Baseball Instruction

Are you Joel?

yes

Joel, do you teach active hands in the swing?...Or, do you teach connect the hands to the shoulder and rotate?

Not so sure what you mean-

I teach what I see the top MLB players doing, and I try to emulate that in my swing. There is no casting of the hands toward the ball, it is a rotational swing, allowing the baseball to come to you. Rotate hips, drop elbow, and have top hand palm up driving through the ball. There is a definite weight shift- you notice elite MLB player's back foot coming off the ground at contact, with front foot firm.

Joel, I guess what I mean is, what do you believe sets the swing plane?

How does a hitter get the bat on the swing plane?

A guy I like to watch is Albert Pujols. When he starts his swing, he has his little toe touch, then a little dip of the bat. But you notice his elbow drops, and his bat is almost immediately on the same plane as the ball. That is why he has such great plate coverage, because he gets his bat into the proper position very quickly. SO, If you are looking for a very specific answer, I guess I would have to go with(after your load, and hips begin to turn) tucking that back elbow. I didn't realize I was signing up for a test..haha

OK..Thanks for the answer....

Is that what you were looking for? Or were you being sarcastic? haha

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Or were you being sarcastic?

Not at all....We talk alot of hitting on here and I was just wondering more or less what you taught?

Sounds good!