Bonds Movement Pattern

[4 girl's dad]

Thx(and thanks efastball) I was hopin someone had some slow mo of the whole swing. I couldnt find any on youtube. It looks like his front foot skids/slips a little bit. IMO this would be indicative of having a decent amount of "weight" on it.

But then again someone could argue that little weight causes the slip.

Overall this is an interesting swing with the way his backside is so early. Along with that little skid...

Thanks

From what I’ve read, this pitch was a change up so the timing was off just a little. The foot skip/slip was an adjustment.

 

[Cornbread]

Bonds is adjusting to off speed. His lower body is committed to fast ball (which it needs to be). His posture allows for a big hitting window. Hits this one well in front of his front foot.

 

[Quigs10]

Interesting to see how much Bonds emphasizes using the top hand and driving down. Whereas most of the hitting "experts" are focused on turning the barrel or driving "up" (launch angle). Bonds focuses on "Throwing the barrel".

Two videos: 1st one is the full length interview. The 2nd is an edited cropped one that somebody made that has Bonds repeating "top hand" over and over. lol

Full video:


Edited version emphasizing "top hand through".

 

[Work=wins]

Interesting to see how much Bonds emphasizes using the top hand and driving down. Whereas most of the hitting "experts" are focused on turning the barrel or driving "up" (launch angle). Bonds focuses on "Throwing the barrel".

Two videos: 1st one is the full length interview. The 2nd is an edited cropped one that somebody made that has Bonds repeating "top hand" over and over. lol

Full video:


Edited version emphasizing "top hand through".

never saw the entire thing. Thanks!

‘you better watch out’ ... ‘WHA?!’

 

[efastball]

Interesting to see how much Bonds emphasizes using the top hand and driving down. Whereas most of the hitting "experts" are focused on turning the barrel or driving "up" (launch angle). Bonds focuses on "Throwing the barrel".

Pros: already have a swing that uses the proper launch angle - and they do not have bat drag

Youth: usually chop down at the ball and hit balls into the ground - and they all have bat drag

 

[Work=wins]

Intrigued by his ‘stay square to the ball’ interpretation. Sounds like a Bregman cue.

Much like Griffey, my thought is Barry is thinking ‘pull’ all the time w ‘throw the bat head’.