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Millennial Baseball: How to Master and Exploit Baseball's Most Successful Swing Kindle Edition

by Daniel Treccia (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Line drive approaches are death.

Strikeouts are OK.

“Still we’ve only had one run scored that was manufactured. It’s millennial. This is millennial baseball right now. You get up, you take a big swing, you strike out. You don’t try to get the runners over very often. Nobody bunts. Nobody hit-and-runs. We’re a team that has to get guys on and we got five hits. I mean, six runs and five hits is what you call efficiency, except if you lose.” Steve Garvey, after Game 2 of the 2017 World Series

Having a line drive approach is garbage. It ruins a hitter's career, or aspirations of one. Everything players are taught from a young age are in direct conflict with the proven statistics that have been recorded since the early 2000's. In the drug testing era, hitters are producing astronomical numbers using a brighter approach to hitting. Proof lies within this book. Written by a professional power-hitting outfielder, now retired and working as a professional strength coach (C.S.C.S.), Millennial Baseball teaches the factual using batted ball statistics. This is also a training book that covers the strength and power training, pro hitting mechanics, and develops the right mindset for each player's approach at the plate. In today's game, Millennial Baseball is what teams want to power their offense. Learn today.

You may not know me, or have ever heard the name Dan Treccia. I'm okay with that because I have the validation of making it to the professional level myself. I didn't reach the end goal, but I achieved THE goal. As a player, the highest level being in the American Association of Professional Baseball, where I made teammates with some former Major League talents like Brandon Jones (Atlanta Braves) and Victor Diaz (New York Mets). Even my spring training roommate, in Sioux Falls, John Holdzkolm, ended up pitching in the same year's NL Wild Card game (2014)! My success was based on training, and the research it took for me to put together that training combined with dedication to implementing it. In my post-playing career I started toying around with a so called "leg kick" which I write about in depth in this very book. On top of that I became an NCAA level Strength and Conditioning Coach (C.S.C.S.) after I graduated with my B.S. as soon as my playing career was over at the age of 27. The most important gift I have received from baseball is the ability to teach it. I love passing on the cumulative knowledge of my decades long journey from college walk-on to professional power hitter to future generations. If you are hungry and have a desire to slug like none other, this is the book for you. Written by both a professional hitter and qualified Strength & Conditioning Coach (C.S.C.S.), it is the first of its kind. There are so many misconceptions about the so called "uppercut" that need to be statistically proven wrong so that instead of being stigmatized, young hitters are encouraged to adopt one. I use batted ball statistics from the 2017 Major League Baseball season to prove that flyball approaches are incredibly superior to line-drive approaches. Going further I can even prove how ground balls are, in fact, death to any offense. It all starts with approach. The mindset, the drills, and execution in this book will change your player's career. It may even give one the ability to have a career in baseball. All I ask is to read this with an open mind. After six brutal surgeries, and one where I almost lost my life, these principles and methods of training keep me slugging away into my 30's. I cannot even imagine what it could do for you all. This is the future of baseball, and this book has the facts to prove it. Thank you for your consideration of this book! Feel free to reach out to me anytime using the contact information within. To this day I write Sports Performance program and give in person lessons from toddlers all the way to the professionals still hacking away in the minor leagues.

Swing hard. Hit the ball UP.

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"Dan was a workhorse as a professional player. As a former major league player, I was impressed with 2 of Dan's business traits. 1) Dan was ready to play multiple professional seasons after many injuries, and 2) Dan worked hard on his asset to the team, that being hitting the long ball. Dan is successful as a coach because he is a good communicator, and he received excellent training in college and in professional baseball." -- Skip Pitlock, San Francisco Giants (1970), Chicago White Sox (1974-1975)
"Dan is one of the best strength minds out there. He was able to create a plan for our players that was functionally applicable to Baseball. Our players saw strength gains but also saw the results on the field." -- Joel Bonnett, NCAA Pitching Coach at Benedictine University

"I had the pleasure to play ball against Dan in a former pro and top collegiate league in Ontario. Dan has always had a big passion for the game and was a very hard worker on and off the field. Love how he is now sharing his knowledge with the world." -- Bryon Bell, Toronto Blue Jays Org. (2004)

