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Rob Ellis had a 12-year pro career, including parts of four seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers. He has coached professionally with the Cubs, Giants, and Orioles as well as a hitting coach with the Minnesota Twins organization. He is author of five hitting videos including “The Lost Secrets of Hitting” and co-author with Mike Schmidt on “The Mike Schmidt Hitting Study”

Lost Secrets of Hitting

Rob Ellis December 20, 2002 4 Comments

By Coach Rob Ellis Going for home runs, too many modern players pile up strikeouts instead of making contact with the pitch! It was a monumental find. While pursuing my lifelong study of the skill of hitting, I discovered some old, dusty, 16 mm film footage of the great hitters of yesterday. One was titled, “Hitting Stars of 1943.” It ...

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