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Instruction

Parents, does your youngster need a little help with his or her swing? Don't want to go into bankruptcy in the process? If you live in the Olney, MD, area, check out my affordable hitting instruction offer:

The first lesson is free and includes a slow-motion video evaluation of the hitter's swing.
After the initial free swing evaluation, each follow-on private lesson is $15 for a one-hour lesson, $50 for four lessons. That's 4 private lessons for about the price of a single group lesson elsewhere.
Want to learn with a friend or sibling? I now offer semi-private lessons for two players at a time for $20 ($10 each) per lesson, or $70 ($35 each) for four lessons.

I recommend a minimum of four lessons, as mastering the swing takes time and practice. However, you may take as many or as few lessons as you like. In fact, you are under no obligation to take any lessons after the initial, free swing evaluation.

FACILITIES

I teach in a net-enclosed area in the basement of my home in Olney. It’s not a full-sized batting cage and I don’t have a regular pitching machine. The goal of the lessons is to improve the hitter’s swing mechanics. This is actually best done without pitched balls because it allows the hitter to focus on his swing rather than the ball. I recommend that the hitter augment his lessons with trips to a regular batting cage to work on using his improved swing on pitched balls.

I use the following training aids in my lessons:

A Jugs hitting net
A batting tee
A Mauer's Quickswing
A Jugs soft-toss machine
A Blue Flame pitching machine
A Swift Stick training bat
An Insider Bat

The Blue Flame pitching machine (above right) is manually operated and can pitch baseballs, softballs, and whiffle balls. I use the whiffle balls indoors. The machine can be used with real baseballs/softballs at regulation pitching distances on an outside field. We can arrange to have outside sessions, weather-permitting.

To schedule a lesson or get more information, please contact me by phone or e-mail:

Phil Plante

301-924-1549
phil@swingthebat.net

Please leave a message if you get the answering machine and I'll return your call. I am an active member (MBR-338546) of the National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA). References available upon request.

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