Using Technology to Coach Hitters In Season & Out of Season

with Jason Ochart,
Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) Minor League Hitting Coordinator;
Driveline Baseball Director of Hitting;
former Menlo College (CA) Hitting Coach

Step inside the doors of John Mallee's 'Major League Hitting Coaches Clinic' and listen to Jason Ochart's groundbreaking talk on using data and technology to coach hitters! Coaches everywhere have been flooded with information from new technology and now face a new dilemma: what to do with all the information, and how to use all the data to actually help their hitters improve.

Coach Ochart has emerged as an expert on incorporating technology and utilizing data with hitters and will offer practical solutions you can use to improve your team. He also explains how he coaches his hitters in various parts of the season, and how he creates buy-in among the players he works with.

Using Video & Cutting-Edge Technology

Video has become an effective technological tool for hitters, but only if the coach and player know what to look for and understand how to fix what they see. Ochart explains the keys he looks for in the stance, load/gather, forward move/stride, swing, and finish and also discusses how the hitter must move correctly to have success at the plate.

Technology like the K-Vest can offer coaches a ton of helpful information & data on things no human can see with the naked eye. Ochart explains how he uses the K-Vest to analyze the biomechanics of his hitters, and how their bodies work in sequence. He delves into what good K-Vest analysis looks like, and how to read the complicated graphs and metrics the K-vest technology provides.

Bat sensors (like Blast and Diamond Kinetics) are an additional piece of technology you can use to improve your hitters. Coach Ochart covers which metrics he utilizes and why he finds them to be key performance indicators. If you know what numbers to pay close attention to, and what those numbers mean, bat sensors can give very helpful information. Additionally, Ochart talks about cutting edge vision technology and what teams in the major leagues are learning from it.

Low Budget Solutions

Coach Ochart has solutions for all of your data-related problems, including how to keep your technology use budget-conscious. He talks about a free TRAQ program to help coaches and hitters organize data, and also offers several practical solutions to get many of the benefits of technology without the big price tag!

In Season vs. Out of Season Training + Q&A

The art of coaching is knowing when to do what, and that can vary with each individual hitter. In the off-season, Coach Ochart focuses on developing bat speed and strength, as well as trying new movements in the swing. During the season season, he emphasizes keeping hitters sharp and physically/mentally fresh by utilizing tools like the lightweight bat, plus working on mental skills and approaching different counts with a good mindset.

Finally, Ochart tackles the questions he's commonly asked about coaching hitters. He offers advice for new coaches in addition to many important nuggets of information that experienced coaches will find useful. You'll receive answers regarding mechanical cues, using data/technology, and relating better to your players.

This video featuring Coach Ochart shares insight on the key components of hitting while using data and technology. He also covers how to create 'buy in' among players while answering many of the most-asked questions that coaches come to him with. Take your hitters to the next level with this modern approach to hitting!

122 minutes. 2020.