Hitting Tips -
that will make you a Great Hitter
If you want good hitting tips because it stinks when you or your kid(s) strike out or you're not hitting well, then I want to be your Hitting Coach who can show you how to hit great, how to not strikeout and how to hit it harder than you ever have before.
You want to hit homeruns or at least to hit the ball out of the infield, but you're finding that you can't fix it and as much as they try, neither can your coaches.
Hi, I'm Coach Andy Collins, the Internet Hitting Coach, and I want to be that coach for you. I've been coaching both boys baseball and girls fastpitch softball for over 35 years. I'm the recent winner of the 2009 Webball International Hitting Essay Contest, the producer of 5 videos, Rotational vs. Linear, Which Swing Helps you Hit Best ,
Dynamic Baseball Hitting Practice for Youth Baseball,
Dynamic Baseball Hitting Practice for Youth Softball,
Fielding and Throwing Skills and Drills for Youth Baseball ,
Fielding and Throwing Skills and Drills for Youth Softball ,
author of the book, How to Make All-Stars ,
co-author of the audio Crushing the Ball Every Time, the Phil Bruder Method of Hitting,
and the hitting coach on the TV series, Youth Baseball and Softball Hitting Training.
I want to let you in on a little secret -- most coaches can probably see your problem, but they don't know how to correct your problem. They mean well, many of them have played baseball or softball, in fact many of them can even spot exactly what you're doing wrong. The KEY -- is to get hitting tips that will help you have a perfect swing so that you can hit the ball hard. A swing that will make you not fear missing the ball.
It's a simple process of
1) finding a coach with good credentials and training that you can see to learn the proper hitting techniques. Someone who can monitor your progess and give you training and encouragement.
and
2) practicing the hitting tips and hitting techniques that they teach you until your swing is now a perfect swing.
There are a couple of ways you can have me as your batting coach.
1) If you're lucky enough to live in the Ventura area of California (this would include the cities of Oxnard, Camarillo, Oak View, Ojai, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta and the surrounding cities), then you can call me for personal instruction (or if you'd be willing to travel to this area). Call me right now at 805-642-5827.
2) If not, we can work over the Internet. I give free hitting lessons via e-mail plus there are plenty of great ideas and information here in these pages of my website. In addition, I have a great newsletter that will fill you in on great hitting tips, things you can practice, my recommendations for all kinds of things that will help you be a great hitter.
There are over 150 pages of hitting tips and information to make you a better hitter. There are the buttons along the left for quick navigation. The same links are listed below with more explanation which will guide you directly to the free hitting lessons or newsletter or finding out about videos and books along with great equipment or practice ideas.
Or if you prefer, you may search this site for any keywords you want using the Google search tool, or you can search the Internet from there and come right back here when you have more time to learn all of my hitting tips for you.
Start your journey to being a better hitter with Coach Andy Collins, the Internet Hitting Coach, and his hitting tips website.
- FREE HITTING LESSONS
- My Free Hitting Lessons will make you a better hitter
- Rotational Hitting
- The powerful swing of rotational hitting is explained in easy to remember steps
- Linear Hitting
- Linear hitting is an often used hitting style to help your contact hitting in fastpitch softball or baseball.
- Hitting Video
- The only Hitting Video (DVD) on the market that shows the differences of the two different types of swings and which is best for you.
- Hitting Devices to use to make you a better hitter
- Here are the hitting devices that will make you a better hitter.
- Hitting Practice to be Great at Hitting
- Here's the right way to do hitting practice.
- Who is Coach Andy Collins?
- Learn how to be a better hitter from Coach Andy Collins
- Andy Collins teaches softball hitting styles in Ventura and Brazil
- News articles about Andy Collins teaching hitting to the Brazilian National Teams and hitting theory controversies
- What Others Say about Coach Andy Collins
- What others say about the good results in hitting they've gotten from Coach Andy Collins
- Hitting Philosophy
- Here I describe my hitting philosophy that has made so many kids great hitters
- Girl Fastpitch Softball Hitting
- Helping girls in their hitting for girl fastpitch softball
- Equipment Used for Softball
- Here are my recommendations to the best Equipment Used for Softball hitters
- Baseball Bat and Softball Bat
- How to choose the right bat - baseball bat or softball bat
- Success in Little League
- How a bench warmer became a good hitter on his Little League team in less than a year
- Batting Average
- How to figure a batting average and what's a hit and an at bat. Even how to raise your batting average.
- Great Hitters
- Great Hitters now and in the past and how you could join that list
- A Hitting Clinic Near You
- Have Coach Andy Put on a Hitting Clinic in Your Town
- Coach Andy Collins, The Internet Hitting Coach
- Coach Andy Collins talks hitting to help you develop into a great hitter
- Olympic Softball
- A page dedicated to the great hitters of the Olympic Softball team
- Tri-Valley Girls Softball
- Every thing you want to know about Tri-Valley Girls Softball on one website
- Serious about Softball
- If you're serious about softball and want to get to the next level click here
- Hitting Game
- Hitting Game - Search a Word
- Batting Cage Help
- How to find the Batting Cage that's right for you and to save money doing it
- Baseball Gifts Collectibles and More
- Where to go to get great baseball gifts collectibles and more
- Baseball and Softball Fundraiser Idea
- This fundraiser helps your league and you become a better hitter at the same time.
- How to make a great Batting Order
- Here's how to make a batting order in baseball or softball
- Hitting Training
- Some of the best hitting training videos on the web for baseball and fastpitch softball
- Hitting Books
- Here are my recommendations on hitting books and other books about baseball and softball
- Women's College World Series - WCWS - 2007
- Here's the 2006 Women's College World Series - WCWS - schedule
- The RetractOBall Hitting Aid
- The RetractOBall Hitting Aid helps you deliver many swings quickly without shagging balls
- How to Choose A Bat
- Answers to questions on how to choose a bat for baseball or softball
- Baseball Quotes
- A great hitting tip is to be motivated by great baseball quotes of the past. Here are my favorites.
- How to Make All-Stars
- A great book describing everything on how to make all-stars
- Quick Hitter
- The Quick Hitter produces a short quick compact swing for baseball or softball
- Follow My Twitter Posts
- Follow me on Twitter or read my posts here
- Hitting Tip - 50 swings a day
- This page has a great hitting tip on how to practicing regularly
- 2009 National Webball Hitting Challenge Winning Essay
- This my winning hitting essay from the 2009 Webball Hitting Challenge
- PATV Hitting Audio
- Here's the Hitting Coaching I promised you on the PATV broadcast
- Training Nutrition Secrets for Baseball and Softball
- Learn the Training Nutrition Secrets to help you play your best for Baseball and Softball
- Hitting Tips Blog for Softball
- A Hitting Tips Blog for fastpitch softball hitting
