How to Stop Pulling Off the Ball! 

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I’ve been looking for this advice for a while now. My 14 year old son pulls off in a terrible way. His hand/eye coordination is good enough to continuously make contact, but doesn’t square very many up. My question is, do you have a more detailed video with drills that will fix this?

butt out-chest over, I've always missed this point for about 6 months,and never realized IT IS the major issue of my swing, thank you !

Can u do a video on getting extension and getting as far as you can through the zone?

II been watching this vid fort a year and im just now getting it.hitting 80 balls of a tee b4 going out today I think im finally doing it correctly. exactly what I needed Coach. many thanks and MUCH RESPECT

Thank you sir! Great advice and a easy fix the way you explain it.

This really helped me out. I play softball and I was really wondering why ... nevermind. Simply put u answered my question. Thanks.

This is what I asked for thanks man LOVE your videos!!!

Thank you so much. That helps tremendously.

Thanks for this video. As a former college player and now intermittent coach, this may be the first time I have watched this explained in a way that I can now share better with my players. From reading Ted Williams book years ago till now, all the materials and clinics I have gone to have never really made something all good hitters do so simple to see. Thank you.

Great description! Can you address casting your hands and staying balanced after the swing? and correlate this to how it ties into staying through the ball?

Thanks and great video and it really helped me out

Matt, this is your best video.............you are so spot on and I really don't hear people talking about this...........I teach my son about posture and spine angle and he's only 8.............amazing hitter already.............his "death move" or "out maker" is when his first move is a slight step open which makes him pop up and bring his torso with the step.............then he's an out.......great video!

Very helpful. Thanks coach!

Thanks Matt this gave me an idea of what I need to do

Thank you this video really helped me 👍🏿

Thanks coach. I needed this

Clarified it massively. Thanks Mark!

So good, thank you!

Hey, Matt. I recently changed my swing from a standing up pushing style. I was standing up straight with no bend in my back whatsoever. This video helped a ton. However, I do have a couple questions. Is there a minimum amount of bend you want in your back, or a maximum? Thank you, and keep up the great work!

I used this instruction for slow pitch softball and found excellent results...Thanks Matt

Great advice

Another great vid you sir are a stud

Perfectly said this makes tons of sense.

Outstanding!!.... thank you for this....

Your videos are great. This summer I was swinging down and I batted .240 but this fall ball I already have 3 homeruns and 6 doubles. I really wonder why coaches started thinking swing down all you can do is groundout or hit an infield fly

Great Video! can it be a flexibility thing for some not being able to side bend or tilt? Any good drills to fix or work on this. Also are there some guys like Darryl Strawberry that did something else to stay on the low pitches? Just curious what you think.

Good one

Love your stuff Matt. Like that explanation. I tell the guys the back side push's the front out of the way. The way you explain it makes me wonder if you think there is a flaw in that thought process?

Perfect. Thanks!

Can you do a video on what pitches to look for in certain counts ??

Matt, do you think you could make a video of you hitting?

This is spot on!

Great video ty

That makes sense. Whatever it takes to be comfortable and have hand control.

Great vid

This really makes sense. Any drills that can train this movement or are verbal cues what should help with this issue? Thanks Matt.

Nice vid

Great job of breaking that down.

As a Boston guy, could you do a video on Benintendi's swing? It's gotten a lot of praise (recently from Wade Boggs), and it seems to be working well for him. Thanks!

Do you have any drills that you can suggest to train this. Love your videos.

Nice

I wish I'd had a knowledgeable coach like you when I was a kid.

I saw your vid on how to get into a good college, and i was wondering, can amazing heart, passion, and amazing effort, as well as being above average, get you to college?

Would coming out of posture cause you to hit flares to the second baseman as a right handed hitter?

