This is our fourth major Nose 2 Nose challenge, the second on Hitting, and we believe the most interesting yet... the opinions are more diverse than even we expected; there are ideas in here that we have never encountered before.
As with all previous Challenge events, we invited recognized instructors to provide their take on a specific topic. For this Spring 2006 event we narrowed the topic to hitting cues. We asked each author to write specifically about the key aspects of their hitting instruction that they believe are most important to the student/player. What do they emphasize? What are the cues they - and you - might look for and communicate? What is a 'good teach' and what is merely a distraction.

The essays take very different approaches - from one that focuses on a hitting skill most coaches seldom teach, to another which attempts to discuss every cue ever used. There are mainstream ideas, and radical new approaches. We hope you enjoy the results of their efforts.