Chas Pippitt's guest appearances

Chas Pippitt

Baseball Rebellion Podcasts

The Coaches Roundtable

Better Men, Better Ballplayers

Ryan Kinnan

Brendan Clary

Matt Lisle

Tom Eller

Kyle Watson

Ryan Alexander

Wes Anderson

Matt Meiers

Patrick Jones

Tim Lee

Brandon Nelson

Stephen Smith

Charles Bolden

Jeff Leach

Matt Kelly

OwlTail

Bio    Chas Pippitt is the founder of Baseball Rebellion and creator of the Baseball Rebellion Hitting Methodology. A combination of his unique ability to breakdown the swing to hitters of all ages and his understanding of the importance of technology in training, Chas has amassed over 25,000 one-on-one lessons during his career. Chas has aided in the development of hundreds of travel ball all-stars, dozens of scholarship-level college athletes, and 25 MLB draft picks. In addition to his in person training, Chas does remote training with elite high school, college, and professional baseball players and fly in training with nationally recognized college programs.   Chas has also invented four hitting products, the Launch Angle Tee, the Drive Developer, the Rebel’s Rack, Rack Bat, and the Bat Drag Buster, currently used in all 50 states and internationally in over 12 countries. When he’s not doing lessons or working on new products, Chas is writing and developing content for www.baseballrebellion.com and its social media pages, and author of “Learn the Turn.”    Notes  Technology can bring more accountability to the coach What the teacher knows fails in comparison to what the student does Not everything I say will work for every player If you are not measuring what you player is doing you are stealing from them Restaurants use thermometer to make sure chicken is not under cooked, use your phone, pocket radar, sensor, pitch ball Put money back in the program to help your players 10-15 degree hard they hit 800 as a team (reward the window) Style of hit, style of swing can be built with hit trax to where the defenders will be in a game We train to hit the ball where defenders are not, hit the ball harder, and pull the ball in the air straight (no hook) Rotational skill acquisition Turn faster with good posture, vision Train from the great optimal level so when you go sub optimal it is easier Harder more often, pull the ball more in the air, turn faster Turn faster (chest to camera to away from camera, or how fast barrel goes from start to contact “Proving improvement” Not all players have the time. They have 1 game to get 1 at bat, and then 2, and then 3. It doesn’t matter what I think of them, it matters how the players USES them (not understand, but use) Work while you wait If you assume just cause the player plays at a high level we are doing a player a disservice Associate speed with hitting, not getting a hit with hitting You can’t control getting a hit Give yourself the best chance to turn fast with balance on time while you look at the ball Confidence comes from trusting your preparation A turn that they can control  Elevate the floor of their performance, anyone can hit a ball hard once a while You don’t have anxiety of the history of past performances, but excitement for the task at hand from the training you went through Know the rotational movements - Posture, balance, hip hinge,  Flare backside - stand up during turn, and head going forward Assess and address Every player benefits from practicing rotational movements Disciplined through rules of rotation Look fast and delay the turn to hit off speed (work on hesitating turn) When they ask how to hit the off speed, they are ready to hit the off speed The player is searching for feels that feel good  A movement solution that can work when he feels broken He is the guy in the arena, and what works for him is great You can apply rules of rotation to any swing Maximize the opportunity.  Better posture, vision and timing Game sense for vision testing Head lamp swinging - head lamp and keep head on ball Rack turns with multiple people on both sides, “Waterfall turns” Work on rotational work like we think of sprint work and weightlighting Contact Chas at https://baseballrebellion.com/  

