OK, I am sorry. I misunderstood you.
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- Oct 2, 2017
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Oh ok, got it. Good visual
lol. Bonds movements are so clean. It’s just easy to see.
the knee just needs to in a good position before launch. Every good hitter has the knee ‘release’ or push before the hands go. Some are at toe touch, some are later. It needs to be sequential.
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I am here to learn. I don't understand why there is so much analysis for something that lasts less than a second. It would seem that there are numerous ways to swing at a ball and they mostly seem to work. Are you saying that every single hitter, has one thing in common, and necessary to be successful? I can guess that it is at the very moment of contact perhaps. Does it matter how the hitter gets there, as long as they get there? And, what is being successful? Hitting a homerun? A line drive to the gap? What makes one swing more "acceptable" than another, all things being equal? Is it hitting for a higher average? Because a lot of home run hitters might not have higher averages. If that's the measure, then everyone would try to hit like Ted Williams. I don't understand. I would think that a person's bone structure, muscle twitch, ligaments are all somewhat individual to that person and whatever way they find to accomplish the task, is fine for them. Maybe because of this, they can't all swing the same way. Are you all debating that there should be just one way? I find many swings to be beautiful, and many are unique. Isn't that what makes it all so interesting? It is up to the individual's coach to tweak that hitter to make the most of what they are capable of doing and to do it as simply as possible. Trying to mold them into something they are not, seems counter intuitive.
Jeannie
I don’t think I was ever that naïve. lol.
Things like stride, knee lift, open stance, single hitter, etc, etc. are styles. How you actually swing a bat not so much.
I don’t think I was ever that naïve. lol.
Things like stride, knee lift, open stance, single hitter, etc, etc. are styles. How you actually swing a bat not so much.
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Bobby Simpson says there is no right or wrong only easier or harder. Also vision is important. May have been Reggie Smith that said mlb'ers have 20/10 vision
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Yeah, those things too. You're saying there's one way only?
I've seen many an ugly swing, from girls that have very high, hard contact rate and Avg. Who knows, maybe they're just doing it with their arms...
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Jeannie, “being successful” in fastpitch is being able to put a good swing on the best pitching a hitter commonly encounters and hit balls hard. Hitting “good” pitching is all that matters. That’s my definition of success.
You gotta remember, the is is the “Technical Hitting“ section. Some people love the minutia of hitting. The threads here go on and on here about things most of us can’t see.
I don’t think most parents and even most team coaches need to know this stuff. While I read at least part of most of these threads, I feel bogged down by details here. The regular posters don’t. They thrive on the little things. That’s ok!
If the details in these threads don’t speak to you, that’s ok too.
I got both of my kids to D1 schools on their hitting. Neither saw a real hitting coach until they were out of hs and both set pretty much every hitting record there is at our small hs. My buddies two DD’s that I worked with were close #3 and #4. My younger dd sees a professional hitting coach now. She is a sophomore in college. He is super technical, way above my head. He has improved her. But she still hits with me most days she is home from school and I focus on “practicing” her, she works on her swing. All I care about is that she is seeing the ball and that she is on time.
You don’t need to know this stuff. In fact, I think a lot of people get bogged down in details and promote paralysis by analysis in their players. You don’t have to know anything to throw balls through a screen with a realistic trajectory and notice when the hitter hits a ball hard. You don’t have to be a hitting genius to notice when the hitter pulls inside pitches and takes outside pitches oppo. You don’t have to be a softball genius to know that pitchers really like to throw the ball low and outside, and if a young player can hit that pitch hard she will do really well.
You gotta remember, the is is the “Technical Hitting“ section. Some people love the minutia of hitting. The threads here go on and on here about things most of us can’t see.
I don’t think most parents and even most team coaches need to know this stuff. While I read at least part of most of these threads, I feel bogged down by details here. The regular posters don’t. They thrive on the little things. That’s ok!
If the details in these threads don’t speak to you, that’s ok too.
I got both of my kids to D1 schools on their hitting. Neither saw a real hitting coach until they were out of hs and both set pretty much every hitting record there is at our small hs. My buddies two DD’s that I worked with were close #3 and #4. My younger dd sees a professional hitting coach now. She is a sophomore in college. He is super technical, way above my head. He has improved her. But she still hits with me most days she is home from school and I focus on “practicing” her, she works on her swing. All I care about is that she is seeing the ball and that she is on time.
You don’t need to know this stuff. In fact, I think a lot of people get bogged down in details and promote paralysis by analysis in their players. You don’t have to know anything to throw balls through a screen with a realistic trajectory and notice when the hitter hits a ball hard. You don’t have to be a hitting genius to notice when the hitter pulls inside pitches and takes outside pitches oppo. You don’t have to be a softball genius to know that pitchers really like to throw the ball low and outside, and if a young player can hit that pitch hard she will do really well.
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