Been loving this channel. I’m in a slow pitch softball league and my contact has exploded since learning about the bat snap. This is fundamental baseball and no one has been teaching it.
@@TeachermanHitting can you do video on the follow through? After a flip the bat down and my hips snap my left elbow has a tough time knowing when to roll over. What advice do you have?
Thank you for all your content. I didn't grow up playing baseball (soccer guy). Both my young boys are playing baseball and your videos have been a great resource. I'm going to try to teach this to my seven year old this swing. I have to learn it first but that is my duty as a Dad. Keep the great content coming.
Believe it or not, if this is the basis of your knowledge on hitting a baseball, your kids will be more prepared than 99% of kids whose dads actually played.
He’s been hurt for 2 years, bad back, But lets bot forget for tears he was one of the best hitters in baseball. This fat clown is a snake oil salesman, anyone who listens to him deserves to fail.
It’s the same drill tony Gwynn did, and it’s not used to let the ball travel, it’s used to teach barrel control. That’s why if u watch the rest of yelichs video, bonds didn’t want line drives, he wanted it straight down.
No he isn’t some guru, he’s just a tubby old man who never made it on the field. He spits dumb hot takes opposite of traditional hitting to sound “unique” and that “he has the key to hitting”. No he doesn’t. Kids don’t understand this type of feedback. Imagine a 12-year old trying to implement professional instruction…….yellich has put 2-3 million quality swings on the ball in the past 2 decades. A kid before high school has maybe put 1000 quality swings on the ball. The difference in understanding is so significant……a kid will never truly understand this crap. Hell, I’m a 3-time all American college hitter and I barely understand what he’s attempting to say. He doesn’t go into any detail with his claims and short hitting clips……just stuff like “dip the crap out of the barrel but hit the ball on the ground”. Like wtf is this dude saying? Ask a reputable hitting coach that works with kids nonstop and gets kids drafted and signed to college….about this philosophy and you’re going to get a lot of laughing and confused looks from pre-teens trying to make sense of this trash. It may work for judge……but if you watch judges swing, it doesn’t look ANYTHING like this guys swing or his drills. He is the alex jones of hitting instruction……wild tips and tricks and explanations of otherwise simple things like SWINGING LEVEL. You literally never hear this guy talk about a level path or trying to cut the baseball in half. He’s a snake-oil salesman that says the opposite of every other hitting coach that knows their stuff. Show me a video of this guy facing 90mph and I’ll show you a fat old man who can’t hit.
Did he even listen to the video, or the people commenting he great( teacherman)? Barry Bonds said to swing down, so does the Yelich. Just cause this guy keep repeating false info, doesn't make it true.
I got a question? Although you teach this to ppl they still have to have the vision to hit the ball. How do you teach that? I had it as a child but can’t explain how to my child.
What’s your point? You’d take them too if you saw players with less ability producing numbers all along being tired to being hurt. End of the day Bonds is one of the greats and should be in HOF. Players before him took uppers.
Not a fan of baseball, used to play when I was a kid. But I can absolutely appreciate just the wisdom and knowledge this guy brings to the table. Respect
How come BARRY BONDS is not in the HOF he was always a Great Hitter with Power and has a better Batting average than Mark McGwire, McGwire has always been Juiced up throughout his Career.
I got a serious ass question. How the hell do you teach this to kids when kid's umpires have a strike zone that goes over their head. My 9 year old struck out like 8-9 times last season, aslo he was the only 9 yr old in the majors in a league full of 11 an 12 yr olds so the kids can pitch unlike the little kid league where kids cant find the strike zone to save their lives..anyway he was striking out on pitches that were at or above his shoulders. I always told him it's fine cuz I'm not trying to teach him to swing at that garbage cuz that's a habit u can't break. But when 50-60% of the pitches are that high what do u do? The technique I've always taught him and his 13yr old brother is the dowel in the elbows and it seems to be doing fine but I believe the bat snap is far superior. Both my boys coaches never know shit, they think they do but they don't, trying to teach them some garbage ass way of hitting, untill I say something to them like hey why don't you let them hit how they know how then critique ahh it's frustrating but any input would greatly be appreciated thanks
If it is a high ball, you won’t use this swing. This swing is for torso area and inside pitch. If you want to hit high, you have to have as flat of a swing that you can have. Same thing with outside pitch. No bat thing that he was doing and not a flat swing like high, wait on the outside and do a Mike Trout kind of swing
@sea12hawks the problem is twofold. You are keeping track of a kids strike outs and remember unless those coaches are former college or pro guys they are just dads who used to play or trying to be out there with their boys. If you want to teach your son something buy a hitting tee and extend it all the way up. Strikes over the letters seems to be an exaggeration. I know it does happen but not that often. Teach your boy that he has to adjust to the umpires zone. That should not be the case but it’s unfortunate and lastly teach him that umpires are stupid. That way he will never get mad or upset. Do not take the fun out of the game for kids.
You still wouldn’t have “made it”. This guys teachings only work for pro hitters who have put 1M+ quality swings on the ball in their careers. You can’t teach a kid this nonsense…..it doesn’t translate whatsoever.
I love all the people paid or asked to support this guy! Where are all of these regular kids that work with this guy and do it in the game? Not grown men that are already great at what they did before him! Another guy that will make a tone of money using social media. Talent, work ethic, consistent work, health, and a lot of luck is what it takes. Not gimmicks!
Everyone back then was on steroids they can all say they were clean but steroids were a big deal for recovery some people just abused them… they are still used today as well doctors just make them legal to use again!
