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| Tuesday, 03 November 2009 12:40 | |
What is Multi-Tee?Ron Pierce, Owner of Troy Baseball, MVP Training Center in Troy, Alabama is proud to announce the award of Patent # 7479074 for the Multi-Tee® batting tee he designed and began distributing in 2006. “Since the inception of this unique swing trainer, I knew that it could provide an effective means to train young ballplayers in a manner that was not being used elsewhere. The Multi-Tee® is the result of years of experimenting with a wood-and-PVC-pipe prototype that I eventually had manufactured to sell to a larger market,” commented developer Ron Pierce. The Multi-Tee® offers the immediate opportunity to evaluate a batter’s swing and make the necessary corrections. Its fully adjustable, 360º swing arm and full tee extensions make the Multi-Tee® easy to set up and use with either right- or left-handed batters. This dynamic and effective hitting tool offers a unique double-tee design
Previously, most batting tees have used only one upright tee–some of which could be moved to different locations on the plate. These batting tees can actually limit the true hitting location of pitches. The majority of amateur baseball and softball players have not been taught the correct position of ball and bat contact for pitches in the three standard hitting zones: inside, middle and outside (see diagrams below). When using the Multi-Tee® in the correct manner, the swing arm can be easily rotated to the proper position for bat and ball contact. This is why the Multi-Tee® will be especially useful to those who don’t fully understand basic hitting techniques. Not only can this training device be set up to hit a ball in the three primary positions, it may also be set up anywhere between these positions, thus creating dozens of hitting scenarios on which to practice.
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