Quotes from Charley Lau

The tee drill should be a fixture in your hitting schedule, even after you think you've mastered everything there is to master in my system. There are major leaguers who hit off the tee every day before games, and even on their days off. Tony Gwynn works diligently at his fundamentals by hitting hundreds of balls off the tee every day.

And with each new pitcher a hitter must adjust and adapt to a new repetoire of pitches.

The point here is that getting started in time is critical. So when should a hitter start his stride? When the pitcher's lead leg hits the ground.

Hitting in its simplest form is seeing the ball, adjusting to the location and speed, and hitting the ball. That sounds simple but unless you have set your body in a proper position to maximize its strengths you will fail time after time.

In fact, I have reached the point where I don't see the value of switch-hitting at all.

As with any motor skills movement, the act of hitting a baseball needs to be consciously learned, then subconsciously performed. This assures spontaneous reaction.

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.