Old or New School, It`s Still Hitting School

Description

During this presentation from the 2020 Virtual Baseball Coaches Summit, it's time for hitting school. Coach Aoki is giving us a blast from the past and a look into the future, all at the same time.

When it comes to hitting and all the technology that is out there in the name of player development, it can be overwhelming. It can be confusing. Many coaches in the new school-age are teaching different hitting concepts and mechanics to players.

Mik is going to show film with side by side comparisons of some of the best hitters in baseball, both old school and new school. You'll get breakdowns of hitters like:

Mike Trout
Tedd Williams
Hank Aaron
Bryce Harper

You'll also learn some foundational concepts on hitting and things that players can take advantage of easily.

Lessons

1 Key Points of Successful Hitters 2:24 2 Old School vs New School 3:57 3 Combining Both 4:17 4 The Swing 2:50 5 Mookie Betts 2:50 6 Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Mike Trout 3:20 7 Swing Clips 5:09 8 More Swing Clips 2:55 9 Byrce Harper vs Hank Aaron 6:17 10 Swing Recommendations 3:19 11 Individual Cues 3:48 12 Closing Q/A 3:40

The Coach

Mik Aoki

Mik Aoki is the head baseball coach at Morehead State University.

Coach Aoki played college baseball at Davidson College under head coach Jim Stoeckel. Between 2011 & 2019, Coach Aoki was with 3 different schools as the head coach: Columbia, Boston College, and Notre Dame.

Aoki started his coaching career at Manchester Community College in Connecticut.

The next year he became the assistant at Ohio for 2 years while also earning a master's degree. After that, Mik coached at Dartmouth for four seasons before landing his first Division I head coaching gig with Ivy League Columbia.