HLP Tips and Drills

[@liong380]

4:20 Hitting change-up 5:05 Stretch & Fire 7:05 No Stride 9:00 Flamingo 11:00 Hand pivot explained 15:30 “Upper first” - hands-free 16:00 Hand pivot drills 17:20 Control the load-Sync everything together 19:45 Up the back Down the mountain (Stretch) 21:10 Hitting high pitches with HLP 23:00 Tilting from hip sockets 25:00 importance of having a good coach

[@optimalpowerperformance]

@@liong380 this is money! Appreciate you for taking the time to do this.

[@tjc501]

You explained this really well. Thank you. Ive been working with my daughter on these mechanics.

[@marcusdisabella1881]

Excellent, thanks for stitching this all together in one video. It is not that hard to get off the ground with HLP. Done wonders for my son. His bat and hand speed is vastly improved and his confidence in the box has gotten a ton better as well.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Appreciate you!

[@Joos-676]

Did you learn this from teacher man hitting? I love his tutorials.

[@fabianchapa8895]

Watched your podcast with Teach! I did the same thing as you by just learning all his stuff from the free content he provides. It’s refreshing to see a solidified HLP instructor creating content! This is a great spark notes version of all his stuff, but also includes a lot of important details. I appreciate all your work brother and you’ve gained a sub with me.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Thanks for reaching out! More HLP content soon

[@bryandonovan6663]

Thanks for this. It’s a great summary of the HLP drill progression, and especially good to see someone not bashing the method.

[@Smi77y1]

I’ve been all in and it’s working for my boy especially, but also my team I coach. Excited to see others that have bought in and how you teach. Despite having the course I’m always looking for angles to teach it since everyone’s different. Great video! And appreciate the efforts and quality. Hope your channel grows quickly!

[@felixgonzalez3909]

Thank you coach we appreciate what you doing.

[@lmartise]

AJ, You do a great job and I really appreciate your content. Thanks so much. I watch you all the time.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Thank you for that! We appreciate anyone who finds our content valuable

[@loisaidabballclub]

Great job AJ! I'm lucky enough to have Justin from @GritNJ for my kids one on one's who keeps us on the path, it's essential that you have that independent eye and video work to back up what you're doing wrong and right. This is not an intuitive approach to hitting (at least not for us old school dads) until you "feel it". Then you just wanna chase that feeling cuz theirs nothing better. Keep up the great work, your insights I'm sure make all the HLP trainers better.

[@mikedoyle106]

Outstanding overview and associated HLP drills - thank you

[@lj0002]

Appreciate the tutorial with the propeller

[@exphys6513]

"Exact same move" Sue Enquest would say the same thing. Good video.

[@jackiesee1907]

Question: my 10u son currently does a no stride non-HLP swing. He hits the ball hard but has problems with timing which I think are related to the no stride…so I am thinking of adding a stride. I’ve also contemplated working on HLP but try out season is coming up and I don’t want to screw him up too much! Would it make sense to integrate the HLP load/stride with his current swing (ie no hand pivot) then work on the rest of HLP over the winter? I feel like the load/stride could be used with any swing type…am I right?

[@drockhead]

Part 3 should be the tilt 😁

[@andrewwilliams2103]

Hey love everything you do. I need to get my kid on this right away. Do you have anyone in San Diego training this swing? Thanks

[@danielortiz3522]

Tremendous stuff

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Thank you 🙌

[@America2gether]

Teacherman deluxe!

[@eliascarrillo6557]

Would u recommend not hitting balls on the first three drills?

[@brakemadness]

Since I’ve learned HLP I’ve hit more balls off my leg than before. I think it’s because I let the ball get deep. Has anyone else experienced this?

[@bencoury6552]

I coach girls softball for 8 to 12-year-olds . Would these drills be good drills to incorporate for them? Are they too young to do this?

[@mylesjenkins8915]

I been teaching my 12yr team this. It took them about a year to fully understand. Then 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@ThomasPerez-l1p]

Rodriguez Patricia Robinson Margaret Hall Donald

[@benl9775]

Who’s the big leaguer you worked with that started to internally rotate his back leg?

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Which one? We teach all of our guys to have a rear leg that turns them.

[@benl9775]

@@optimalpowerperformance7:30 of the video…big fan of you and Rich’s stuff btw, saw immediate improvement

[@optimalpowerperformance]

@@benl9775 ahhh. I am not able to say at this time. But he’s with the Astros.

