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Lund, Robin J.; Heefner, Dan – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2005
Former baseball star Jim Lefebvre (1983) claimed that hitting a baseball may be the most talked about but least understood skill in all of sports. Historically, hitting instruction has been based on intuitive thinking by "hitting gurus," rather than on scientific fact, which has contributed to this lack of understanding (DeRenne, Stellar, &…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Scientific Research, Motion, Teaching Methods