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Lau's Laws on Hitting: The Art of Hitting .400 for the Next Generation; Follow Lau's Laws and Improve Your Hitting!
by Charley Jr. Lau
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Addax (2000-05-23)
ISBN: 1886110956
EAN: 9781886110953
Dewey Decimal #: 796.35726
Binding/Media: Paperback - 222 pages
Edition: illustrated edition
SKU: 1001120033
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: clean and unmarked, sticker residue on spine, light rubs on edges, one creased page - Thanks!
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
You need to work on your swing! If this advice has ever been given to you, Lau's Laws on Hitting will spell out the professional instructions you need. Coaches at all levels will benefit from the observations, teaching techniques, player analysis and refi
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Customer Reviews
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Excellent - Must Read - For Any Student of Hitting
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-06-28
Charley Lau, Jr. has surpassed his father in this work. This book is an excellent, must read for any student of hitting. It is an easy to read and understand work. Although I have not applied the theory of this work yet, I firmly belive in many of the concepts contained therein.
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Lau's Laws
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-08-04
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
While the debate on Linear vs rotational hitters rages on, the basics of Lau's Laws still hold true. While this book by Lau Jr. is sometimes a little too self congratulatory, the advice is sound and easily understood by non-experts who just want to improve or help their Little League team hit better. Like must instructional books, if you pick up one or two helpful tips and ignore some others, the read is worthwhile.
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The Only Bad Thing About This Book Is The Cheater On The Cover.
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-06-30
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Well done. A great overview of the science of hitting. I do have a problem with the cheater on the cover. I can't stand to look at this lying cheat. I'd be willing to bet that the sales of this book would increase if it had a real hero like Aaron, Musial, Mays, Mantle, Ruth or Williams on the cover.
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The First Book in a Series of Must Reads
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-21
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
A few years ago my son was about to start his first season of T-Ball and I found myself in a conversation about hitting with Dan Evans, a former General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Then, a year or so later I found myself confirming the information Dan & I had discussed in a subsequent conversation with Kevin Malone, who succeeded Dan as the Dodgers General Manager.
Dan recommended to me these three books to read in order:
1. Charlie Lau Jr's "Lau's Laws on Hitting"
2. Charlie Lau Sr's "The Art of Hitting .300"
3. Ted Williams "The Science of Hitting".
If you are a parent or coach who is serious about teaching his/her child or players how to hit you *MUST* read these books.
The first book in the sequence is Charlie Jr's book "Lau's Laws on Hitting". It explains the mechanics of the lead arm extension hitting technique his father created in a very clear and easy to follow way. If this is the only book on hitting you read there is no doubt you will be able to provide your child/player with a solid foundation from which they will experience great success. Once you know what to look for it's easy to identify a swing based on the Lau technique - the same technique that is currently used by over 70% of all major leaguers today.
This technique teaches how to create the most efficient & powerful swing a batter can create and then to control the release of that power into the point of contact... in otherwords, how to hit the $*#^ out of the ball.
As of this review, my 9-year old son has been using this technique for the last 3-years and recently wanted to test his skills by going into a 70mph batting cage (which is a typical speed most 13-14 year olds practice on) and was successful in ripping a few off the back netting directly above the throwing arm... in otherwords, timed perfectly. Through the first few games of our season he was 14-for-20 with 5-triples & 4 doubles (short hopping the fence a half dozen times) and my son is one of the smaller kids on the team!
Jr's book does a great job of asking and answering the following:
*What is the difference and significance of static and dynamic balance?
*Why does the batter's weight HAVE to shift back before going forward?
*What is the significance of having the toes on the rear foot pointing down while swinging?
*Why do we want to create backspin vs. topspin?
These are just a small sampling of the many questions associated with the technique that Jr. answers in a way everybody can easily understand.
Jr's book is a short cut to his father's hitting technique and as such should be read before Sr's book. Reading Jr's book more quickly puts the pieces in place to build a smooth yet powerful and efficient swing based on this technique.
Sr's book on the other hand, "The Art of Hitting .300", is more comprehensive and technical exploring more of the technique and in greater detail... a pleasure to read. Jr's book is all you'll need to learn and teach the technique but to really understand and appreciate what is going on and why you'll want to read Sr's book.
Through countless hours of video study, the Lau's have isolated common traits of a successful swing from among the game's greatest hitters and are now sharing their discoveries through these books. The individual elements that make up this technique in both books are referred to as "Absolutes".
Lastly, you'll also want to read Ted William's book, "The Science of Hitting" to learn the mental aspect.
The real value to Williams book is it teaches the batter that there's much more to hitting successfully than just walking up to the plate and swinging a bat. It teaches the batter how to prepare, what to think about as you walk up to the plate, what to look for while in the batter's box, and how to make in at-bat adjustments.
Consider Jr's book the shortcut to perfoming this technique, Sr's book the more comprehensive and necessary to fully understand the technique, and Ted Williams book a necessary compliment to learning the mental approach to hitting.
Hoped this review helps and as Charlie Jr. says, "Sweet Swings!"
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Off the bat into the outfield
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-27
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I don't know Mr. Lau but he knows what he's talking about. The first game I applied these laws and I went 5 for 5. The next I went for my old ways I went 1 for 4. Luck? I don't think so. These laws are simple and comprehensive. Even teaching them to youngsters is easy and giving them tips which give immediate results just gives them an incredible boost. Keep up the good work Mr. Lau and my next hope is to get to the Lau trainig facilities to get hands on coaching to the next level.
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