Yelich recently did an interview with Jomboy media talking about what Barry Bonds taught him as his hitting coach in Miami. He gave him the "swing down" drill. A drill against the ideas of the launch angle crowd. The drill actually had Yelich intentionally drilling tosses directly into the plate. Once the mindset of slamming the ball down was installed Bonds raised his angle bit by bit until Yelich was driving the ball into the field with a more "level" swing. The whole purpose of the drill was to get home the idea of a quick and efficient bat path. Ted Williams and Barry Bonds had some of the greatest/quickest swings the game has ever seen and two of the best eyes at the plate too. The reasons are definitely connected, with a more efficient swing they could wait longer before swinging. Yelich seems to be following that same idea as taught by Bonds: keep the swing short and direct and look at how well he has done from Barry's swing down lessons.
Tigerpuffer He was getting loaded as the pictures leg was lifted when he was with the Brewers which gave him more time to get his best swing on the ball, but with Miami he was getting ready to lay and therefore going the other way and getting jammed but still getting hits
@@jesusgeek7680 oh man so many. It's a sad tradition. Realmuto, Hanley Ramirez, Luis Castillo, Miguel Cabrera, Dan Uggla, Marcell Ozuna and that's just a few. It's CRAZY
This is on point, my boy Carlos Peña with Jim Thome adding important points, have it right. This is what you want to see for success. The launch angle is the typical baseball fad that comes along every 7-10 years when guys are trying to reinvent the wheel
The difference is his load is slow and early,,his bat path is slightly up,,like 8 to 10 degrees ,Same as most pitches,,,he's swinging level WITH THE PITCH ,NOT THE GROUND
Johnny Johnson you’re absolutely right. He doesnt try to hit hrs, they just happen. His launch angle is one of the lowest in the league. Most guys have 29-31 degrees
Ask him what changed he will tell you it was one year and one specific drill he learned from.......Barry Bonds. Video the drill that changed my swing with him is a must see
Tyler Arevalos depends, Yelich had way more hits (.294 vs .329) and doubles while remaining consistent with his hr output. He also struck out way less and stole 30 bags.
Yea slight. It's impossible to swing straight down. You'd hit the ground. They in this video just destroyed all this launch angle garbage. All it is, an excuse to strike out 30% of the time.
Well its true that he's clearly not swinging down when you break down his swing mechanics, Christian Yelich did a recent interview where he explains that Barry Bonds being his hitting coach in Miami was the key to his hitting success. He specifically brings up Barry Bonds teaching him to swing down on the ball and how to his amazement Bonds could consistently clip balls straight down to bounce off home plate. Obviously Yelich bat path isn't straight down but the thought in his head of swinging down helped him to shorten and tighten up his swing so that he's faster on the ball now well consistently creating backspin on balls upon contact.. He credits the thought and feeling of swinging down on the ball to being what helped him tighen up his swing which brought him his hitting success, he understands thats hes not truly swinging down on balls and points out that its a special feeling of swinging down on the ball well still getting proper launch angle which creates ball back spin upon contact and for him to achieve that tight power swing... they essentially worked his launch angle backwards, they worked his swing from tight and straight down to tight and on path.... they had him go from clipping balls straight down off home plate, to clipping them 6ft out from home plate, then clipping line drives and then clipping for full power hits... and by clipping I mean he did this drill all well keeping that same thought and feeling of swinging down on the ball and all of a sudden Yelich was getting consistent short/tight power swings with proper back spin of the ball, which is what enabled him to launch balls better then ever before in his life.
