Was working with my son yesterday. I let him watch clips of Manny and several other hitters. In fact we just watched clips for probably 15 minutes. I then asked him (he's 12) to try and tell me what thing(s) ALL the hitters we looked at, had in common.
And probably since I've mentioned this several times lately, he mentioned the "bat position" when he showed me what he meant, he was talking about the hands "cocking" the wrists / bat. Or as I've seen some refer to it "tipping" the bat head toward the pitcher.
So we took some dry swings and BP swings, and I told him the only thing I wanted him to think about was get the hands up / cocked when the stride foot hit the ground. Making sure to get the feeling of "walking away" or keeping the hands back and loaded when the stride foot hits.
We both immediately noticed the difference.
I've also noticed that since he grew so quickly over the last few months, his swing has gotten 'longer' of the law few months..so we talked about him making sure his hands staying closer to his body...
What keys can I use to help him picture the correct elbow slot?
I'm thinking that if the posture is close, and the hands are up and in the correct spot when the stride foot hits...maybe telling him "take the rear shoulder to the ball" would help?
We'll try to post some more swings shortly. Here's the newest I have...maybe 3 months old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox3StA2wfiY
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