a couple of swing clips to enjoy

hi

i really dont understand your concern but i will try to answer whatever is it that you are asking.

first, i am not a young player(amateur) and i am not spanish though i happen to live here. i am not telling you my nationality because most people(not you) seem to be prejudiced against certain nationalities.

we get players from america here and south america. most come from more competitive leagues. these pros, most of them, show the behaviour i described. they usually come here and chill out and dont try hard because they have little or no competition for the spots.

my swing is totally a lab swing carved out of persistance and ...wiffles and ...balls.

most young spanish players dont show this kind of swing and most are ill prepared for higher levels of competition. but what hurts the most is ill advice from bad coaches and players who have credibility but cant teach. most young spanish players ask themselves why the cant hit and wonder...forever. baseball is not big here so they fall through the cracks and think they are not good enough.

i have developed my swing with epstein´s video but most with advice gotten for free here and there on the web. before that i was linear and couldn´t hit for real. also my body was weaker than now.

i dont know if this answered any of your questions but i tried.

toti.

Thanks for clearing that up toti - and good luck.

hi

am i missing anything here?

toti

The catcher might disagree but most would say the player has a pretty good swing. One minor thing that would be easy to improve is the bat angle. While not terrible the player is holding the bat a little flat and never gets it in the slot before starting his swing. If you’re not familiar with what I am talking about visualize the bat head being directly above the helmet at the start of the swing and not pointing toward the third base dugout. This may sound minor but it is very important if you want the bat to get to the ball on the most efficient path. While you can find a something different about every major leaguer's stance I think you will find that when they trigger the bat is almost always in the slot and never flat.

I agree never flat . Gonzalez and Arod have different bat positions at toe touch. Arod over helmet , Gonzalez behind helmet and Rose fairly flat. I think the flatter the more line drives . THe steepper guys are going yard if they can

hi
when you say flat. are you refering to toe touch or heel touch?

do you mean more vertical at toe touch or heel touch?


thanks

toti.

When I say the bat is flat what I am referring to is just as the batter begins his swing the bat should start in a more horizontal position rather than vertical. With a right-handed batter the head of the bat will be pointed at the third base dugout if flat(bad). Another way to look at it would be if you were directly behind the batter the bat would be splitting the helmet into two symmetrical pieces if in the slot(good). In the clip posted here the hitter does not have far to go to get the bat in the slot but is just a little flat.