Hey Matt. Love the videos! Quick question... My friend's daughter is 13 and plays fast pitch. She is good, great hand eye. He had to correct a mechanical flaw as she would step back from her stance and THAN start her stride. Fixed that but now she is late on everything, as her timing is off because of the step back. Her coaches want her to pull the ball every swing, even on outside pitches. (I guess they think it will help her with timing if she is early) Her father and I told her to hit it where it's pitched (get her hands in on inside pitches, try and stay up the middle on the outside pitches). In your opinion, are they correct with trying to make here a pull hitter just because she has to almost relearn her swing? Thanks and any input would be great. I would stop by one of your practice and ask, but I live on the coast of Washington. Go Mariners.

My 7 year old recently started doing this after getting hit in the eye. Are there any drills that he can do to help him with keeping his head in? He has also started stepping out away from the plate. Left handed hitter.

Can you do a video of pitching more accurate like to throw less balls and throw more strikes

excellent

Can I send you video of my daughter's swing for advice.

Estou de acuerdo en que debe mantener el pecho en centron de gravedad sin levantarse ni bajarse mas pero el brazo de atras no se me hace bien que vaya de abajo hacia arriba , no se si me explique saludos y corrijanme en caso de estar erronea mi obaevacion

Matt - you're just a tease. This whole video was like watching someone about to sneeze watching him get so close to hitting the ball but never hitting it was driving me nuts.

I've had this problem for a while! Thank you Matt!!!

What are some good drills to help youth hitters to stay down over the plate and low into their stance? My 9 year old is coming up out of his stance and flying off. How do I fix this? Please help!!! I have tried the seated bucket drill, bottom hand and top hand drills.

Hey coach I was wondering what do the hands do in the swing

Would you say a closed stance helps to not pull off

Am I right that the other thing you're doing (I think), on top of maintaining posture/spine angle/an athletic stance, is stabilizing your front hip so that your back hip pivots "inside" the front hip. Some people argue for pivoting on the center of the body and some for pivoting off the front him, but the sense I'm getting here is that the proper posture really helps take care of that, either way.

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What do you do when you're on the dL?

What can I do to get a player to fix her posture?

I hit a lot of hard ground balls. Does this help with elevating the ball?

How do Major League hitters try to get out of a slump? Do they take more swings during BP, do a lot of cage work, hit off a tee, etc.?

Hola Matt! Como estas? Question: I am helping coach a team, this year for the first time, and I find that 99.9% of the youngsters (13-14 year olds) have this problem. It doesn't matter if you place the tee one foot outside, they still manage to pull that ball and hit a week grounder on the left side. I even tell them while working with the tee not to open their hips so much, which is kind of what you are mentioning regarding posture especially while hitting to the right side. Once I told a couple of them not to open the hips so much they are doing a bit better. I realize that getting the lower half involved is important. Do you think that not turning the hips as much, which doesnt mean to isolate it completely, is counterproductive? Thanks

Does this work with stepping out

Hey Matt! I’m a 12 year old baseball player and I need help on keeping my head still when I swing. Any tips?

My 13 yo son starts with nice 45 degree bat angle but as he strides, his hands drops to side of his body and causes bat to become vertical, almost straight up and down. More evident when starts his loading process too early. Any thoughts on how to correct this problem? Drills,....?

How bad does it hurt getting hit with a 90+ mph pitch?

When will the giveaway start?

We called it “stepping in the bucket” a looong time ago.

I like the word usage. I think most coaches just don't know what word to use to help the batter out other than keep your shoulder closed. But that makes perfect sense and using that word in practice will help with better adjustments in the game.

Yay I'm the first comment

So what are we supposed to tell our coach?

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How come it is more difficult for left handed batters to bat against left handed pitchers

problem is pulling the hips out to fast

after watching this i am 5-6 in my last 6 at bats

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The only way this works is if you have 2 arms

Id like to know how many of these kids are working with computers nowadays. 😂 Hey dads, your son is never going to make the major leagues. It’s a one out of 300,000 probability. Unless he was born in the Dominican republic or eats sleeps, shits, and drinks baseball stop voicing your time and money either they have it or they don’t.