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In this episode Gerry welcomes Philadelphia Phillies Minor League Hitting Coordinator and Driveline Director of Hitting, Jason Ochart.
To start, Jason talks a bit about his own experiences playing and how some of those experiences shaped his early coaching philosophies. What was he personally missing and how could he help hitters fill those gaps?
Jason then details how a makeshift volunteer coaching job for his brother’s college team lead him down a road that would be pivotal in where he is today. Hear all about the early days of Jason’s life as a hitting coach and what he and his hitters found success with.
From there, the conversation turns to hitting environments and what most hitters are missing in their training when it comes to building themselves up to have success in games and against live pitching. From not training to simply become better at training, creating environments that challenge in terms of velocity, timing and competition and MORE, Jason details much of what goes into preparing hitters for success in games.
To finish up, the two talk combating pitcher’s attempts to disrupt timing and where Jason sees hitting moving as we go into the future.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Episode Timestamps
5:00 - Jason’s Early Coaching
9:30 - What Are Hitters Missing?
18:25 - Thoughts on Using Physical Constraints for Hitting
23:50 - Don’t Train to Become Good at Training
30:30 - Use of Tools & Ball Speed Through the Hitting Zone
37:15 - Combating Pitchers Disrupting Timing
47:10 - Enhancing Training Environments
56:48 - How to Create Pressure in Training
1:07:33 - Closing Thoughts