by Jack Perconte | Aug 5, 2016 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Synergy – What is it? Synergy is such a cool thing. The more synergistic things are, the better life is, and the smoother things go. The better the synergy, the superior the baseball – no doubt. But first, what is synergy? Well, I had to refer to the dictionary,...
by Jack Perconte | Jul 12, 2015 | Baseball Tips, Coaches Corner, Fundamentals, Hitting Tips, Philosophy
Coaching hitting lessons I learned along the way Of the over 65,000 baseball lessons I have given over the years, I know there is some percentage of lessons that did not work. I don’t believe that was because of what I was teaching. it had to do with little-known...
by Jack Perconte | Apr 20, 2015 | Tip of the Week
Once a player has trouble with hitting timing, regaining that timing can be a difficult thing. When working with two players of the same age together on their hitting, I may lob the ball to one and fire it to the other. The reason is to help their hitting timing. The...
by Jack Perconte | Apr 5, 2015 | Coaches Corner, Fundamentals
Hitting Instruction Necessities for every Baseball Coach No matter the ages of players or the experience of the baseball coach, some hitting instruction absolutes exist that all must know and apply. The ironic part of hitting instruction, the more one knows, the more...
by Jack Perconte | Mar 28, 2015 | Hitting Tips, Hitting Videos, Video of the Week
T-ball hitting practice is for developing and grooving a better swing, understanding contact points and visualizing pitched balls. All those things are less effective when the hitting coach does not know to make things game like. Coaches encourage players to practice...