Author Archives: Eugene Bleecker

Eugene Bleecker: Inventor of ProGrip

About the ProGrip Inventor Eugene J. Bleecker II has been a student of the game of baseball his entire life. From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything he could about the game. He was selected as an [...]
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About ProGrip

ProGrip, Inc. is a company that I originally started to sell the batting grip I invented to teach athletes hands the proper way to hold a baseball bat. After moving to Southern California to pursue my own playing career, while giving lessons, I noticed how many of these baseball players were holding the bat [...]
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THE PROGRIP MISSION

At ProGrip Baseball we are dedicated to teaching athletes how to become COMPLETE baseball players. A complete baseball player is a three dimensional athlete who knows and understands the fundamental, physical and mental aspects of the game of baseball. We teach our athletes how to execute all the tasks that are asked of them [...]
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Learning Curve: Episode 3

From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything he could about the game. From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning [...]
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Learning Curve: Episode 2

From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything he could about the game. From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything [...]
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Learning Curve: Episode 1

From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything he could about the game. From the time Eugene was 7 until he was 17 he spent the duration of every summer at New York Tech Baseball Academy learning everything [...]
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5 Tips to Improve Your Baseball Game

TIP 1: DEVELOPING A ROUTINE: As a hitter one of the most important things you can do for yourself is developing some sort of routine when you get into the batter’s box. This will help you to focus in on your task at the plate, as well as making you more comfortable in the box. Being [...]
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8 Essential Pieces to a Smooth Swing

Proper Swing Swinging a baseball bat, as a whole, is an extremely complex movement in which a whole bunch of different small movements are combined to provide one fluid movement in just a split second. There are many different ways people teach hitting but the principles remain the same. The idea is to remain consistent doing [...]
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