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And I thought about finding out more about this local hitting dude - but I already had a full slate of hitting guys booked so I was like,

"Nah, I'll just let it go."

Well, fast forward a few months.

The Summit was a success and my Bulletproof Hitter program (confidence training) was really taking off,  and I was interviewing a bunch of cool, high level baseball people and a friend of mine told me:

"You should interview Mike Brumley.  He's the hitting coordinator for the Braves.  He lives around here."

And I'm like, "Mike Brumley?  The former big leaguer?"

"Yep that's him.  He coached with the Mariners for a long time.  Cubs & Rangers too.  He'll be back in town next week...we should all get together."

I'm like, "Awesome!  Count me in."

So we meet up at my friend's business and who walks in????

Mr. Beanie Cap and Batting Gloves himself!

Me:  "I've seen you before...didn't know who you were.  I saw you give a kid named Adam a lesson, I was fascinated."

Mike: "Oh yeah?  Yes, Adam's come a long way.  We've got him at a good point right now".

Me: "I'll say!  I couldn't stop watching him.  I noticed that you kept using different sized bats, did a bunch of bare hand drills and such....what were you guys working on?"

[Clint's note: Pay attention right here, this is big]

Mike: "I've been in the game a long time [over 30 years at the professional level] and I've found it hard to "explain" adjustments to a player.  You can't "explain" what a good swing should *feel* like.  But over time I've tried every hundreds of different methods and the ones I use now are the best at making a player *feel* the right adjustment.

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Now I'm REALLY interested.

So I say, "This sounds amazing.  Have you ever thought about sharing your teaching with a bigger audience?  Online is full of so much junk, people are begging for someone credible like you."

And he said, "You know, funny you ask.  I hate the idea of coming off like some guru - I'm no guru -  but for a while now I've had it on my heart to do more to help younger hitters.  

"I've probably worked with over 1,000  local players youth/HS players while on the Major League trail, and it's always the same problems I'm trying to fix.

"What most of these kids are being taught isn't great.  Most coaches don't know how to help players, they're just throwing darts at the buzzword dartboard:

Keep your hands inside the ball!

Don't drop your back shoulder.

Drive the  hips!

"And it's too bad.  These are good kids who want to put in the work and want to achieve something.

"But these guys will never handle good pitching with how they're swinging now.

"And I've found that what I teach now, the things I've learned and borrowed from so many good coaches before me...

"Makes a hitter better...simple as that."

[Note: Mike doesn't love me sharing this.  He's an awesome, humble dude and doesn't want to come off like Mr Know-It-All.  But the fact is, is that he helps hitters get better and it's not fair to anybody to understate that.  Sorry Mike :) ]

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So now, I'm fired up.

I'm like, "Dude, people NEED to hear what you're teaching...

"Let me help you do this.  

"Why don't you come out and work with my son's team for a couple of hours, I'll watch how you work, and we can see how to best present this so players can put this into practice at home."

And he agreed!

...and it was off the charts!

The drills were so good.

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I have a number of kids who you can pretty much count on to either:

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1) Make consistently hard contact to one side of the field or in one pitch location,

or

2) Make consistently soft contact on everything else.

And after one simple workout...

....kids were barreling up pitches that they couldn't handle just minutes before.

They weren't perfect, but wow -

...they sure plugged a few swing holes in a hurry.

And THE BEST part of Mike's sequence of drills was that we really didn't need a pro instructor there to give them feedback on what they were doing wrong....

(though that didn't hurt, haha!)

...rather THE DRILLS provide the feedback.

There are several props that forced the boys into the right positions.

And when they were off, they could FEEL it as the prop let them know.

Genius.

So afterward we have this conversation:

Me:  I noticed you really working with the boys' hand position....having space in there.  I haven't heard that taught much.

Mike: Yep, if you're gonna want to hit a variety of locations and speeds your hands have to be free.

Me:  Fascinating.  Well, let's do this again and film it all.   Then we can share it with parents and hitters who are really eager to get better.

Mike: That sounds great, but I'm leaving for Instructional Fall League in a couple of days.  We could do it out there if you want.

Me: Absolutely!  I could watch you work with your professional guys for a couple of days, then film the sequence afterward.  It'll be perfect.

Mike: Let's do it!

So about a week later, I'm at the Braves' off-season home in Florida...

So for two days I watched him work with his group of Instructional League players 

(which basically includes all of their top young talent in their system)

and this absolutely shocked me......

The drills that Mike used with so much success with my little 9u guys...

...were the EXACT same drills he used with his future major leaguers!

And one of the most surprising things I noticed when I was watching these high draft picks workout...

...was that so many were having to "unlearn" what they'd been taught in HS and college.

Because what we typically teach our youth hitters to do...

is NOT what is being taught and used with success at the professional level.

And Mike's superpower (my word, not his!) is getting hitters to use the big league movements.

And I've seen this program work for youth hitters, high school,  and Major Leaguers...

...and I've even been through it myself!

When we were all set to film Mike's 8 Drill Sequence, the "plan" was for him to do the demonstrating.

But Mike like's to use soft toss for many of his drills, and if he were to demonstrate he'd need to use the tee.

(Which is fine, but not his favorite)

So he's like, "What about you, can you do it?"

And I hadn't hit in like 10+ years since my minor league days ended, but was like:

Sure!  Let's do this!

And as you can see from the video above, Mike put me through all of the drills.

And I'm so glad he did.

I was a big fan of his method already, but FEELING it myself just took it to another level.

My swing felt so clean and quick.

I got PLENTY of feedback from the drills when I would get out of position...

So by the time it was all done, I was feeling so good (minus the hand blisters) that I was about to see about getting a tryout for next spring, lol.

But the point I want you to understand is this:

This training is legit.

It's as good as anything I've seen, and I'm so fired up to be able to share it with you.

The alternatives out there that I've seen - are just bad.  

Buzzword City.

They don't help.

And the stakes are too high for your son or daughter to get bad training....

Because if they're like the other 15 million active baseball players or 9 million active softball players...

they're desperately competing for their goal of playing in HS/College/Pro with wrong information.

Wrong technique.

And to fall short of those life goals due to bad instruction is a complete shame...

and totally unnecessary.

But the flip side is - that by learning the keys of the big league swing

(from a big league coach, no less)

You can give your kid a massive advantage over the competition.