Dude I have never had a beef w/ rotation.....EVERYONE rotates to hit....when rotation begins is my beef w/ you.
I shouldn't say BEGIN...OCCUR is a better word
Still waiting for your approach
Griffey's hands follow the shoulders as they load.......It's called connection......
So they don't go back even slightly?....
Still waiting for your approach
Still waiting for your approach
quote:EVERYONE rotates to hit....
Most (practically all) amateur hitters don't hit with rotation....All MLB hitters do......
Still waiting for your approach Bluedog...
Yes they do, but they aren't loading.....The load takes place in the shoulders....quote:So they don't go back even slightly?....
So how do the shoulders load?
I cannot believe I asked you that>.....
My approach at the plate is always the same.....No matter the count, the pitcher or the situation....
Recognize the location and speed of the pitch and if it's hittable, hit it with the intent to clear the fence......
Recognize the location and speed of the pitch and if it's hittable, hit it with the intent to clear the fence......
quote:I cannot believe I asked you that>.....
Neither can I.....I'll leave it alone.....
Well then here is an easy one......what is your approach w/ man on second and no outs?
Never a change in my approach at the plate.......My shirt says home run every time.......
check your PM Bluedog
What would Bonds do?
Bluedog...
A general approach most often taken is to look to drive the ball to the middle of the field and react in....If the approach is middle of the field it should help you stay on offspeed pitches left up (and by up I mean thigh to belt high)....Middle of the field approach simply helps you stay on and handle a variety of pitches.......man on second w/ no one out.....score will dictate....you are either going to try and move him or score him.....YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH SHOULD LET YOU KNOW.....YOU ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, CORRECT?
A general approach most often taken is to look to drive the ball to the middle of the field and react in....If the approach is middle of the field it should help you stay on offspeed pitches left up (and by up I mean thigh to belt high)....Middle of the field approach simply helps you stay on and handle a variety of pitches.......man on second w/ no one out.....score will dictate....you are either going to try and move him or score him.....YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH SHOULD LET YOU KNOW.....YOU ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, CORRECT?
you should respect your elders Bluedog...
So if someone pitches you backwards, what did they do Bluedog?
What about book pitching you?
You seem to know alot about hitting and then proved you know nothing.....
What about book pitching you?
You seem to know alot about hitting and then proved you know nothing.....
Bluedog is either typing or thinking and I don't know which is worse.
LOW, backwards with offspeed breaking stuff then fastballs.....Pitch me by the book.....My strengths and weaknesses.......The book on me....
Situational hitting....Hitting up the middle, opposite field......Advancing runners, laying down the bunt.....What's the count?..How many outs?..Where are the runners?
I think it's all nonsense......
Situational hitting....Hitting up the middle, opposite field......Advancing runners, laying down the bunt.....What's the count?..How many outs?..Where are the runners?
I think it's all nonsense......
LOW, your approach is like all the rest......Let the pitcher and/or the situation dictate....Give the hitter a bunch of signals, hope he gets them right and then hope he can execute what you called.......You got the hitter doing alot of thinking.......
The hitter should not be thinking in the batter's box......Not about anything, at all.....Clear the mind and hit with the intent to hit it out......Bonds does this every at bat......Recognize the pitch and if it's hittable, hit it......
The hitter should not be thinking in the batter's box......Not about anything, at all.....Clear the mind and hit with the intent to hit it out......Bonds does this every at bat......Recognize the pitch and if it's hittable, hit it......
Correct on Backwards....soft early, hard late. Or to be more specific, offspeed in FB counts and FB in offspeed counts...
Book pitching however is Hard in (generally early) and soft away (generally late)....
Not really nonsense.....
Book pitching however is Hard in (generally early) and soft away (generally late)....
Not really nonsense.....
Well it's not really all nonsense....I agree in one aspect...I think HS and college guys bunt (sac) way too much...but then again you cannot fault a coach for trying to create runs if his team is not very talented and cannot score runs at will by driving the ball....
Situational hitting is very important.....man on third less than two outs...infield in....my hitter gets impatient and gashes at something down and away(would have been a called strike) and ends up rolling over it and hitting a ground ball at someone....he has to look for something to drive.......His APPROACH was bad in my opinion....You can't help but agree...correct?
Pitcher throws seven out of eight pitches a strike and my guy gashes at a border line 3-1 pitch and fouls it off / pops it up or misses it.......Bad Approach again.....would you agree?
You gotta have an approach....and generally that approach will be to hit the heck out of it to the middle of the field or gap to gap if you will....
Going up there w/ an approach that may not help us score runs is a definate problem and THAT I feel is very much a bunch of nonsense....
Situational hitting is very important.....man on third less than two outs...infield in....my hitter gets impatient and gashes at something down and away(would have been a called strike) and ends up rolling over it and hitting a ground ball at someone....he has to look for something to drive.......His APPROACH was bad in my opinion....You can't help but agree...correct?
Pitcher throws seven out of eight pitches a strike and my guy gashes at a border line 3-1 pitch and fouls it off / pops it up or misses it.......Bad Approach again.....would you agree?
You gotta have an approach....and generally that approach will be to hit the heck out of it to the middle of the field or gap to gap if you will....