"Dan has shown great knowledge in the game of baseball both as a player and coach. He constantly studies the game and makes great contributions. His knowledge has helped many kids at all levels of the game." -- Zach Rodeghero, Gary Railcats & Joliet Slammers, Valparaiso Crusaders Single Season Hit Leader, I.H.S.A. Head Varsity Coach

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You may not know me, or have ever heard the name Dan Treccia. I'm okay with that because I have the validation of making it to the professional level myself. I didn't reach the end goal, but I achieved THE goal. As a player, the highest level being in the American Association of Professional Baseball, where I made teammates with some former Major League talents like Brandon Jones (Atlanta Braves) and Victor Diaz (New York Mets). Even my spring training roommate, in Sioux Falls, John Holdzkolm, ended up pitching in the same year's NL Wild Card game (2014)! My success was based on training, and the research it took for me to put together that training combined with dedication to implementing it. In my post-playing career I started toying around with a so called "leg kick" which I write about in depth in this very book. On top of that I became an NCAA level Strength and Conditioning Coach (C.S.C.S.) after I graduated with my B.S. as soon as my playing career was over at the age of 27. The most important gift I have received from baseball is the ability to teach it. I love passing on the cumulative knowledge of my decades long journey from college walk-on to professional power hitter to future generations. If you are hungry and have a desire to slug like none other, this is the book for you. Written by both a professional hitter and qualified Strength & Conditioning Coach (C.S.C.S.), it is the first of its kind. There are so many misconceptions about the so called "uppercut" that need to be statistically proven wrong so that instead of being stigmatized, young hitters are encouraged to adopt one. I use batted ball statistics from the 2017 Major League Baseball season to prove that flyball approaches are incredibly superior to line-drive approaches. Going further I can even prove how ground balls are, in fact, death to any offense. It all starts with approach. The mindset, the drills, and execution in this book will change your player's career. It may even give one the ability to have a career in baseball. All I ask is to read this with an open mind. After six brutal surgeries, and one where I almost lost my life, these principles and methods of training keep me slugging away into my 30's. I cannot even imagine what it could do for you all. This is the future of baseball, and this book has the facts to prove it. Thank you for your consideration of this book! Feel free to reach out to me anytime using the contact information within. To this day I write Sports Performance programs and give in person lessons from toddlers all the way to the professionals still hacking away in the minor leagues. I simply love the game.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077S9KQJV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Insurgent Kinematics (November 27, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 13495 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 105 pages

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Daniel is a survivor of the deadly, incurable fungal disease known as Valley Fever, which he was exposed to multiple times over the course of 2007-2013 playing collegiate and pro baseball in endemic regions of the Southwestern United States.

Please take a look at his favorite community support group as after Millennial Baseball, Daniel dedicated all his work in writing and research into helping survivors thanks to what David and Sharon Filip did for him with VFS:

FB: "" /groups/valleyfeversurvivor

David and Sharon Filip's book Valley Fever Epidemic I found browsing for books on this rare disease on Amazon in early 2016. It was how I ended up finding the support group and the rest is history, it's the best place to start, search for VFE it is easily retrieved.

Before Deadly Disease:

Daniel R. Treccia (B.S., C.S.C.S.) was raised in Geneva, Illinois, and has taken his love for baseball from the little league fields of his hometown to NCAA, independent and international pro, and MiLB stadiums across the continent. Becoming a professional baseball outfielder was not handed to Daniel, he worked tirelessly at it for the better part of 25 years. For twenty-seven years he developed into a feared power hitter with a rare addition of speed on the base paths, playing for the Grand Prairie AirHogs, Sioux Falls Canaries, London Majors, Burlington Bandits, Guelph Royals, Hawaii Stars, among other teams over a five season career. Since then, he has been a contributor at the world renown fitness website, Breaking Muscle. His writing has reached millions throughout the globe through this publication and other independent media ventures. In retirement, Daniel has developed a real passion for teaching the game of baseball and all forms of sports performance training to younger generations. Since 2014, Daniel has coaches varsity baseball with two IHSA schools in the Chicago area and worked as a private hitting instructor. Daniel learned from some of the best sports performance coaches in the Chicago land area and now works as a strength coach himself. As of February 2016, Daniel became certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a C.S.C.S. (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist), the only accepted certification in training NCAA athletes. Today, Daniel writes sports performance programming for youth athletes to current professionals.

