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I both agree and disagree. Yes, in general, sequence leads the way. But I’ve had many hitters, including my son, who have good sequence but who fail to get extension. The problem is a premature rolling of the wrists just after contact. So in this case there are after contact things to work on.
I think the mis-teachings are coming from you my friend. The real question here is; what is the result you're looking for? U want a guy to hit .150 with 20 dingers? Maybe this is the right stroke for him. U want a guy to have better chances of hitting the ball hard somewhere and reacting better to off speed pitches, this is NOT the right technique.
The drill is truly about developing a good bat path. It shows players the faults in their swing if they come around the ball. It’s good to use when someone is getting pull happy or opening up too early.
Wow, I've never heard anybody talk about teaching something to any student if they haven't been taught their basic mechanics before even talking about basic stages of delivering and release point your gonna for sure confuse many youngsters may want talk in layman terms so guys can get what you trying to explain.
I feel this is sound advice, but what happens when the player doesn't figure it out? For how long would you wait until you see that the player is not going to adjust before you intervene? Steve Terry, Peterborough
Critical information that is a major cause of so many problems, yet you rarely hear that stated. More outstanding material from Justin, helps our baseball community greatly. Steve Terry, Peterborough
A Catholic Priest taught the Babe how to swing his name Martin Leo “Matthias” Boutilier. The Ip Man to the bruce lee. The Constantine D’amato to Tyson.
Joe Jackson used the exact same is jacked same swing mechanics and everyone including Ruth said he was the best. You are missing something in his setup. And you are not taking into account the fact that he is giving himself a visual edge And you are not taking into account the fact that he is giving himself a visual edge Which is why he can step away from a pitch bitch with ease ease and grace before tbefore the ball gets there. He already knows the ball is not to his liking
Why don’t you Stone shut your trap and just watch. You don’t even let us see the full video of his swing one single time. WTF who do you think you are?
I dont know what im doing wrong, I go to a tryout and I preform pretty well, just as well as the players that made the team but I just cannot make a team. I really dont know
How does one adjust forward on off speed stuff if you're early and you always make contact on a fastball way out front of the plate. Seems like if you practiced making contact on a fastball deeper in the zone you could more easily adjust forward/extend the back elbow for slow junk/if you were early.
Looks like you're throwing your hands at the ball? Doing so you lose gobs of power. See Griffey and just before contact, his arms and upper body move as one unit, his front arm is straight and tight to his chest, his back arm is bent at 90 and close to his side, that's how power is transferred from the legs and torso to the barrel. If your arms move independently of your torso, (throwing your hands at the ball), you're just a slap hitter, unless you're roided out with bulky super fast twitch muscles..
There's only one player young kids should model their swing on - Ken Griffey Jr. Swing instruction, in general, is pathetic and is ruining swings across the nation.
Telling someone to have a strong top hand does not mean I want then to “punch the ball” or that they should swing down on it. When I tell guys to have a strong top hand I can see that they pull with their bottom hand and rotate their hips but nothing after that, so their bat is lazy and slows down before contact. Without a fast top hand at the point of contact, the ball will affect the bat more than the bat affects the ball. This is especially true when guys try to hit the ball the other way. I have told at least half of my starting lineup to focus on getting their top hand through quickly and they started being able to drive the ball the other way and are able to get around inside pitches quicker. Having a strong, fast top hand is just as important as any part of the swing as long as the top hand pushes at the right time and in the right path.
