- ISBN13: 9780671621032
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball — the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. Williams’s career hitting statistics will stand forever as a monument to his complete mastery of the single most difficult thing to do in sport: .344 lifetime batting average, 521 home runs, 1839 RBI and 2654 hits. The Science of Hitting has reigned as the classic handbook on hitting since being published in 1971 — and now it’s even be… More >>
The best book on teaching hitting I have ever read! His diagram is da bomb on how to find yo favoritte pitch! GO TRIBE!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book really helps. Ted Williams is
my sencond favorite player Manny Ramirez is
my first. The people who thought of making this
book are great [Ted Williams and John Underwood
made this book].This book has great pictures in it.
I also put this in my so you’d like to at the bottom of the
page. This book is long but good. It has a surprise at the
end of this book that I loved. You should really get this book
because it helps you to hit the baseball better. So go get this book because as the greatist baseball player ever said,” The hardest thing to do is hit a baseball” and he is true you can learn anything else easy but it will take you a while to hit a baseball. So you should go get this book it is good with hitting and it is good to just pick up a book and go read.
Rating: 5 / 5
The late great TW writes, or most likely, dictates, this book with John Underwood. The book reads as if it’s Ted talking, and it feels as if he and I went on a fishing trip, and he was just talking hitting in between him casting for trout or bass or whatever he likes. The only thing missing is a fire crackling and the smell of grilled fish.
There are a few theories that were new to me, such as Ted saying that you should swing “up” instead of the standard “down”. There is a very nice walk down memorabilia lane at the end of the book with photos and blurbs about all-time great hitters. This is updated, of course, only to about the late 80′s, so we’re missing Big Mack, Bonds, Sosa, and other recent sluggers, but that’s going to happen in any sports book with a certain date on it.
If you want help with hitting, I am sure there are more to the point books out there, and they would probably be more worth your money. But if you want to chew some tobacco, and sit by the fireside (nevermind the fishing trip) with the last .400 hitter in MajorLeagueBaseball, together with some tips, get the book.
Rating: 3 / 5
The hardest technique to teach in sports is properly hitting a baseball. There are so many variables and I have felt for years it is the main reason for so many youngsters to walk away from organized team play because of the frustration from failure.
The Science of Hitting, which was written when Ted Williams managed the Washington Senators, is by far the finest book on how to learn to hit a baseball. Williams demonstrates through words and photographs in a step-by-step fashion how to stand properly in the batter’s box, how to swing the bat and the keys to being selective. A photograph of Williams at the plate and showing the probable batting average if he swung at a pitch in a particular zone is timeless.
Like any athletic activity, the key is to learn how to do things right from the start. It is also crucial at any skill level that problems should be rectified as soon as possible. As long as there is baseball, the book will remain a classic in teaching how to hit the pitched ball.
Rating: 5 / 5
This was a great book. If you are going to learn to do something you need to learn from the best. Ted Williams over his lifetime as a Pro baseball player hit over .300. If you look at the players these days who are hitting .300 or close to it, they are not just dominating the league with RBI`s, they are dominating with their paychecks. If you want to learn from the best, this is a great one to start with.
Rating: 4 / 5