Help me understand your views better.
Rotation?
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I agree the hands run the show. A long time ago I even called this a top down swing. Then a got side tracked and now I’m back where I started.
I would only say to use the back/scap with what you call loading the hands.
Help me understand your views better.
you will see the heel release on committal of their shift. The swing can still be delayed. But isn’t usually. I dont mind early reactive rotation, that’s slack removal.. some guys need to pull out more. bichette and Donaldson come to mind.
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I like the pop in this swing as well
It amazes me how all of a sudden there are so many fancy ways of teaching the exact same thing with a swing. Everyone starts with issues. Some lunge forward. Some stay too far behind the back foot and have way too early of a finish with zero weight transfer (my DD when not concentrating). With her one swing is over the fence and next is a massively topped ground ball (she did just turn 12 for reference).
My point is that every individual hitter’s natural or poorly taught swing will require a different approach. There is no single right way to explain a proper swing when teaching youth that is always the best. As they grow it gets more finite. Eye test beats any single hitting philosophy with the younger girls.
You line up top ball players swings over the years. Different pitches and locations in different counts. But you will find a common desired point of contact with almost identical body movement for a pitch in the same zone. How you get there depends on the individual. My thought which is free. So take it for what it’s worth.
There are a few exceptions. But they are physical phenoms. Ohtani is one of them. Teach that as seen at your own risk.
My point is that every individual hitter’s natural or poorly taught swing will require a different approach. There is no single right way to explain a proper swing when teaching youth that is always the best. As they grow it gets more finite. Eye test beats any single hitting philosophy with the younger girls.
You line up top ball players swings over the years. Different pitches and locations in different counts. But you will find a common desired point of contact with almost identical body movement for a pitch in the same zone. How you get there depends on the individual. My thought which is free. So take it for what it’s worth.
There are a few exceptions. But they are physical phenoms. Ohtani is one of them. Teach that as seen at your own risk.
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I agree. At the younger ages teaching them to move out properly is paramount. As they get older refine if necessary. This is basically Doug Latta’s philosophy with young kids.
Shawn, no both feet don't need to be on the ground but is optimal for max leverage.. Griff, Bonds, etc. These guys are proactive in their approach to beat the pitcher to their position.. These guys all get vulnerable in a hitters count. They are shifting to then swing (COM not shifting across the pelvis to the lead leg).
The rotation you see during the shift helps with removing the slack and counter rotating the upper half.
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That isn’t the reality of hitting. Style is one thing, knowing exactly what your teaching is another thing.
In Mankin’s latest dvd, John says a hitter he is coaching in the dvd, swing will clean itself up as he gets older. The reality is the swing sucks and it will continue to suck.
That isn’t the reality of hitting. Style is one thing, knowing exactly what your teaching is another thing.
In Mankin’s latest dvd, John says a hitter he is coaching in the dvd, swing will clean itself up as he gets older. The reality is the swing sucks and it will continue to suck.
