Just Launch or Launch and Direct

[efastball]

If one has bat drag (which almost every kid on this board has), you can't think your way to success.

If one is a top college or MLB hitter, they already have good technique, and are mostly concerned with feels.

 

[Towny9]

If one has bat drag (which almost every kid on this board has), you can't think your way to success.

If one is a top college or MLB hitter, they already have good technique, and are mostly concerned with feels.

Do you believe a feeling or an intention can drive mechanics?

 

[Work=wins]

It’s real easy.. do you see the hands go before or after he adjusts posture? It’s direct then launch. If not these guys would be in the same position every time.

 

[Rolling Hard]

The best hitters adjust their posture to match pitch location. Others stay in their same posture and adjust their hand path more.
When throwing BP or front toss don't throw meatball after meatball. Make the hitter practice hitting balls on the corners of the zone and even out of the zone.
Locks my jaw when a hitter takes a strike during front toss. They are usually team leader in Ks. I find the best hitter are generally the most aggressive hitters.

 

[efastball]

Do you believe a feeling or an intention can drive mechanics?

Do you believe a feeling can fix bat drag?

 

[Work=wins]

The best hitters adjust their posture to match pitch location. Others stay in their same posture and adjust their hand path more.
When throwing BP or front toss don't throw meatball after meatball. Make the hitter practice hitting balls on the corners of the zone and even out of the zone.
Locks my jaw when a hitter takes a strike during front toss. They are usually team leader in Ks. I find the best hitter are generally the most aggressive hitters.

The good ones all do it the same. The hands are directed first but aren’t launched until posture is adjusted. If posture doesn’t need to be adjusted then it’s just launch w the hands towards the ball. Direct-launch.

 

[ArmWhip]

Do you believe a feeling or an intention can drive mechanics?

Certainly an intention can. If you intend to go to right field to advance a runner from 2nd to 3rd that will affect your swing.

 

[Towny9]

Do you believe a feeling can fix bat drag?

I believe if they can’t feel it, then they can’t fix it. Most kids can’t feel their back elbow outracing their hands so they can’t fix it.

 

[Towny9]

Do you believe a feeling can fix bat drag?

For some kids, the feeling of “throwing the barrel“ could help fix their bat drag. that’s the tough thing about coaching, the queues and fields are so individual to how the person interprets them how they interpret them can impact the movement.

 

[Shawn]

Feel is very deceiving . You feel pressure.