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    Swinging under the ball

    Calm down. First of all, educated motor skill instructors know better than to yell or applaud their students on every swing or pitch. In fact we are taught that the less we say, during a lesson, the better they learn. Basics of what? Anything you teach your students is based on performance, but...
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    Swinging under the ball

    I don’t understand why anyone would teach to swing under or over the ball. Please explain the theory.
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    Swinging under the ball

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    Swinging under the ball

    What type of pitching is your daughter facing when “she does extremely well” in hitting practice?
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    Not sure what you’re trying to say “you don’t want to get the weight forward and swinging at the same time.” As far as the off speed pitches are concerned, we teach that when they come to toe touch and then heel strike, we should be landing on a bent leg to gives them some adjustability with...
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    Correct. Explain what you think Rose was speaking about when he said “you hit off the back foot.”
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    He might have said that but watch his film and make your own evaluation. At contact he had no weight in his back foot.
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    That really doesn’t answer my question.
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    Are you saying that you like her front foot synced with the upper stretch rearwards, before or after contact?
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    Nice swings, some inhibitors in this video IMO are forward torso at contact and I believe she stays back at contact. The other thing I believe is helpful to me is that I never evaluate a swing unless it’s against live pitching or a random pitching machine. By random, I mean, a machine that...
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    Introducing the BAT TRAC Muscle Memory Trainer

    First thing we do is a screening on most of the joints in the body. Then we design a program around what they can and can’t do physically. We will do stretching and weight training to help their mobility and stability in the areas that they fail in the screening. The other information is...
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    Introducing the BAT TRAC Muscle Memory Trainer

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    Spin rate and Velocity

    I can tell you thru experience that velocity x spin creates amazing movement. I caught one of the most amazing fast pitch pitchers, who threw 86-87 mph and when he threw his rise, the ball would break approximately 30-36 inches the last ten feet. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s the truth. I...
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    We should never model our hitters after anyone. We should always test our students to see what they are able and unable to do. Can they rotate their hips, can they bend their torso, can they rock their ankles, etc. Then we can create an efficient swing for them. One last thought, a great swing...
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    Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

    Wow! Albert Belle was a loose mover, that made his swing longer than a tight mover but had excellent sequencing and timing. As far as Griffey is concerned, maybe the most efficient swing of all time. Without the injury years, he might have been the all time homerun king. Question, who’s swing do...
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