Fine, I don't want to argue this any longer. It's obvious to those who have felt. Goodnight gents.
Can you post a video?quote:Originally posted by Eaglecoach:
My son has been way out in front of everything here lately. It doesn't matter if pitcher throws 60 or 85. And forget about staying back on a curve or change. He's not casting but pulling everything bad. Pulling a lot of foul balls and fouling pitches off the end of the bat. Any ideas how I can fix this?
OK, I promised to stop debating about this, but I'm bad at keeping promises. There is a linear move forward, and I will not dispute that. This linear move forward is not caused by the hitter physically picking up his foot and moving it forward. It is caused by a twisting around the rear leg that causes rear foot eversion.
If you twist around the rear leg correctly, your Center of Gravity will lower. This is how MLB players stay back. Hip c o c k/ hip coil are the way it's done. If you maintain a form of pressure between the legs, you will have additional adjustability. This does not mean don't open up into toe touch. Rotation into toe touch is very good. But you shouldn't actively open your front leg or actively keep your front foot closed.
If you twist around the rear leg correctly, your Center of Gravity will lower. This is how MLB players stay back. Hip c o c k/ hip coil are the way it's done. If you maintain a form of pressure between the legs, you will have additional adjustability. This does not mean don't open up into toe touch. Rotation into toe touch is very good. But you shouldn't actively open your front leg or actively keep your front foot closed.
You have already been shown. We are ruining eaglecoach's thread. If you want to argue about this, I'm your Huckleberry but not here. Perhaps we can get a mod to split the discussion off into another thread. I am not going to post any more about this in this thread. Eaglecoach came here asking for advice on a specific issue, that should be respected.
Yes, I agree, I will start another thread.
quote:Originally posted by Walawala:
If you start early you will be early. If you start late, you will be late. If you start on time you will be on time.
Front heel should drop when the ball is halfway to the plate.
Many times when a hitter starts his load late, he rushes through it and ends up uncontrollably pulling off the ball. In other words... Late with the timing of the load can lead to the barrel flying to the pull-side too early.
I bet the hitter being discussed here is late getting started and rushing through his swing as the pitch approaches him. (reason why he can't lay off the off-speed in the dirt)
