 

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There weren't always instructors around to teach hitting. I was a pretty good hitter back when I played ball and it came from hitting on my own in the backyard with a "Johnny Bench Hit Away" and off my moms pitching, and I'm not sure there was a hitting instructor within 50 miles of me. My love of the game drove me to watch my baseball heros on the TV and try to replicate their mechanics. Kids nowadays want the immediate fix without working at it.

I am sorry to respectfully disagree...but any kid can get better in their own backyard if they put in some work.

Now this is interesting to me! These thoughts work well with what I was saying the past few days. Kids need to learn how to work. I see kids just going though the motions at practice. They should be more like a musician The good ones take private lessons but then go home and work on the "measures or sections" that are giving them trouble. Hitters can become a better hitter without private lessons if they analyse how the ball come off the bat every pitch or every time they hit it. They need to know how to make ADJUSTMENTS on their OWN. Practicing the right way on their own without private lessons is better than taking private lessons AND not practicing the right way!

Lady-Knights is right but the concept is so far gone in today's world we have almost forgot. Should not we be teaching them how to work through a problem? I believe the sooner they feel it and understand it the sooner something else that might be needed down the road gets developed. That is called common sense. It is developed through the hard work of experiencing (hopefully as a youth...in some folks this never happens) and working through an issue or problem.

 

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It's really a combination of both, the girls that get good instruction then practice what they have been taught are going to have great success! You can't really have one without the other. Years ago (no disrespect) we didn't have to be as good to be at the upper end of hitting, today you know instantly the one that truly work at there craft. Watch college games and see all the home runs is it the bats or all the time these young ladies have put in? Not very many pitchers do it on there own, they have instruction and practice a lot same for good hitters.