Atec Casey PRO 3G - Developing Hitter Skills

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TRAINING/OPERATION MANUAL
THE HIGH PROFILE HITTER
The routine that follows should be your regimen for both practice and
pre-game,bothin-seasonandoff-season.
Theonlydifferencebetweenanoff-seasonandanin-seasonprogram
isthenumberofswingsyoutakeduringasession.Intheoff-season
your swings should double or triple depending on your
conditioning level.
Oncedeveloped,itiscriticaltomaintainthat“feel”ofhittingthruthe
off-season.
Hereareafewbasicstokeeprmlyinmindasyouworkonyour
hitting form.
Your ultimate goal in this hitting program is to develop your Swing
Thought. “That Swing Thought should be line drive-down,”says
Lefebvre,andhereiswhatthatmeans.
IntheMajorLeague70%ofalllinedrivesresultinabasehit.
Interestingly,37%ofhardgrounderswillgetyouonbase,whileonly
17%ofballshitintotheairwillgetyousafelytorst.“Hitting370can
win you a batting title!”
Understandingthis,itmakessensethatyourgoaleverytimeyoustep
totheplateistohitalinedrive.Secondarily,ifyouweretomiss-hit
theballyourbestpercentageistohitahardgrounder,down,rather
than into the air. This is why your Swing Thought should always be line
drive-down.
Thisisnotthemechanicsoftheswingitself,butthevisualizationofa
level,compactswingthroughtheball.Drivetheballhardintothedirt
attheouteldgrasslineandthepercentagesofthegamearein
your favor.
“Onlytimecandevelopthisskillasanunconsciousreex,solet’sget
towork!”
WARM-UP Take 10 to 20 swings
Objective
 • Stretch&loosenupslowly.
 • Swingingathalfspeed,hiteveryballintothetargetzoneof
your Catch Net.
Equipment
 • TuffyTeefromATEC
®
 • CatchNetfromATEC
®
 • Baseballs&7oz.weightedballs
 • Bat&counterweightforbatroutine
Routine
 • Usingthetee&weightedbat,hit5eachoftheregulationand
weighted balls.
 • Repeatusingtheunweightedbat.
This program will, “…take
the athlete full circle through
the physical, technical and
mental attributes of a high
profile performer.”
PERFORMANCE
Warm-Up
Form-Up
Time-Up
JIM LEFEBVRE’S
TRAINING
PROGRAM