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1.0. Executive Summary 
5.9.2012
2.0. Getting Started
2.1. Errata
2.2. My Experience with Andres Torres
2.2.1. Andres Torres' Swing
2.2.2. Model Swings: Andres Torres
2.3. Guru Guides
2.3.1. Mike Epstein 
2.3.2. Don Mattingly
2.4. A Few Words About Terminology
3.0. The Truth About the Swing
3.1. The Hanson Principle
3.2. It's The Same Swing!
3.3. Style vs. Substance
3.4. But Can a Kid Do That?
4.0. Rotational Hitting 101
5.0. First, Do No Harm
5.1. Myths About Hitting
5.1.1. Level Swing
5.1.2. Level Shoulders
5.1.3. The Hands Lead the Hips
5.1.4. Linear, Direct, A to C Hand Path
5.1.4.1. The Myth of the A to C Swing
5.1.4.1.1. Short to the Ball... 
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5.1.5. Keep the Barrel Above the Hands
5.1.6. Launching the Swing...
5.1.7. Swing Down on the Ball (for Backspin)
5.1.8. Extension and the Power V at the Point Of Contact
5.1.9. Get Your Front Foot Down Early
5.1.10. Unbroken Wrists
5.1.11. Limited Shoulder Rotation
5.2. Misconceptions About Hitting
5.2.1. Extension
5.2.2. Squishing the Bug
5.2.3. The Back Knee
5.3. Phony Flaws
5.3.1. Hitch
5.3.2. Loop
5.3.3. Chicken Wing
5.3.4. Dipping/Dropping the Barrel
5.3.5. Uppercutting
5.3.6. Dropping the Back Shoulder
5.3.7. Bat Wrap
5.3.8. Alligator Arms
5.4. Bad or Problematic Hitting Cues
5.5. Bad or Problematic Hitting Drills
6.0. The (Relatively) Absolutes and Non-Absolutes of Hitting
7.0. What to Teach When
7.1. Tee Ball
7.2. Coach Pitch
7.2.1. A Program for Teaching Younger Hitters
7.3. Elementary School
7.3.1. Bat Drag: What it is and How to Fix It
7.3.2. Get Your Back Elbow Up?
7.4. Middle School
7.5. High School and Beyond
7.5.1. The Most Common Problem in Older Hitters
8.0. Hitting Diaries
8.1. Andres Torres 5.9.2012
8.1.1. Line Drives, Hitting the Ball Hard, and Success
8.1.2. Andres Torres Cheat Sheet
8.1.3. Andres Torres Locker Hanger 
8.2. My Younger Son
8.2.1. Fifth Grade Hitting Diary (11U)
8.2.1.1. Bat Drag: What It Is and How to Fix It
8.2.2. Sixth Grade Hitting Diary (12U) 5.10.2012
8.3. Other Clients
8.0. Understanding the Swing
8.1. The Stages of the Swing
8.1.1. Set-Up
8.1.1.1. The Grip
8.1.2. Gather
8.1.3. Shift and Load
8.1.4. Rotate
8.1.5. Finish
8.2. The Anatomy of the Swing
8.2.1. The Anatomy of Albert Pujols' Swing
8.2.2. The Anatomy of Caitlin Benyi's Swing
8.3. Concepts
8.3.1. Rotation
8.3.1.1. Compactness
8.3.1.1.1. The Inside-Out Swing 
8.3.1.1.2. Short to the Ball...
8.3.1.2. Separation
8.3.1.2.1. Loading
8.3.1.2.1.1. When in Doubt, Load...
8.3.1.2.1.2. Loading the Hands
8.3.1.2.1.3. Walking Away from the Hands
8.3.1.2.1.4. Stretching the Bungee Cord
8.3.1.2.1.5. Running Start
8.3.1.2.1.6. Resisting Movement
8.3.1.2.1.7. Scapular Loading
8.3.1.3. Middle-Out
8.3.1.4. Coil
8.3.1.4.1. Holding the Coil
8.3.1.5. The Move
8.3.1.5.1. Matt Holliday's Back Foot
8.3.1.5.2. Back Knee Extension: What Does it Mean?
8.3.1.5.3. Albert Pujols' Back Leg 
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8.3.1.6. Heel Hop
8.3.1.7. The Tush Line
8.3.1.8. Abduction of the Back Leg
8.3.2. Connection
8.3.2.1. Curved Hand Path
8.3.2.2. The Role of the Back Arm and the Top Hand
8.3.3. Swing Plane
8.3.3.1. Slight Uppercut
8.3.4. Alignment
8.3.4.1. Tilt and Alignment
8.3.4.2. The Angle of the Barrel at Set-Up
8.3.4.2.1. Launching the Swing...
8.3.4.3. Flat Hands
8.3.4.4. One Plane and Two Plane Swings