Bio  Chas Pippitt is the founder of Baseball Rebellion and creator of the Baseball Rebellion Hitting Methodology. A combination of his unique ability to breakdown the swing to hitters of all ages and his understanding of the importance of technology in training, Chas has amassed over 25,000 one-on-one lessons during his career. Chas has aided in the development of hundreds of travel ball all-stars, dozens of scholarship-level college athletes, and 25 MLB draft picks. In addition to his in person training, Chas does remote training with elite high school, college, and professional baseball players and fly in training with nationally recognized college programs. Chas has also invented four hitting products, the Launch Angle Tee, the Drive Developer, the Rebel’s Rack, Rack Bat, and the Bat Drag Buster, currently used in all 50 states and internationally in over 12 countries. When he’s not doing lessons or working on new products, Chas is writing and developing content for <a href="http://www.baseballrebellion.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.baseballrebellion.com</a> and its social media pages, and author of “Learn the Turn.”  Notes  <ul><li>Technology can bring more accountability to the coach</li> <li>What the teacher knows fails in comparison to what the student does</li> <li>Not everything I say will work for every player</li> <li>If you are not measuring what you player is doing you are stealing from them</li> <li>Restaurants use thermometer to make sure chicken is not under cooked, use your phone, pocket radar, sensor, pitch ball</li> <li>Put money back in the program to help your players</li> <li>10-15 degree hard they hit 800 as a team (reward the window)</li> <li>Style of hit, style of swing can be built with hit trax to where the defenders will be in a game</li> <li>We train to hit the ball where defenders are not, hit the ball harder, and pull the ball in the air straight (no hook)</li> <li>Rotational skill acquisition</li> <li>Turn faster with good posture, vision</li> <li>Train from the great optimal level so when you go sub optimal it is easier</li> <li>Harder more often, pull the ball more in the air, turn faster</li> <li>Turn faster (chest to camera to away from camera, or how fast barrel goes from start to contact</li> <li>“Proving improvement”</li> <li>Not all players have the time. They have 1 game to get 1 at bat, and then 2, and then 3.</li> <li>It doesn’t matter what I think of them, it matters how the players USES them (not understand, but use)</li> <li>Work while you wait</li> <li>If you assume just cause the player plays at a high level we are doing a player a disservice</li> <li>Associate speed with hitting, not getting a hit with hitting</li> <li>You can’t control getting a hit</li> <li>Give yourself the best chance to turn fast with balance on time while you look at the ball</li> <li>Confidence comes from trusting your preparation</li> <li>A turn that they can control </li> <li>Elevate the floor of their performance, anyone can hit a ball hard once a while</li> <li>You don’t have anxiety of the history of past performances, but excitement for the task at hand from the training you went through</li> <li>Know the rotational movements - Posture, balance, hip hinge, </li> <li>Flare backside - stand up during turn, and head going forward</li> <li>Assess and address</li> <li>Every player benefits from practicing rotational movements</li> <li>Disciplined through rules of rotation</li> <li>Look fast and delay the turn to hit off speed (work on hesitating turn)</li> <li>When they ask how to hit the off speed, they are ready to hit the off speed</li> <li>The player is searching for feels that feel good </li> <li>A movement solution that can work when he feels broken</li> <li>He is the guy in the arena, and what works for him is great</li> <li>You can apply rules of rotation to any swing</li> <li>Maximize the opportunity. </li> <li>Better posture, vision and timing</li> <li>Game sense for vision testing</li> <li>Head lamp swinging - head lamp and keep head on ball</li> <li>Rack turns with multiple people on both sides, “Waterfall turns”</li> <li>Work on rotational work like we think of sprint work and weightlighting</li> <li>Contact Chas at <a href="https://baseballrebellion.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://baseballrebellion.com/</a></li> <li> </li></ul>

101: Chas Pippitt - Baseball Rebellion

Justin Hellman

JL Buchanan

On this episode we are joined by Chas Pippit, Justin Hellman, and JL Buchanan. They discuss how they work on hitters visions at the plate, the most important aspects of the swing and how they teach it, and so much more!

On this episode we are joined by Chas Pippit, Justin Hellman, and JL Buchanan. They discuss how they work on hitters visions at the plate, the most important aspects of the swing and how they teach it, and so much more!

Episode 14 (Chas Pippitt, Justin Hellman, JL Buchanan)

This week Dave and JK get into a discussion about consistent positivity in a players life from the people that are around them most.  Following the discussion, the guys interview Baseball/Softball Rebellion owner Chas Pippitt on his latest article that blew the doors off the BR vault.  They find out what made him want make that information public and how the response has been.  Thanks for listening!

Baseball Rebellion Podcat - Episode 19 - Chas Pippitt