Having a hard time pulling the ball

I'm not sure you worry about it too much, just try and drive the ball on a line.  Too much mental focus on "I've got to pull it" may do more harm than good.

Your bats too long and you do not bring your back hip through to completion

Too long as in the swing or the actual bat? The bat is a 33" and I'm 6'1" so I'm guessing you mean the swing?

It looks like you are going into a bit of an arm bar on your load. I think if you were  maintaining more of a "box" with your arms you could pull the inside pitch better. You look good otherwise.

Best of luck,

Ted

I like your swing and didn't see anything until the very end of the video when it ended and it froze as a stillframe with you mid-swing.

What I saw was along the lines of Ted22 observing an arm bar.  What I saw was your front arm locked straight, pointing at the second basemen, while the bat is still lagging through the zone, still pointing back at the catcher.  Your body is ahead of the bat - in other words, in that final stillframe with your hips, arms, head,etc., I would have expected the bat to be at full extension out in front of the plate, not in a position where it is yet to come through the zone.  See the attached pictures, comparing body position and bat location.

I'm not a hitting coach, but I had the same problem one summer in college.  My issue was my front elbow flying up and out away from my body a bit, creating a longer, loopier swing than normal and everything went opposite field.  Wondering if the early "arm bar" is in effect causing the same thing for you?

Best of luck.

Verndawg24 posted:

Too long as in the swing or the actual bat? The bat is a 33" and I'm 6'1" so I'm guessing you mean the swing?

Based on what you said above, I would not think the bat is too big (meaning length), this was my first observation (maybe camera angle - the bat physically looks long to me).  your going to get tons of opinions on this post - all good.  Other than the hip, when you rotate, the knob of the bat stays behind the back shoulder longer than it should (it lags behind the shoulder).  Once you start changing things, your timing will change.  I'd work on hip drive first until you do that one thing perfectly every time and then move onto the next.  If you look at the first swing, your left hip flops out because the right hip is not rotating towards the pitcher (watch your right foot and the point of your right hip).

Post a few swings from behind the plate so we can watch the bat move through the ball.

My son had some of the same issues until he got to HS. His HS coach worked with him to keep is left elbow tucked to his sides and his hands only about a fist away from his belly until the wrists snap to the ball. Both your elbow and your hand look a little too far out creating the long swing.

All good input. I really appreciate it guys. 

My humble opinion.
Too far off the plate, come in a bit more.  Let the ball travel more.  To do that you'll need confidence in yourself as a hitter and more bat speed.  

Ok all so I'll share my change. What I think the issue has been is poor bat angle in my load. I have worked on getting the bat more vertical and not laying it so far down and this seems to be working out. I got to try it out today against a college pitcher from ball state throwing in the mid to upper 80's and I took an inside fastball and promptly deposited it in the backyard of someone's house past the left field fence and over the street lol. Also lined out to center and doubled into right on a breaking ball away. 

Verndawg24 posted:

Ok all so I'll share my change. What I think the issue has been is poor bat angle in my load. I have worked on getting the bat more vertical and not laying it so far down and this seems to be working out. I got to try it out today against a college pitcher from ball state throwing in the mid to upper 80's and I took an inside fastball and promptly deposited it in the backyard of someone's house past the left field fence and over the street lol. Also lined out to center and doubled into right on a breaking ball away. 

This slight change can make a world of a difference. I had the same problem, my bat would be too horizontal instead of being vertical, is should be between 60 and 75 degrees. I was told this by my hitting coach/uncle and have seen results, not I am working on using the back hip to drive open the front shoulder. Watch this video and tell me what you think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fikf50Lmyn0

You appear to be driving your hands/knob out front causing bat drag. In order to pull the ball you would have to hit the ball way out in front. Your current swing is out front versus behind you. Hope that makes sense. 

Never take hitting advice from a collective!   I assume you've got somebody you trust, who knows you well...   Consult that person.  Drown out all other voices. 

I've always told my son when something doesn't work try something else.

How about trying this.  Get your feet less spread apart.  Try a more of a straight up batting stance.

Just a thought.

SluggerDad posted:

Never take hitting advice from a collective!   I assume you've got somebody you trust, who knows you well...   Consult that person.  Drown out all other voices. 

this is the best opinion you have gotten in this thread. good luck.

Watch video of Willie, Ted and tell me what you notice.

bob

Have you fixed your issue yet?  If not, let me know.  If you're able, do another video so I can see how you have progressed.  Your issue is very simple and it's hidden in just a few minor things.  I deal with kids like you EVERYDAY, LOL.