8.3.5. Adjustability
8.3.5.1. X-Axis Adjustability
8.3.5.1.1. X-Axis Adjustability and Hip Rotation
8.3.5.2. Y-Axis Adjustability
8.3.5.2.1. Tilt
8.3.5.2.1.1. Tilt and Alignment
8.3.5.3. Z-Axis Adjustability
8.3.5.3.1 Delaying Mechanism
8.1.5.4. Adjust Late 
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8.3.6. Posture
8.3.7. Whip
8.3.7.1. Whip and the Back Elbow 5.13.2012
8.3.7.1.1. Hands Back: When?
8.3.7.1.2. Double Pendulum
8.3.7.1.2.1. Whip and the Soccer Kick
8.3.7.2. The Role of the Hands
8.3.7.2.1. Whip and the Grip
8.3.7.3. Hinge Angle
8.3.7.4. Judging Whip
8.3.7.5. Reducing the Radius
8.3.8. Timing
8.3.8.1. Yes, Yes, No
8.4. There's More to Hitting Than The Swing
8.4.1. Get a Good Pitch to Hit 
8.4.2. Line Drives, Hitting the Ball Hard, and Success
8.4.3. The Vision Thing
8.4.4. The Inner Game of Hitting
8.4.5. Hit the Ball Where It's Pitched
9.0. Evaluating The Swing
9.1. Video Cameras
9.2. My Process
9.2.1. Positions
9.2.1.1. CHin On Front Arm (CHOFA)
9.2.1.2. Shaft To Shoulder (STS)
9.2.1.3. Bat Lag
9.2.1.4. Point Of Contact (POC)
9.2.1.5. Whip Position
9.2.1.5.1. Judging Whip
9.2.1.6. Extension Position
9.2.2. Shapes
9.2.2.1. The Box, The L, and The Parallelogram
9.2.2.2. Triangular Pyramid
9.2.2.2.1. Elbow Linkage
9.2.2.3. Inverted Triangle
9.2.2.4. Vertical V
9.2.2.5. Power L
9.2.3. Sequencing
9.2.3.1. Heel Hop
9.2.4. Synchronization
9.2.5. Five Frame Swing
9.3. Developing Your Eye
9.3.1. Youth Hitter One
9.4. Hitting Problem Troubleshooter
9.4.1. Troubleshooting...
9.4.1.1. Younger Hitters
9.4.1.2. Older Hitters
9.4.2. Common Hitting Problems
9.4.2.1. Adjustability Problem
9.4.2.1.1. Level Swing
9.4.2.2. Arm Bar and Casting
10.4.2.2.1. Hands Behind the Back Elbow
9.4.2.3. Cutting the Swing Short
9.4.2.4. Disconnection
9.4.2.4.1. Bat Drag
9.4.2.4.1.1. Bat Drag: What It Is and How to Fix It
9.4.2.4.1.2. Get Your Back Elbow Up?
9.4.2.4.2. Dominant Back Arm
9.4.2.4.3. Leaky Back Elbow
9.4.2.4.4. Push Disconnection
9.4.2.4.5. Linear Knob Pull
9.4.2.4.5.1. Derek Jeter's Dominant Back Arm
9.4.2.5. Dropping the Hands
9.4.2.6. Extension at the POC on Every Swing
9.4.2.7. Happy Feet
9.4.2.7.1. Happy Front Foot
9.4.2.7.2. Happy Back Foot
9.4.2.7. Lack of a Delaying Mechanism
9.4.2.8. Loading Problems
9.4.2.8.1. Not Loading
9.4.2.8.2. Load then Shift
9.4.2.8.3. Loading too Early
9.4.2.8.4. Loading too Late
9.4.2.8.5. Sway
9.4.2.9. Losing the Hinge Angle
9.4.2.10. Not Swinging at Strikes
9.4.2.11. Rotation Problems
9.4.2.11.1. Arm-y Swing
9.4.2.11.1.1. Arm-y, Top-Down, Sweeping Swing
9.4.2.11.1.1.1. Arm-y Swing and Dead Lower Half
9.4.2.11.1.2. Getting Long in the Back
9.4.2.11.1.3. Hitting from the Top
9.4.2.11.2. Fanning the Front Foot Open
9.4.2.11.3. Hip Slide
9.4.2.11.4. Jumping the Gun
9.4.2.11.5. Lack of Separation
9.4.2.11.6. Lunging
9.4.2.11.6.1. Rolling Onto the Inside of the Back Foot
9.4.2.11.7. Poor Hip Rotation
9.4.2.11.8. Reverse Stride
9.4.2.11.9. Sliding Back Foot
9.4.2.11.10. Soft Front Knee
9.4.2.11.11. Stomping the Front Foot
9.4.2.12. Squatting
9.4.2.13. Stepping in the Bucket
9.4.2.14. Swing Plane Problems
9.4.2.14.1. Chopping Down on the Ball
9.4.2.14.2. Dumping the Barrel
9.4.2.14.3. Launching the Swing...
9.4.2.14.3.1. Pulling the Hands out...
9.4.2.14.4. Level Swing/Flat Swing Plane
10.0. Developing The Swing
10.1. See This? Do This.
10.1.1. Observational Learning
10.1.2. The Limits of Emulation