Going up there w/ an approach that may not help us score runs is a definate problem and THAT I feel is very much a bunch of nonsense....
If it can't help us win, don't do it or say it.
LOW, practically every pitcher has a low and away for an out pitch......Because hitters struggle with that location......It's the first location I teach a hitter how to hit......It's a pitch they will see alot......Most hitters look for it with two strikes and can't hit it when they get it.......I consider it a very hittable pitch and one I expect to be hit......
I'd like to see you take that selfish approach to big league or professional team. You just might get your rear kicked....
"i'm sorry i didn't move the runner to help us score that important run Mr. Clemons but I was trying to hit the ball out of the ballpark and ended up hitting a ground ball at the third baseman."
Remember that guy can protect you.....
"i'm sorry i didn't move the runner to help us score that important run Mr. Clemons but I was trying to hit the ball out of the ballpark and ended up hitting a ground ball at the third baseman."
Remember that guy can protect you.....
quote:LOW, practically every pitcher has a low and away for an out pitch......Because hitters struggle with that location......It's the first location I teach a hitter how to hit......It's a pitch they will see alot......Most hitters look for it with two strikes and can't hit it when they get it.......I consider it a very hittable pitch and one I expect to be hit......
Bluedog you are missing the point all together..the location was just an example....and was a small, very small piece of the example.....
I teach hit the first hittable pitch....We don't wait for a mistake pitch.....The pitcher does not dictate to us......And, the situation doesn't either......We expect to drive every pitch we hit.....Our intent is for every swing to be a homerun....
You go Bluedog....I'll read all about you one day.....I gotta go to bed.....on the road in the morning....
Blue Dog
Not that you need support, but you are dead on.
Takes at least 10 of "them" to equal one of us.....and they still lose.
At least two frames of rotation before touch down.
Hey LOW....see that rotation push Pujols foot down?
Don't care where you work or where you played or what you do. What you suggest doesn't stand up to video of mlb players.
Enough? How about this guy?
Again, 2-3 frames of rotation before toe touch.
Hate that video LOW?
Hi mom!
Not that you need support, but you are dead on.
Takes at least 10 of "them" to equal one of us.....and they still lose.
At least two frames of rotation before touch down.
Hey LOW....see that rotation push Pujols foot down?
Don't care where you work or where you played or what you do. What you suggest doesn't stand up to video of mlb players.
Enough? How about this guy?
Again, 2-3 frames of rotation before toe touch.
Hate that video LOW?
Hi mom!
I expect my hitters to hit.....Not to dribble ground balls.......We consider any ground ball a failure......We work very hard on posture and connection.....
I send a coach a hitter who expects to get a hit......That is what I do......I'm not a coach, I'm a hitting guy.......My hitters know to think about absolutely nothing in the box.....Nothing......Just drive the ball hard......
I send a coach a hitter who expects to get a hit......That is what I do......I'm not a coach, I'm a hitting guy.......My hitters know to think about absolutely nothing in the box.....Nothing......Just drive the ball hard......
Oh, and about getting my rear kicked......I've been around alot tougher situations than a MLB clubhouse......Still in one piece..... 
And, Bonds doesn't seem to move too many runners over unless they move to home plate......
And, Bonds doesn't seem to move too many runners over unless they move to home plate......
Info, I think video is too fast for their eyes......Or, their eyes are too slow for the video......They claim to see what is not there for some reason....... 
Just woke,,,,nightmares,,,, 
Can see visions of a blue dog on high,,,
O' master,,,Help us learn your great knowledge O' master
You guys have GTB_KM
Can see visions of a blue dog on high,,,
O' master,,,Help us learn your great knowledge O' master
You guys have GTB_KM
quote:What is the other part of the equation
MT07, I didn't forget you.......You are the only one who asked about this......And, it's quite important....I will PM you with the answer......
Shep, I never claimed to be smart....I know I'm not......What I don't do is clutter a hitter's mind with stuff while they are hitting......Teach 'em how and let 'em do it....That's all I ever claimed I did......
Bluedog
Bonds not only hits with power but he hits for average and rarely strikes out--how can you say he doesnt move runners over?
Bonds not only hits with power but he hits for average and rarely strikes out--how can you say he doesnt move runners over?
Hello HIT,
Bonds moves runners with walks too
Bonds moves runners with walks too
Good Morning BB
I know your right
Bluedog,
Why are you saying LOW said anything about hitting against stiff lead leg anyway. Go back to How Will You Teach Hitting(Thread #1
page 22)
Baseballdad1228 said something about hitting against stiff front leg and you said nothing in rebuttal....puzzling that you are not very consistent in youraccusations/evaluations. Guess this is where you got this... BTW, I'm not saying anything negative about BaseballDad1228 either because he is/was proven hitter in professional ranks and also a part of the establishment
Shep
I know your right
Bluedog,
Why are you saying LOW said anything about hitting against stiff lead leg anyway. Go back to How Will You Teach Hitting(Thread #1
page 22)Baseballdad1228 said something about hitting against stiff front leg and you said nothing in rebuttal....puzzling that you are not very consistent in your
Shep
