One-on-one with "Teacherman", the man who helped Aaron Judge become the player he is

Question #7: Which player would you most like to work with right now in baseball?

People who say "there’s more than one way to swing a bat" or "Teacherman’s stuff doesn’t work for everyone" are simply uninformed. They come to that conclusion thinking I teach home runs. Aaron hits homers, so they conclude that is what I teach. They think I teach launch angle. They think I teach bat speed. They think I teach exit velocity. I do not. You’ll never hear those words spoken during a lesson of mine. In fact, I’m against launch angle and exit velocity swing training. I teach "launch quickness." I teach getting the bat up to your bat speed quickly. Instantly. Not over time and distance. Now.

Aaron has introduced me to friends before as the guy who helped him hit homers. That is not accurate. The launch quickness I taught him helps him barrel the ball. They go far because he’s big and strong.  Everyone who plays wants to barrel the ball. Regardless of player size. Launch quickness is the key to consistently barreling the ball. So what I teach is key to everyone who plays. A big guy’s barreled balls will go further than a little guy’s. The big guy might hit 50+ homers. An average guy might hit 25 homers with 30 doubles.  A small guy might hit 10-15 homers with 40 or 50 doubles. Make no mistake about it, regardless of your size, you must barrel balls to be a big leaguer. Launch quickness is the answer.   

To your question, .as I watch MLB games, 80% or more of the players don’t have launch quickness. They’re good athletes. They have fast twitch muscles, but they don’t have the best mechanics. So, I’d like all of them to learn what I know.  It’s the difference maker. 

Question #8: Do you have any interest in joining a Major League coaching staff in some capacity one day?

I do not want to be a hitting coach or a hitting coordinator. I’ll be 70 in November. I don’t want to work that hard.  I don’t want to take someone’s job either. But, I also want others to learn and teach this amazing swing. I want all players to feel it. It is simply undeniable when you feel it. It’s the cheat code to hitting. So I’d love to be a consultant to an organization where I teach the teachers to teach it. 

Question #9: A writer for Redbird Rants wrote a couple of months back that Jordan Walker should consider working with you due to his similarities to Aaron Judge. Have you ever analyzed Walker's swing on a personal interest level? If so, what adjustments would you help him make to tap into his abilities?

Every organization either teaches the wrong thing (yep. I said it. It’s true), or they don’t recognize when their hitters are violating the most important absolute of hitting: proper weight distribution at launch. Video of all the great hitters proves my point. They all do the same thing, and the rest do something else. It’s a shame every player doesn’t get taught the mechanical advantage of a launch quickness swing. 

I’m available. And I will guarantee successful improvement of everyone I work with IF THEY BUY IN AND WORK HARD.