I explained it briefly in a post earlier.
Simply put HIT focuses on lesser weight, higher reps (training to failure), and controlled lifts that place a great deal of emphasis on time under tension - e.g. 2 seconds up, pause, 4 seconds down. Eccentric portion of lift just as important as concentric. (pushing the weight up = concentric, bring weight down is eccentric portion)
Hatch couldn't be more different in that it focuses on heavier weights, less reps, and explosive movements. You don't spend a great deal of time under tension. You blast the rep and really train your fast twitch fibers (the ones a DL/OL would use to explode off the line).
I'm sure these new hires have adjusted their HIT to incorporate more Olympic style training into it.
Gayle Hatch obviously isn't the "inventor" of Olympic style lifts, he just helped train a lot of American Olympians, and then later trained coaches who went on to become S&C guys at big time college and professional programs, etc. None of it is rocket science, or over the head of HIT guys of today, but it's just a differing in philosophy of how to train the muscle.
But pre-1980's/90's the majority athletes in this country were still on machines as oppose to free weights (and **** a lot of baseball players weren't even lifting because they thought it would stiffen you up - e.g. pitchers). Free weights and the idea of incorporating Olympic lifts into college sports really took off in the 90s and now it's the foundation of everyone's S&C program. So in those regards Gayle Hatch was ahead of the game. He's a Louisiana guy and knew Skip Bertman quite well. He convinced Skip to start training his athletes using the Hatch system. Well we all remember the LSU baseball teams of the 90s. Set records for runs and HRs.
And I'm rambling on and on...
lesser weight? You even do a HIT workout?
controlled lifts? Shouldnt all lifts be controlled as to not get injuried
HIT doesn't use fast twitch fibers?
"It is a different philosophy of how to train the muscle" Wouldn't that mean they are both using fast twitch fibers? Fast twitch fibers are recruited when doing anything for short periods of time with high weights. It doesn't matter how fast you are moving as the fibers are so small you can't see them.
The difference:
HATCH uses olympic lifts as they believe an olympic lifter directly translates to a better blocker, runner, tackler. They use lower reps, higher weights, more sets to get a muscle to failure which triggers the body to increase muscle mass.
HIT mostly uses non-compound lifts with single set to failure with reps mostly between 8-12. The core ideas is to keep athletes from getting injuried in the weight room, get them into the full system day one, spend more time in the film sessions/on the field doing FOOTBALL specific training like blocking, tackling, routes that will increase the use of said new muscle mass.
BOTH WORK along with Joe Kenn's system and Clemson/Auburn's (Simmons) which are also Olympic lifting systems.
As someone else pointed out, Swasey (& Dale Hewitt) were passive guys and push-overs. Moffit wasn't passive and has recruiter and trained other like minded non-passive guys which has increased the chances of HATCH being successful.
