hitting video

I'm more of a pitching guy, but have seen enough hitting at this age to say it looks quite good. Fluid. Unforced. Relaxed set-up. The rear foot issue you've mentioned could be a feature of swinging on a hard surface - in spikes and 'dug in' a bit, my guess is you wouldn't see this happen.

I see you have the Mauer Quik-Swing. We use that as well - pretty challenging tool, but builds some solid 'quick trigger' response.

Edit: after watching again, perhaps there is just a wee bit weight shift forward which then does not 'recoil' back again. I see what you're talking about. I guess I'd prefer to see the weight ratio stay high to the backside a bit more. At age 14, he may not yet have the core strength to be super-solid in his weight distribution throughout the swing, so that's something he could work on this winter. Otherwise, really solid IMHO.

I'm not guru either (but you won't have to wait long before they will be here to join the conversation) but here is what I think I see:

There doesn't seem to be enough torque generated between his shoulders and hips - they seem to unwind at the same time. One source of power is the torque created when hips fire and shoulders lag. In this video it looks as if the right shoulder almost lead the swing by flying open.

Just my observation - I don't pretend to be any kind of expert at all.

Great looking kid!

I agree Rob about the seperation and that's usually not an issue. We were wondering about guy's thoughts about limiting movement of rear foot because many times he ends up narrower than his stance when he initiated swing, also thoughts on head movement, up and down, Thanks

k25,

You should post this in the Hitting forum. You will probably get more responses.

I see a couple of things that your son does, that my left handed son does and is being coached to change it.

Unless he has the power to hit the ball over the light poles, he needs to drive down through the ball more, rather than trying to lift it. His front back shoulder should not be lower than his front shoulder when he finishes his swing.

It also looks like his swing is too long, and that is caused, in some part, by starting with that elbow up parallel to the ground. It is hard to keep from swinging around the ball with a starting position like that. The hands should be in closer to the body, and stay through the zone for a long time.

The best example of a LH swing, to me, is Chase Utley, who does the things I listed above.

At first glance this looked like a nice swing. After looking closer, I would recommend he get the stride foot to touch before starting his swing. It appears that he is actually starting his swing before the stride foot is on the ground. He is missing separation. I suggest looking at some video of great hitters and see what position they’re all in at toe touch. Then do the same thing. Other than that everything looks good. IMO

He is starting his swing before the stride foot touches down. "Get it down early" is something I say to kids that are doing this. Outside of that he looks good to me. I always like to see kids finish with their head on the ball to teach them to focus on staying on the baseball. He seems to follow the bat with his head.

Good luck

I didnt see your Post PG. I guess I was still watching the video! There goes your credibility! lol

thanks for the input. Any thoughts on the fact that his rear foot comes off the ground and moves toward front foot and his stance is narrower than it began. I know the rear toe should come off the ground slightly but I think he does it too much, thanks again

Looks pretty good to me!

His feet look a bit "tangled"?
Seems like he is forcing the upper body at impact and not getting the hips to help produce the torque.

Maybe pull the front foot back a bit to allow the hips to open a little better?