Is wiffle ball the answer to growing the game of baseball and softball? Parents should check this out. Show up to the first day of practice for your neighborhood t-ball or Little League practice. Besides kids being excited and running around you might notice something else. Many kids have no idea what to do with […]
One of the biggest things that hitting with a wood bat can teach a hitter is feel. Feel. We talk about it all the time as coaches. Our hitters need to “feel” the movement or feel what we’re trying to teach them in a drill. If they don’t feel it, we have to find a […]
TEAM Memberships now available from The Hitting Vault! Since day one, The Hitting Vault has been offering the best hitting drills and instructional videos for baseball and softball hitters and coaches. “The Vault” has become the highest-rated, most trusted online baseball and softball hitting and coaching tool. Taught by Coach Lisle, social media’s most popular […]
Earlier this year we did a multi-day film and photo production to add more content to The Hitting Vault membership experience. About a year earlier we had a two-day shoot in Portland, OR where we shot over 45 instruction videos and hitting drills with the help of two pro athletes; Alexa Peterson (former All-American from […]
Professional Softball Player and Former All-American and College Coach Alexa Peterson Joins The Hitting Vault Staff. Love to share some good news with everyone. Today we are announcing that Alexa Peterson, professional softball player, and former All-American has joined The Hitting Vault staff! Not only has she learned her approach to hitting “The Hitting Vault […]
Exit Speed is my favorite hitting metric. Let’s be clear here: Bat speed is the speed of the bat itself. Exit speed or exit velocity is the speed of the ball after it hits the bat. Bat speed creates exit speed. You want both, but for our purposes, we’ll focus on “Exit Speed” because that’s […]
From the big leagues all the way to the little league fields, one of the most important aspects of equipment that has flown under the radar for years but is now making more of a presence is youth softball cleats. It might not seem like it at face value, but cleats are often viewed as […]
The Hitting Vault: Member Spotlight When I first met Caity B. she was an athletic 10-year-old that I saw a ton of potential in. Now as a 2 year veteran (haha) member of The Hitting Vault, I’ve seen some incredible progression. Caity first started playing right before she turned 9 for the local rec team […]
If you’ve played, coached or have kids playing baseball or softball one of the hardest things to do is break the slump. Every February, all of my MLB Hitters that spent the last 2-3 months with me, head off to Spring Training feeling on top of the world. For some, we spent the off-season rebuilding their […]
What is the concept of slow to fast for baseball and softball hitters? A question that I receive often is from parents or hitters asking about timing or how to fix “lunging”. In my experience, 99% of lunging and timing issues have to do with hitters loading and striding too fast. They “get their foot […]
