{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chasing Baseball Dreams","title":"26: Corey Hart | He Coached Vlad Jr. and Yelich. Here's What Parents Get Wrong About Hitting","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2214,"description":"Your son looks great hitting in the cage. Then he gets into a game and can't buy a hit. So what's the answer? More hitting lessons? Change his swing? Find a different instructor?\nCorey Hart spent 18 years coaching professional hitters in the Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations. He's worked with hitters like Christian Yelich and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and he's now an assistant softball coach at Syracuse University.\nIn this episode of the Chasing Baseball Dreams Podcast, Corey and I talk about what parents need to understand before spending more money on hitting instruction. We get into the mental side of hitting, what separates good hitters from great ones, and why some of the advice parents give from the stands might be making things harder for their sons.\nIn this episode we cover:\nWhy a good-looking swing in the cage doesn't always translate into success during games\nHow to tell whether your son's hitting instructor is actually helping him, beyond his batting average\nWhat Corey saw in Christian Yelich and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. that made them such special hitters\nWhy getting hitting advice from multiple coaches can leave a young player confused\nThe mechanical advice Corey wishes parents would stop yelling during at-bats\nHow one simple hitting drill helped Martín Maldonado make an adjustment in the minor leagues\nWhen hitting lessons make sense for younger players and why Corey believes mindset is just as important as mechanics\nWhy Corey would rather send his sons to the right college camp than spend money on showcases hoping they'll get discovered\nCorey also shares what he believes separates players who eventually reach the big leagues from those with similar talent who never get there.\nIf you're a baseball parent spending money on hitting lessons, this conversation will give you a better idea of what to look for in an instructor and what actual progress should look like.\nAnd the next time your son steps into the batter's box, you...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q3rQG5ngcoyZtBBqydY-LYe-2NzrWpT_DUSzYHdnSkI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84Zjgy/ODMwMjJlOGEzZDUz/M2RjN2UzOGM3OWQy/NWI5Yy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}