Swing down

[TDS]

Correct me if I am wrong. You yourself have stated that you do not need to have both feet on the ground in order to be leveraged. I believe you added the qualifier that it would be "ideal, but not necessary" or something similar to that. Am I quoting you incorrectly, or have you changed your mind about that statement? When I created the clip above, I never stated that it was the ideal launch position.

Shift then swing (fyb)

 

[FP26]

Shift then swing (fyb)

That doesn't answer my question, but honestly, I really didn't expect you to answer it. Same old, same old. Thanks anyway.

 

[Shawn]

High back elbow, high hands, of course you have swing down. Down and through is what Cruz said.

 

[clemenslee1]

Yes anything can be overdone, I think.

Yeah agree but I wasn't trying to say anything about overdone. When you say barrel move early, are you saying he actively doing that or is reactionary

 

[TDS]

That doesn't answer my question, but honestly, I really didn't expect you to answer it. Same old, same old. Thanks anyway.

Fp26, is this close to the lower body action your looking for ?

 

[james27503]

What am I missing, why did you use Donald who's the exact opposite of the "swing down" demo crew poster kids? He demos the Bonds, and et. al "tomahawk" chop, and says that that's the "thing I want you to stay away from"...


So how are you assimilating that to the Bonds swing and words wrt to it?

Oh, and to this....

Sure they are, you've just tuned some of them out, and only hear what you want to hear...


I would think a current professional, and former MVP who can break down, and tell you exactly why he does what he says and does, and whose game time video actually shows that he does what he says he does, might not be a bad person to listen to when it's all said and done.

You must understand that Josh plays the all or nothing game. If he guesses correctly he hits doubles and HRs, if he doesn't then it is usually a strikeout. This is the modern approach to hitting that may lead to more doubles and HRs but lower batting averages. If you really paying attention to the MLB there is a big transition now moving away from this approach. His ability to adjust is limited by taking the hands away. You will not see him poke the ball through the 3-4 with 2 strikes on him. Those type of hits are what bring you average up.



Listen to what DeRosa says to him, DeRosa gets the approach.

 

[TDS]

You must understand that Josh plays the all or nothing game. If he guesses correctly he hits doubles and HRs, if he doesn't then it is usually a strikeout. This is the modern approach to hitting that may lead to more doubles and HRs but lower batting averages. If you really paying attention to the MLB there is a big transition now moving away from this approach. His ability to adjust is limited by taking the hands away. You will not see him poke the ball through the 3-4 with 2 strikes on him. Those type of hits are what bring you average up.



Listen to what DeRosa says to him, DeRosa gets the approach.

Yea, far from his MVP numbers. Opening up the zone causes issues for certain patterns.

 

[FP26]

Fp26, is this close to the lower body action your looking for ?

What the hell is that thing?

 

[_MIA_]

Yea, far from his MVP numbers. Opening up the zone causes issues for certain patterns.

Not saying you are wrong but he is also 35 YO now. Miggy's, Albert's, Manny's etc numbers also plummeted starting around 35 YO and they were all better hitters in their prime than Donaldson(granted Albert and Miggy had some injuries and who knows how old Albert actually is ). At the MLB level, it doesn't take much of a loss of "athleticism" to degrade their ability to hit.

 

[TDS]

Not saying you are wrong but he is also 35 YO now. Miggy's, Albert's, Manny's etc numbers also plummeted starting around 35 YO and they were all better hitters in their prime than Donaldson(granted Albert and Miggy had some injuries). At the MLB level, it doesn't take much of a loss of "athleticism" to degrade their ability to hit.

Could be some of that.... Also noticed similar results from Kris Bryant up until this year. Folks who were arrogant about their swing path have had to make some changes.