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A must-read for serious baseball players, and for the parents who help train them

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Outstanding job. A thorough guide to the hitting philosophy of a former pro player and certified strength trainer. Daniel puts together a well-thought out thesis for how average size players like Justin Turner and Jose Bautista, through the right mechanics and baseball-specific core strength training, are able to hit with comparable power to steroid-enhanced sluggers of the 1990s. As a baseball historian I greatly appreciated the subtleties of baseball in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, when contact, speed, and situational hitting made for a more enjoyable, strategic game than today's all-or-nothing approach where far fewer balls are put into play, and even fewer actually stay in the park. But I reluctantly agree that the emphasis today is on slugging and power, and a 'fly-ball approach' is more in demand now for college and pro prospects than it was when grounders on artificial turf fields was used as an offensive weapon.

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Drew Baumann

An in depth guide to playing a better game

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017

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As a person whose baseball game peaked in middle school, I find this to be an interesting read. I had never really thought about the fine details that go into the perfect swing, but I am glad that Dan was able to explain the mechanics in such a way that even a layperson like me can understand. I also found the end of chapter review helpful for remembering key points. At the end of the day I don't have the motivation to become a pro baseball player, but I look forward to the next time I hit the batting cage.

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Good read. Explains a lot of how the new ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2017

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Good read. Explains a lot of how the new mechanics and methods are put into use by current pro ball players. The numbers put up by current players are astonishing, they must be doing something differently. This book shows you how it's done.

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Bryan Eisenberg

Concise guide to getting your body ready to hit for power

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017

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Dan does a great job explaining the why and what to focus on to increase your homerun hitting power ability.

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Peter

This book is phenomenal!

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017

After receiving my free copy via download, I delved right in. Being a short person(5'6") I have always had trouble hitting the ball out of the park, due to shorter levers. However, I am extremely powerful in the weight room so I knew their was a way to use that power to hit balls further. Dan's methods and theory is exactly what I needed to hone my skill to become a more feared power hitter, instead of just a gap-to-gap guy. I have heard a lot lately of "upper cutting" to hit more fly balls, but no one yet has really explained the exact process as to how to go about this; right approach and all. Dan goes into details, such as being a more bottom hand dominant swinger, or how swinging this way keeps the barrel in the zone longer. All in all, I have already noticed a difference. In my men's league(I am 30 now), I had an MVP caliber season, hitting almost .400 with 5 home runs! Ground balls are almost non-existent now, and a lot of my gap shots are now clearing the fence! I am extremely pleased and HIGHLY recommend this book for any man or woman, boy or girl, from little league to major league!

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it's particularly nice to see that the strength training chapter's recommendations won't ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2017

Dan Treccia absolutely delivers the goods in Millennial Baseball. Whether you are a coach or a player yourself, you'll appreciate neatly organized, clearly presented information with no fluff and an eye for the details you really need. Examples from players on the field and stats give authority to the argument that this step-by-step breakdown of swing mechanics will level up your game.

As I continue reading books in the S&C field, it's particularly nice to see that the strength training chapter's recommendations won't crush the athlete with lingering fatigue. Strength is important but skill practice for the swing is what will make the biggest difference on the field. That is where the book's focus rightfully remains. Just follow the directions to maximize your swing.

When I saw Millennial Baseball was beating classics like Moneyball in Amazon's rankings that absolutely made sense since this is something players can use right away to improve their game.

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I would recommend this book to anyone of any age looking to ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2017

I bought an advanced copy of this book in the late summer for my younger brother who plays at a local community college. I went to some of his games in the fall and I could see results already. He was hitting the ball for more power, increased bat speed, improved approach in the batters box, quicker on the base paths, even physically stronger. I would recommend this book to anyone of any age looking to better themselves at the game of baseball

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Joe Bednarek

If you love baseball you need to read this

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017

I have played baseball since I was 5 years old. Now that I’m older and play in a baseball league I had personal training done from Dan Treccia, the author of this book and used tips from this book and my hitting average and Home run consistency went up tremendously.I highly recommend this book to beginners of the game or even if you have been playing your entire life. Great job & great read.

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