You MUST Pick Up A Bat & Swing It To Find The HLP Feeling

Key HLP Terms & Lingo

• 3D Loading

  The 3D Load is made up of the X, Y & Z axis and accounts for the 3 different directions that the body will move while loading prior to the launch of the swing. The 3rd axis is added to account for the coil around the rear leg, which is where the majority of the energy is stored before the burst of the swing.

• Coil

  Coiling around the rear leg is essential to the HLP. The coil occurs in the hip socket of the rear leg. As you essentially screw your rear leg into the round, a pulling force is created in the rear leg when it is unwound. This generates tremendous quickness, which translates to power in most cases.

• Forward Move

  While remaining one legged, the hitter will still move forward in the swing, while simultaneously keeping the head and hips stacked over the rear leg. The forward move is necessary and could consist of a leg kick, no stride or stride to no stride. The key to the forward move is keeping the coil and launching the barrel from behind the corner on the rear leg before getting out on the front leg. The launch will force the front foot to go down.

• Launch Quickness

  The time in which you tell yourself to swing and the actual launch of the swing is Launch Quickness. Mr. Richard always says that the greatest gift to hitters is giving them more time. Due to Mr. Richard's Launch Quickness App, it is a measurable attribute and is truly the one that matters most.

• One Legged / One Leggedness

  One of the key components of the High Level Pattern baseball swing is to have a strong rear leg. The entire swing is executed from the rear leg, so to get one legged or to have one leggedness means to have your head & hips stacked over your rear leg with very little to zero weight on your front leg/foot.

• Ready At Release

  You will often hear this term to describe the spot that you need to be at in your loading process when the pitcher releases the ball. Getting to this spot and holding it for as long as possible is what gives the HLP it's unique look. Being able to swing from any point in the loading process gives the hitter an advatange.

• Reward Launch

  The snap or hand pivot creates a reward launch of the barrel. This gets the barrel in the zone immediately and keeps it there throughout the swing path. The rearward launch is caused be snap, NOT a rotation of the humerus bone. The snap is purely a supination of the top wrist and pronation of the bottom wrist.

• Snap / Hand Pivot

  Teacherman became famous from his demonstrations of the the snap or hand pivot demonstrations on social media. This motion may feel foreign at first, but it is essential to the HLP swing and is a key factor in the quickness of your swing. The snap is a Supination of the Top Wrist and Pronation of the Bottom Wrist. Supination of the Top Wrist is the process where the top wrist rotates outward or away from the body. Pronation of the Bottom Wrist involves rotating the bottom wrist inward or toward the body.

• Stretch

  The stretch of the back is a core component of the HLP swing. To conceptualize this concept, think about your hands moving reward with only squeezing your back muscles. There is no need to push your hand back with your arms as the back muscles are what you want to engage.

• Swing Away From The Body

  The feeling of swinging away from the body can best be explained by putting yourself in the batter's box. For a right handed batter, the swing would be in the direction of the 2nd baseman. For a left handed batter, the swing would be in the direction of the shortstop. Teacherman has also suggested swinging in the direction of the opposite batters box. In combination with a rearward launch, this feeling creates an arc that provides an optimal path to the ball with ultimate quickness.