10.1.3. Model Swings
10.1.4. Hitting Flipbooks
10.2. Swing Development Program
10.2.1. Drills: How and Why They are Like Medicine
10.2.2. Should we Teach Hitting by Drilling or by Hitting?
10.2.3. Start Every Batting Practice Session with...
10.2.4. Where to Start?
10.3. Hitting Diaries
10.3.1. Andres Torres
10.3.1.1. Andres Torres Cheat Sheet
10.3.1.2. Andres Torres Locker Hanger
10.3.2. My Younger Son
10.3.2.1. Fifth Grade (11U)
10.3.2.2. Sixth Grade (12U)
10.3.3. Other Clients
10.4. Good Hitting Cues
10.5. Good Hitting Drills
10.5.1. Signature Drills
10.5.1.1. Primary Drills
10.5.1.1.1. George Brett Drill
10.5.1.2. Transitional Drills
10.5.1.2.1. Caitlin Benyi Drill
10.5.1.2.2. Paul Molitor Drill
10.5.1.3. Concept Drills
10.5.1.3.1. Carlos Beltran Drill
10.5.1.3.2. Lance Berkman Drill
10.5.1.3.3. Jim Edmonds Drill
10.5.1.3.4. Ben Hogan Drill
10.5.1.3.5. Matt Holliday Drill
10.5.1.3.6. Joe Mauer Drill
10.5.1.3.7. Stan Musial Drill
10.5.1.3.8. Hunter Pence Drill
10.5.1.3.9. Albert Pujols Drill
10.5.1.3.10. Pete Rose Drill
10.5.1.3.11. Ted Williams Drill
10.5.2. Gadget-Based Drills
10.5.2.1. Target Tee Drill
10.5.2.2. Hinge Bat Drill
10.5.3. Common Drills
10.5.3.1. Back Foot Fence Drill
10.5.3.2. Deep Tee Drill
10.5.3.3. Front Arm Swing Drill
10.5.3.4. Happy Gilmore Drill
10.5.3.5. High Tee Drill
10.5.3.6. Neck Drill
10.5.3.7. No-Stride Swing Drill
10.5.3.8. Open Top Hand Drill
10.5.3.9. Playing Card Drill
10.5.3.10. Slow Motion Drill
10.6. Training and Conditioning
10.6.1. Tools
10.6.1.1. Batting Tee
10.6.1.2. Full-Length Mirror
10.6.1.3. Common Hitting Gadgets
10.6.2. Smaller Barrel Training
10.6.3. Overweight/Underweight Bat Training
11.0. Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
11.1. The Role of the Hands in the Swing
11.1.1. Wrist Snap
11.2. Hitting the Curveball
11.2.1. Delaying Mechanism
11.3. Moving Beyond the A to C Swing
11.3.1. The Myth of the A to C Swing
11.4. Backspin
11.4.1. The Myth of Backspin
11.5. Get Your Back Elbow Up?
11.6. How high should you hold your hands?
11.6.1. When should the hands drop below the shoulders?
11.6.2. How do you hit the high pitch?
11.6.3. How do you hit high inside strikes?
11.7. How hard should you swing?
11.8. What is the proper role of the hands?
11.8.1. How much is disconnection?
11.9. Loop in the Swing
11.10. Weight Shift
11.11. Ground Balls, Line Drives, or Fly Balls
11.12. The Slight Uppercut and Fast Pitch Softball
12.0. What the Research Says
12.1. Line Drives, Hitting the Ball Hard, and Success
12.2. A Program for Teaching Younger Hitters
12.3. Overweight/Underweight Bat Training
12.4. The Vision Thing
13.0. Deep Thoughts
13.1. The (Hitting) Revolution Will Be Televised
13.2. The Limits of Linear Hitting
13.3. Style vs. Substance
13.4. Cargo Cult Coaching
13.5. Dealing with the Misinformed Coach or Instructor
13.6. Cues, Feel, and Reality
13.7. The Swing from Era to Era
14.0. Appendixes
14.1. Bat Sizing Guide
14.2. Video Cameras
14.3. Sports Science
14.3.1. Stretch-Shortening Cycle
14.3.2. The Physics of The Swing and The Throw
14.3.2.1. Kinetic Chain
14.3.2.2. Reducing the Radius
14.3.2.3. Conservation of Momentum
14.3.2.3.1. Conservation of Linear Momentum
14.3.2.3.2. Conservation of Angular Momentum
14.3.2.3.3. Whip and the Back Elbow
14.3.2.3.3.1. Double Pendulum
15.0. Hitting Flipbooks
16.0. Model Swings
16.1. Allen Craig 
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