any advice? hitting clips

Overall, I like the swing.

The swing on the foul ball was better form, but the batter was late making contact.

The double looked to be a blooper since it hung in the frame so long. The best part of the swing was the front foot delay on the apparent off speed pitch.

Without the pitcher in the frame, it is hard to determine if the batter is coming to the full load position before the pitcher releases the ball.

There is usually not enough time to have the 'swing light' come on, load and then swing to make contact.

yea the foul ball was slightly late, but the double was actually a ground rule double to center, it wasn't a blooper and wasnt killed either but it carried over the center fielders head

I don't like the swing. A no stride spinner. Aluminum bat swing geared for one pitch only.

Major counter rotation of the upper body
( shoulders) Hips should counter rotate minus 28 degree ( average). Shoulders should move around the spinal axis maintaining two eye contact on the pitcher without counter rotating

. He is in a one piece move back with the hips and shoulder BOTH counter rotating.
Post him by several MLB players to see this

NOt the worse thing he could be doing but he doesn't load correctly.

1. doesn't coil the weight into the back hip right.

2. Doesn't carry the weight right

3. Doesn't get any synchrony in the upper and lower body load.

It is a spinning pattern with no segmentation .

He appears fit, strong, and well rehearsed. He probably does pretty well anyway.

Would take some time to change this is he has been doing it for years and years

swingbuster, what could be done to coil the weight correctly into the back hip? and how should the weight be carried?

here's the next day, another double not a HUGE differenc but its not just a spin with the front foot, there is a slight lift or stride, but dont know if its due to the pitch being off speed or what, also the hands dont seem to reach back quite as far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OBO2GLNaC4

Spinning has nothing to do with the front foot. Think of it as revolving door, which is bad. Carry means to hit against the frontside, like a swinging gate.

beastball4,

How well you doin? My guess is real good! I'd like to see your swing from the open side. There's some good things you have going for you. IMO

I'm doin pretty good I suppose, here's my third game, which is another double.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRzCeESFCk

I'm just trying to perfect my swing. I havent played in about a year cuz I had to take off due to some family problems and now Im back and trying to get back in the groove. I have video of me from the open side preparing for this summer season hitting with wood, my mechanics were pretty diff though, I would shift my weight back a lot and I had more forward momentum when hitting which helped me hit balls out easly with wood but left me looking stupid with off speed so I tried to stay back more and use my hips and Im just so lost, I dont know what approach I need, what I need to change, should I just try to perfect what im doin? idk another thing is my hands, most great hitters seem to have their hands right behind them or actually in sight when you look at thier swing from the front, such as pujols and bonds...my hands seem to extend around my head so you can see them on the other side of my head, like jeff francoeur does,wich I sometimes seem to over extend, but I dont have a long bar arm swing I can pull my hands back inside it just seems like wasted movent BUT...when I try to not extend so much I lose all my power it seems, Im just so lost and dont know what to do.

why are people describing him as a spinner? what is a 'spinner' ? his load reminds me of derek jeter's when he played high school, and jeff bianchi when i saw him at the world wood bat championships.

ok heres a couple of months before these last game videos were. there was a lot more movement with body and head which lead me to think something was wrong with the swing and thats why I wasnt hitting the off speed quite as good, but Im thinking it was just my timing off and I went and tried to fix things even though I was in a groove, not saying the mechanics were any better, but I felt good swinging, but I thought all the movent I had to load up would throw me off in the game so I tried to stay more "quiet" and not move so much....the third video is a front view were you can really see the hands "wrap" around the head like I said, all three were batting practice with wood but were homers. I also notice I was hitting more off of the front leg in these videos cuz my back leg actually lifts off the ground for a moment...which swings look better the in game swings or batting practice?

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v503/baseballa226/?ac...w¤t=HRBack.flv

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v503/baseballa226/?ac...w¤t=HROpen.flv

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v503/baseballa226/?ac...¤t=HRFront.flv

Spinner = hitting with the pole through the body from stance to finish. Like a revolving door.

He lacks a flexed front leg landing and he doesn't hit against his frontside at all. He counter rotates but instead should coil. He has no lower half swivel and gets caught with both feet flat on the ground at the same time.

I say if you're doing good then leave it be. If it isn't broken don't fix it. Unless of course it is broken and your not doing good.

heres a game shot with the pitcher in the scene so you can see the load and timing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SH2iudjiJU

heres two more doubles in the same game both with wood...the second double one hops the right centerfield fence....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imodF9GdUC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3RbM-lnAQ

He does take a heck of a cut. More effective through contact from the back view on the double.

He is very quick...with great hip action.

I think he could be an example of a guy that can make HIS STYLE work and I do not see many that I think that about. There is something special about him through the zone.

Slo mo would be better for the finer points but at impact he is top teer

if you'd like i can email any of the videos, i dont know how to put it slow mo on here, so if anyone wants any of the videos id be happy to email them, thanks.

ok so i lied, i figured out how to slow it down....hope this helps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCCpFJudFug

What a great swing, especially not having played for a year. Spinner or no spinner, who cares, he can really swing.