States in which the Krush Hitting Company has held events

Two specific events put the plan of creating an elite hitting development program in motion:

1. A conversation with a National League All Star that led Kehoe to believe that this hitter was not fully aware of what was going on in his swing. Kehoe thought, if a 30 year-old MLB All Star wasn’t aware, then what does that say about the knowledge other hitters might possess throughout the world, especially the young ones.

2. A video tape of hitters from a good friend and ex-teammate Lou Frazier, ex MLB player and current Pittsburgh Pirates first base coach. Frazier was training some players in the off-season and invited Kehoe to watch. Lou is one of the most entertaining people alive and a quality coach as well. He and Billy were talking hitting and in the middle of  the conversation, Frazier stopped, reached into his Suburban and handed Billy a video tape. He then said the magic phrase, “Billy, watch this tape and teach your hitters what really happens in the swing, not what people tell you happens in the swing.”

Billy Kehoe had coached at the high school and collegiate level, trained some of the best hitters on the planet; MLB players, minor leaguers, top collegiate players, as well as hundreds of high school and youth hitters. These hitters had gone on to have success but Kehoe questioned whether it was his coaching or their natural talent that allowed them their success. It was time for Billy to find out what he was really made of...did he really know as much as he thought about the swing? He was about to find out.

Billy was mesmerized watching the 5 or 6 hitters on the tape, but he needed more. He scrounged around and got as much video on MLB hitters as he could find. Kehoe watched more video than a defensive coordinator in the NFL! As Billy continued to analyze the hitters, two things became very apparent:

1. There are several commonalities or absolutes in most if not all elite hitters possess.

2. There are a lot of differences as well.

The latter finding substantiates the old saying:

“There are many ways to hit and all hitters should not be made into ‘robots.’ Each hitter has his or her own style and that is a good thing.”

After this two month film study, and driven by the quest to develop a premier hitting development program, Kehoe spent the following year traveling the country swapping information with some of the best hitting minds available. He concluded that the major goal of his study is to eliminate as much theory and opinion as far as teaching the art of hitting is concerned. There are too many different teaching methodologies which can confuse and stunt young hitters growth. The study proved that there are a number of common movements that most, if not all, exceptional hitters share... 

...this is the basis for the Krush Hitting Development program!

There are many similarities that most, if not all elite hitters possess. Thus, there are absolutes or facts (something that actually exists; reality; truth) that each and every hitter, regardless of age or skill level, could and should do. 

In 2005, Billy Kehoe established the Krush Hitting Company with one  main cornerstone:

TEACH THE FACTS,

ELIMINATE OPINION AND PHILOSOPHY

Five hundred plus camps/clinics/speaking engagements later, the Krush Hitting Company is on its way to achieving the goal of raising the batting average of America 100 percentage points and help to make quality coaching the norm rather than the exception.