Joe Brockhoff - Articles

 

For over 25 years
thousands of happy clients have
learned the correct way to become
better hitters using Joe's unique
and effective baseball hitting tips.

Joe compiled a 641-358-2 career record at Tulane University, as well as being inducted into the Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame. During his era, Joe's teams scored more than 7,000 runs, had more than 9,000 hits, 900 home runs, and 45 Tulane players went on to play Professional baseball.

Joe has developed several publications and videos on baseball fundamentals: The Super 8 Hitting System (1998), Baseball Coach's Administrative Handbook (1998),"The Complete Hitting Program" Video (1995) ,"The SpeedBatTM" video, the Brockbuster, a hitting training aid (1996), The Pro-Style Pitching Program (2001), and an assortment of instructional aids, of which a favorite, that he developed while coaching at Tulane, is his SpeedBat, a tool for developing the correct hitting technique, and the Reader Board, (2008), a visual tool for learning to read pitches and applying the proper stroke.

YOUTH BASEBALL TIPS: Get the Bat Off Your Shoulder—Good or Bad Idea?

Here is what happens when a player moves his bat away from his body in his hitting stance. As he does this, he consequently separates his hands from his body. And he ends up more often than not with his hands out over the plate on contact. This technique will produce only an arm swing, with no body support. Read

By: Joe Brockhoff | 11/09/2009 | Baseball

Little League Hitting Tips

Hitting for power has always been associated with the big strong player. But in our research, we have discovered it is not so much the size of the player, but rather the strength of his hands. Read

By: Joe Brockhoff | 11/09/2009 | Baseball

Coaching Youth Baseball

When coaching youth baseball the baseball player must be able to compete with faster pitching today. I am a former baseball coach, I have the answer for this. The principles for the correct stroke are the same for fast pitch softball as they are for baseball. Read

By: Joe Brockhoff | 11/09/2009 | Baseball

Baseball Hitting Drills - Power 10

Here are some baseball hitting tips and drills that you can use to increase your power and bat speed. A baseball player can choose what pitches he would like to hit, but he must call srike if he takes a decent pitch. Read

By: Joe Brockhoff | 09/07/2009 | Baseball