There are several professional baseball teams as well as college baseball / softball teams that have been using this tool / methodology for coaching hitters and pitchers for some time now including Coach Candrea with the University of Arizona and 2008 Olympic team.
THe HITTING ZONE has been working with a few schools this spring videoing their hitters and providing a detailed analysis of their hitter's swings for the coaching staff to review with each athlete. The Hitting Zone will come out to your game and video all of your batters at bats for the entire game. Then using a video enhancing software analyze your hitters slowing the video down to 60 frames per second. This allows us to pinpoint each step within the swing including the point of contact with the ball. Using 12 predefined steps within the swing, the athletes' swings are then set to a still picture strip that also has Amanda Freed from the Olympic softball team across the top of the page synced to that same exact point in her swing to give you, the coach / hitting instructor and the player a reference point to talk to. We also provide you with a copy of the slow motion video file that correlates to the picture strips, so you may use that in discussion with your player as well. The teams we have been working with this spring have noted significant improvements in their hitters. The athletes as well have noted how this tool has helped them to improve their swings making more solid powerful contact.
Feel free to contact us at hittingzone@comcast.net or (931) 320-4160 for more information or to schedule for us to come video your next game.
