Help with hips

Is flexibility a problem with this player, or is hitting the only movement where the hips don't rotate?

Flexibility is not the issue with this player. His hips do start to rotate but he allows his hand to take over the swing.

Have you tried using video with this player?

How old is this player, what experience does he have and what competition is he facing?

I am actually going to break down his video today with him. He dopes face high level competition but everything he hits hard is oppos or he spins on stuff inside.

1. Babe Ruth towel drill - swing with towel in front armpit

2. Use front hip cue instead of back hip cue.

What side does he bat and throw from and what is his primary position?

Sorry for the 20 questiosn - I don't want to recommend drills without full info. In my head, I can see what is happening with the hips. Do his feet get closed off in his stance/load? Have him try hitting with an open stance for a round or two and see how he feels.

He is a right handed hitter and he is a catcher. He does not close off in his stance or his load.

My son's hitting coach has him working in front of the mirror for 10 minutes a night right now to get him more "connected"...for a similar reason as his hands tend to get out in front of his hips once he gets into the hitting zone.

Can't really explain it here, but breaking down the swing in slow motion will help him get the feel of where he should be at any point in his swing, particularly getting his hips through. Seeing it in the mirror really helps conceptualize it also. He also has him focus on driving his left hip back. (RH)

I think this takes awhile to get engrained into a "handsy" hitter.

Drills won't help....

He needs to understand how MLB hitters sequence their body movements.....

Blue Dog,
Would you care to elaborate?

Well, for example, does he know how to swivel the bat between his hands to get the bat moving early without moving toward the ball?

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Originally posted by BlueDog:
Drills won't help....

He needs to understand how MLB hitters sequence their body movements.....

BueDog: I don't understand how drills won't help. I am a big fan of teaching instead of telling, but drills can reinforce what you are teaching and can help hitters understand how to "sequence their body movements."

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Originally posted by BlueDog:
Drills won't help....

He needs to understand how MLB hitters sequence their body movements.....

Drills WILL and DO help IF he understands the sequence (or his coach does and is helping him get there) and is working on duplicating/fixing improper movements....

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but drills can reinforce what you are teaching and can help hitters understand how to "sequence their body movements."

If you wanna believe that, go right ahead...I don't....

Sequencing body movement is best learned with random teaching and delayed feedback.....

Drills are for satisfying Coach's egos, IMO...

I don't have to believe it, I know for a fact that they work. I have seen the results in my son, and many other kids.

He has worked with a very good instructor who is very, very detailed in everything he does and has studied all of the great swings in the game and has a very good understanding of what a good swing looks like and the detailed squences that build one up.

Part of the process involves changing muscle memory with drills done over a period of time. Think what you want but you are incorrect, drills are used throughout sports training (not only hitting) and they are effective. They are also one small part of the process and have nothing to do with egos.

Random teaching will result in random results....

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Originally posted by BlueDog:
Sequencing body movement is best learned with random teaching and delayed feedback.....

Drills are for satisfying Coach's egos, IMO...

Can you define random teaching and delayed feedback?

A coach has posted here to help his player address a specific problem. How would any recommended drills be serving his ego??

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Can you define random teaching and delayed feedback?

I can, but, you would do good to research this for yourself.....

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Part of the process involves changing muscle memory with drills done over a period of time

Muscle memory doesn't exist.....

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Random teaching will result in random results....

BOF, I'm gonna try to put this to be nice, so bear with me....

I don't think you have the slightest idea what random training even is.....Now, am I right?

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Originally posted by BlueDog:

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Can you define random teaching and delayed feedback?

I can, but, you would do good to research this for yourself.....

I asked you (specifically you) to define these terms so that we best understand what you are trying to say. I asked after doing research (see PM) because I had no clear answers to what you might mean.


May you please define "random teaching" (or "random training") and "delayed feedback" as you intend for us to understand and/or interpret these phrases as it relates to "Help with hips" and your argument not doing drills.