Hi, I'm Joey Myers.
Former D1 baseball player at Fresno State. Author of the Amazon #1 bestselling Catapult Loading System. And the coach who spent 15 years reverse-engineering why some hitters produce elite power โ and why most don't.
The Journey
The honest version of how I got here
I played Division-1 baseball at Fresno State from 2000 to 2003. My career stats were a .250 average, 9 home runs, and 40 RBIs. Not the most impressive numbers. And like most players who finished below their potential, I can look back and say "if I knew then what I know now."
But here's where my story parts ways with the standard coach origin story. I didn't just start teaching the swing the way I was taught โ with video analysis, endless reps, and cues that have been passed from player to coach to player for decades. I went looking for why some hitters generate elite power, and why the same instruction that works for one athlete produces nothing for another.
What I found wasn't in a hitting manual. It was in human movement science โ fascia mechanics, spinal engine biomechanics, anatomy train theory, and the way the body stores and releases elastic energy. I spent 15 years in corrective fitness applying these principles to athletes, earning certifications from NASM and IYCA, sitting in FMS courses, studying with Gray Cook, and running Zepp swing experiments with hitters at every level from 8-year-olds to Big Leaguers.
The Catapult Loading System is what came out of that work. It's not a different take on the same cues. It's a fundamentally different explanation of where bat speed comes from โ and how to teach any hitter to access it, regardless of size.
Tens of thousands of coaches across the US and abroad have worked through it. The results aren't from talent. They're from teaching the body to load the way it was designed to load.
"If I knew then what I know now."
The Approach
Why this isn't the same as every other hitting program
Most hitting instruction answers "what does the swing look like?" The CLS answers "how does the body create force to produce that swing?" Those are very different questions โ and they produce very different results.
Not video analysis
Endless slow-motion video of elite hitters tells you what their swing looks like after the force has already been created. It doesn't tell you how to teach another hitter to create that same force. The CLS starts with the physics โ then works backward to the cue.
Not "fire your hips"
Hip rotation is 20โ30% of the power equation. The other 70โ80% lives in the fascia โ the connective tissue that stores and releases elastic energy in the load-to-launch sequence. Most coaches never teach this because they don't know it exists.
Not size-dependent
A 110-pound hitter hitting 280+ feet in games. A 5'3", 120-pound kid hitting 315 feet to center at age 12. The CLS doesn't wait for players to "fill out." It teaches any body to load the way it was designed to load โ right now.
Built on real data
Every major claim in the CLS is backed by Zepp swing experiments with real hitters, peer-reviewed human movement science, or both. The Showing Numbers drill alone shows an average 5โ6 mph bat speed increase in one cage session โ measured, not guessed.
Applicable at any level
The same principles work for a 7-year-old beginner and a professional hitter. The CLS system has been used with athletes at every level โ from first-time T-ballers to Big Leaguers โ because human movement science doesn't have age minimums.
Freely available
Over 400 free blog posts. A free book offer (just pay $14.95 shipping). Thousands of copies given away. If the science helps hitters, I'd rather it reach as many coaches as possible than be gatekept behind a premium subscription.
Credentials
Organizations & Certifications
The science in the CLS isn't invented โ it's synthesized from the best-validated frameworks in human movement, strength & conditioning, and youth athletic development.
Member Of
- American Baseball Coaches Association ABCA
- International Youth & Conditioning Association IYCA
- Society for American Baseball Research SABR
- Positive Coaching Alliance Partner
Certifications
- Corrective Exercise Specialist CES โ National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
- Youth Fitness Specialist YFS โ International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA)
- Functional Movement Screen FMS โ Studied under Gray Cook
- Vinyasa Yoga Instructor Mobility & fascia mechanics application
Published Works
Books by Joey Myers
Available on Amazon and through the Hitting Performance Lab directly.
The Catapult Loading System
The science-based hitting system used by 12,000+ coaches. 4.4 stars ยท 400+ Amazon reviews. Free book โ just pay $14.95 S&H.
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Swing Smarter
Science-based hitting training built to explain the understanding and reasoning behind it.
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Beyond The Bases [NEW]
The latest addition to the HPL library. Now available on Amazon.
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Tens of thousands of coaches, parents, and hitters
From youth rec leagues to Big League organizations โ in the US and 50+ countries abroad.
What Coaches & Parents Say
Results from real hitters at real levels
"My son hit the ball over 280 feet several times already in the game, not just practices. What I have noticed is how consistent his power has become. I played 10 years of professional baseball and I wish I could have used some of this advice."
Sandy Arecena โ 10-Year Pro & Coach
"I am a Physical Therapist โ your stuff in body movements is awesome. I went to some FMS courses and Gray Cook spoke highly of you. Your approach to movement is different from anything I've seen in hitting instruction."
Jay Finton โ Physical Therapist, Maumelle, AR
"I have read this book a couple of times. It has changed my daughter's life. Literally. She was always a good hitter โ now her metrics have gotten her several offers from college coaches."
Robert Donovan โ Baseball Parent
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