Pearls Baseball & Softball       Academy

     Learn the mechanics that 95% of "Hall of Fame" hitters use .  In our 7 day program, you will be taught Mike Epstein's proprietary drills(torque, numbers, and enforcer), that will enable you to do what the best hitters in the game do: 1)let the hips lead the hands, 2) keep the hands inside the ball, and 3) match the swing plane to the pitch plane.  All instruction is individual, one-on-one.  Each session lasts from 1 hour, 15 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes.  At the end of the 7 days, you should be well on your way to mastering the rotational mechanics that all of the good hitters use, softball as well as baseball.  When you finish the program, there is no need to come back for lessons 1 or 2 times per week as with regular hitting packages.  Follow-up or refresher lessons are recommended to make sure that you are staying "inside the envelope" with your mechanics.  This is strictly voluntary, not mandatory.

Creating Body Torque

Separation of Upper and Lower Body-Hips Open, Shoulders Closed

The Hips Lead The Hands

Learn the following:

1) How to make adjustments "on the fly"

2) What "ideal impact" is

3) How to create "torque", which leads to quicker hands, increase in bat speed, and increase in POWER

4) The difference between "style" and "technique"

5) Drills to improve "muscle memory"

Also learn about mental aspects of hitting such as:

1) Thinking along with the  pitcher

2) Increase your "dead red" zone

3) Situational hitting

4) How to take advantage of the count when it is in your favor, and MUCH MORE!  
Barrell Below Hands & Tilted Axis

Adjustments On-the-Fly

Above-More tilt for low pitch

Below-Less tilt for high pitch

Ideal impactt


torque position

4 Stages of Learning

Stage 1: Aware of Something New

Stage 2: Awkward, Shaky Period   

Stage 3: Skill with Persistence

Stage 4: It's Natural, It's Me!     

Bonds beginning approach from the torque position; axis will go from straight up and down to tilted.