The Starting Lineup is a prestigious collection of the 9 Best Baseball Hitting Aids on the Planet. Each gadget is hand selected by the hitting-wise SwingSmarter.com mascot FOWL Ball using the 80/20 Principal as it applies to the baseball swing, 20% of hitting aids out there contribute to 80% success to a hitter. Don't let FOWL Ball fool you though, he's got a lot more brain than he has brawn ;)

Each hitting aid is subject to a litmus test and subjective decision of FOWL Ball to decide whether the tool is worthy of such a prominant place in such a distinguished team lineup. Also, the fun part...

Eeach aid will be consistently jockeying for its position, and can get its job taken away anytime by another hitting aid proving more dominant, just like in a real competitive team lineup. So, the "players" need to have superb work ethic in order to "keep" their spot in The Starting Lineup.

Now, FOWL Ball doesn't stop there...

Most importantly, he explains the "why" behind each hitting aid's nomination, and how to use it constructively (with video) because sometimes a hitting aid tool can resemble a paper weight (and in the case of a few of his current selections, a HUGE paper weight), if we don't know how to use it correctly.

In addition, with a purchase of one of The BEST Starting 9 you'll get access to EIGHT of the follwing content rich & power packed SwingSmarter SUPER Mini-Reports for FREE (a $300 value):

1. How to Grow a Super Athlete - this article was sent to me by one of my hitting lesson parents who received it from a Judo instructor...sheds insight into the inner workings of the brain and muscle memory for the laymen to understand,
2. Swing Smarter Nutritional Plan - we wrote this based off a couple really good resources contributing to 85% of sound performance nutritional advice...more to come on this during the summer of 2010, so stay tuned to the SwingSmarter.com RSS feed.
3. Scouting: What YOU Need to Know & How to Market YOUR Kid When Coaches Don’t - this was a forwarded email received from a good friend of mine who manages a Competitive Travel/Marketing/Tutoring/Player Development baseball training program called Team Avenue, Thomari played 8 years in the Dodgers organization...he received this email from a parent who used these simple strategies to much success with self-marketing her son.
4. 2 FREE Workouts from Jedd Johnson's Ultimate Forearm Training for Baseball Players eBook - This is the Baseball Mastermind Training Group's own Jedd Johnson, grip strength training extraordinaire. He's a competitive strong man and grip strength competitor, played Div II baseball as a pitcher in college, and is co-owner of DieselCrew.com. Jedd's information will get your swing results.
5. Heads Up Baseball Control, Plan, Trust Mental Side of Hitting Worksheet - this worksheet allows anyone to de-construct who they are as a hitter, develop a powerful Zen Hitting Routine, learn the use of "Releases" to stay under control, and how to evaluate quality at-bats. The bottom line? This worksheet will help ANYONE get more consistent at the plate!
6. Preventing Injury, Post Injury Treatment, & Becoming a Last Action Hero - I originally published this information in a past The Dugout eZine 2-Part Issue, then packaged the info for my Naked Running 101 clients (pain free running, and no I don't teach running naked), so the content rings loud and clear to young athletes as well. It's a wealth of 411 that's super vital to extremely competitive athletes.
7. The Dugout: Hitting Baseballs from the Neck Up! First 12 Issues Mental Hitting Power Report - at SwingSmarter.com we publish a popular online monthly magazine called The Dugout, where we share simple cerebral strategies to help any hitter at any age. This info. not only has helped players but parents and coaches as well. This is a culmination of the first year's worth of issues into one power packed report.
8. The Power of Doing MORE with LESS - this mini-report is inspired by one of my favorite bloggers and author Leo Babauta (ZenHabits.net & his book The Power of Less). As any of you know our mantra at SwingSmarter.com is discriminating all the crap information and tools out there on hitting, and to eliminate the waste and keep the necessary. This mini-report really isn't about hitting, but clearing the mind, which has everything to do with hitting. Ted Williams said, "Hitting is 90% from the neck up."

We'll be periodically adding more FREE mini-reports to future purchases as they come available, so stay tuned...

If you want to know more about the Swing Smarter Team and FOWL Ball, then you can visit SwingSmarter.com Meet The Team. If you want to initiate a Challenge to one of The Starting 9, then you can visit this Swing Smarter interactive link.

Thank you for shopping with SwingSmarter.com and making The Starting Lineup possible :)

Want to shop the Starting 9 and see why these particular aids made The Starting Lineup?  CLICK through to FOWL Ball's The Starting Lineup Store to find out more...