[@seans155]

Good stuff. Talk to the girls too 😃

[@danielpamaral2837]

Anyone hitting a 100MPH off of the pitching machine

[@scottmcconnell8472]

HLP

[@MistaPerry]

Teacherman

[@MistaPerry]

Good stuff though

[@cliffordmt]

The “hand pivot” is the huge flaw in this “pattern.” You break the kinetic chain of power transfer with that movement. And, you will be more likely to eventually break the hook of the hamate bone in your bottom hand. That movement as taught does not allow for a smooth transition to follow-through.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Says someone who has never tested, tried and applied the method. Sick observations tho…

[@anthonyj9787]

The old heads hating that their way isn’t the most efficient way anymore 😮

[@MichaelLoves2024]

​@anthonyj9787 what is the old heads way? And why isn't it effective or efficient anymore?

[@anthonyj9787]

@@MichaelLoves2024 knob to the ball, staying on top of the ball, swinging down, “poop in the plunger”. These ways were never really efficient but they “worked” for some time. But pitching has changed, these methods just don’t work anymore. Old heads should be happy/excited that baseball is evolving and these great people like the channel host are putting in the work to figure these things out and provide us with the data they find. Instead it’s about “our way will always be the only right way” from old heads.

[@MichaelLoves2024]

@anthonyj9787 Other than terminology, how has pitching changed? Given the opportunity, would you pick this channel for batting lessons over Barry Bonds? These channels need new content, so they develop "better" strategies. It is a big market.

[@timcasey6815]

Your ability to explain and demonstrate the HLP is light years ahead of the self proclaimed “Teacher Man”. His philosophy of hitting appears to have merit, but he is a highly flawed human being. With his combative and acerbic personality, it’s almost impossible to take him seriously. He comes across as a bitter old man, who hates the rest of the world. When he finally exits the scene, l feel people with more approachable personalities, like you, will have a much easier time carrying on his legacy. He’s his own worst enemy, and saddly, his complete lack of self awareness prevents him from recognizing that fact. I welcome your more reasoned demeanor and can’t wait for Richard to disappear from the scene. People treat him like a clown because he boorish and acts like a clown. He’s a joke, but his insights are legitamate. It’s time for him to pass the torch.

[@jamiecopeland1833]

Richard was great in all aspects when we were with him. In fact demonstrated and said ALOT of the exact same things in this video. Not bitter at all. You sound like a jealous clown🤡. Long live teacherman

[@JaredHettler]

He's a show don't tell kind of guy. He means well. I've communicated with him myself. He's a really nice guy who is very down to earth he just is very passionate about the fact that most of the coaching community has it wrong.

[@814Elite10U]

I understand what it is, and I still think is trash, do better this is ruining kids.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

Compare your comment to everyone else’s here. Maybe we are not the problem

[@814Elite10U]

@@optimalpowerperformance​​⁠pp here dont know any better, they are just looking for help and they believe anything they are told, you are very good at demonstrating what you believe, but it doesn’t mean is true or even ok. I actually played pro baseball for 8 years, coach and scouted for the Metsfor three and I can say without a doubt, this is not what you suppose to teach for hitting. It makes absolutely no sense, but until ppl get a real notion on hitting guys like you will continue to ruin kids career.

[@optimalpowerperformance]

@@814Elite10U hmm. Maybe a quick google search and reviewing our testimonials/reviews would help you see that there may be a better way to swing a bat then how you did? Maybe all the pro guys doing this right now aren’t stupid? Maybe all the kids we are helping and who are moving on to higher levels aren’t getting worse? Maybe, you just hate the method or the presentation… but it’s very hard to argue real results.

[@814Elite10U]

Dude your presentation is great, is what you make them believe, I would fall for it too if I didn’t know, but I do know better and I can say with certainty that this method is trash/garbage not good. How can you actually look at kids doing that and say “yup thats a great swing, thats the way you should hit” are you serious? Do better man, be serious!

[@optimalpowerperformance]

@@814Elite10Ubecause instead of just ruling it out without actually trying it. I tested the method with myself and other hitters first. As time went on, it was obvious that it was great. As hundreds of hitters began to improve. So I put my feelings and emotions aside (even tho I didn’t like how the drills looked at first) and actually applied the methodology with a large group of people over a large period of time. Who knows, if you actually did that maybe you would be more open minded to the idea.

[@Don.Perrito.Pinpon]

A bad copy of Teacherman

[@simplesolutions4925]

Facts! 💯 just give Teacherman his flowers 💐

[@MEGATBLAZER]

Guess who promoted this guy on his own channel? His name's Richard. Richard Schenk. 🤡