Dece Athletics

Hitting Development

There's No One Way to Swing.

Every athlete moves differently.

Justin does not believe in forcing every hitter into identical positions. Instead, the goal is to understand how an individual athlete moves and determine what is helping or limiting performance.

Justin reviewing Rapsodo ball-flight data with a hitter

The Framework

The Swing Framework

A simple model for understanding a complex movement — three phases, one continuous motion.

01

Gather

Create rhythm and a stable base to move from.

02

Load

Store energy and get into a position to attack.

03

Swing

Deliver the barrel on time, on plane, with intent.

What Justin Evaluates

A complete picture of the swing

No single data point tells the whole story. Justin looks across movement, timing, and results before deciding what a hitter actually needs.

Body language
Posture
Separation
Bat path
Speed
Timing
Finish
Ball flight
Blast metrics
Game results
Justin talking through the swing with a hitter in the cage

Every adjustment starts with listening — then the video and the data.

Blast metrics on a laptop beside a session notebook

Objective data confirms — or challenges — what the eye sees.

Practice Design

Practice Needs a Purpose.

Every hitting session should have a clear intention behind it.

Swing Design

Slow things down.

Understand the movement.

Build the skill.

Approach

Develop timing.

Train swing decisions.

Understand how to attack pitching.

Competition

Increase difficulty.

Introduce variability.

Force the hitter to solve problems.

Good hitters need all three.

Practice in difficult environments. Demand precision with path, timing, and ball flight.

The more prepared you are, the more confident you can become when the game starts.

Ready to Get Better?

Tell Justin where you are, where you want to go, and what you believe is holding you back.