- May 1, 2011
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Video of ME swinging a bat (ignore the headset, I'm at work) from the left and right side. Please read below either before or after you view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUqR68M1J0&edit=vd
So, I was in the middle of a discussion with another coach about a week ago. We have 2 new girls on our team, and he doesn't want me touching either of their swings, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING (as in, they're getting on base). He's often questioned my knowledge (since joining this site, I have spent countless hours reading and learning), and points out that I often have mentioned that I was no more than a DECENT hitter when I was younger (if I only knew then what I know now...). I have gotten permission from their parents to work with them starting this week.
One is left handed. She looks great in the box, but her first move is to drop her hands well below her shoulder level. At that point, her swing is a dramatic uppercut. Every ball she's hit has been a ground ball to the left side, and weakly hit. Now, she's fast, so she's been getting on. But, she's also very strong and I envision her also driving the ball into the gaps and being a run producer.
The second girl is a monster. She's the biggest girls we've ever had. She's CRAZY strong. She has yet to learn anything in regards to using her lower half and is a BONAFIDE, wrist rolling, back slapper. In the first tournament she played with us, she got a few good hits against some pretty weak pitching. However, we went very deep in a tournament last week, and she only had one hit in 17-18 AB's.
We have practice Wednesday. It is going to be a Hitting Heavy practice as we are playing in a tournament next weekend where we will see a large variety of pitching (slow, fast, wild, girls that pump strikes). I am going to show up to this practice with a gameplan on how to help these girls improve. I have a list of different analogies that I'm going to use so they don't need a Thesaurus to learn what I'm trying to teach (which is very FEEL based. I don't use a lot of static positions).
I'm looking for feedback on my own swing. I teach what I've learned, but a lot of the time, we both have a bat in our hands. I don't want to teach these girls the wrong thing. So, if there are movements in my swing that are HORRIBLY WRONG, the last thing I need is them replicating bad stuff.
ANY and ALL feedback is appreciated. I'm a grown man, so be as brutally honest as you see fit. I think I can handle it.
Thank you in advance.
Josh (the fat guy in the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUqR68M1J0&edit=vd
So, I was in the middle of a discussion with another coach about a week ago. We have 2 new girls on our team, and he doesn't want me touching either of their swings, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING (as in, they're getting on base). He's often questioned my knowledge (since joining this site, I have spent countless hours reading and learning), and points out that I often have mentioned that I was no more than a DECENT hitter when I was younger (if I only knew then what I know now...). I have gotten permission from their parents to work with them starting this week.
One is left handed. She looks great in the box, but her first move is to drop her hands well below her shoulder level. At that point, her swing is a dramatic uppercut. Every ball she's hit has been a ground ball to the left side, and weakly hit. Now, she's fast, so she's been getting on. But, she's also very strong and I envision her also driving the ball into the gaps and being a run producer.
The second girl is a monster. She's the biggest girls we've ever had. She's CRAZY strong. She has yet to learn anything in regards to using her lower half and is a BONAFIDE, wrist rolling, back slapper. In the first tournament she played with us, she got a few good hits against some pretty weak pitching. However, we went very deep in a tournament last week, and she only had one hit in 17-18 AB's.
We have practice Wednesday. It is going to be a Hitting Heavy practice as we are playing in a tournament next weekend where we will see a large variety of pitching (slow, fast, wild, girls that pump strikes). I am going to show up to this practice with a gameplan on how to help these girls improve. I have a list of different analogies that I'm going to use so they don't need a Thesaurus to learn what I'm trying to teach (which is very FEEL based. I don't use a lot of static positions).
I'm looking for feedback on my own swing. I teach what I've learned, but a lot of the time, we both have a bat in our hands. I don't want to teach these girls the wrong thing. So, if there are movements in my swing that are HORRIBLY WRONG, the last thing I need is them replicating bad stuff.
ANY and ALL feedback is appreciated. I'm a grown man, so be as brutally honest as you see fit. I think I can handle it.
Thank you in advance.
Josh (the fat guy in the video)