how come when i sit and hit off the tee and hit whiffle balls and in the cage i can hit fine, but when i get in the game i will hit a weak ground ball to the right side of the field or weak pop up to the right side of the field?
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one of two things: live pitching is much harder and maybe you need to see that huge discusion about the mental part of hitting. good luck.
If your stance is straight ahead and you are hitting weakly to the right side , you are late in your swing.
Try some live BP. Instead of aiming for the center of the ball as you would do with a tee, place your sights at the lower half of the ball. Also, if you have been taught to make contact when the ball is over the plate, change your contact point to just in front of the plate.
Give these suggestions a try. If they work wonderful, if not we'll need a plan 'B'.
Try some live BP. Instead of aiming for the center of the ball as you would do with a tee, place your sights at the lower half of the ball. Also, if you have been taught to make contact when the ball is over the plate, change your contact point to just in front of the plate.
Give these suggestions a try. If they work wonderful, if not we'll need a plan 'B'.
When you do tee work look staright out as you would in the game and as your stride foot lands, see the ball and explode from there.
Coach,
Since muscles only contract, I'm thinking we should refer to the compression that produces the swing as implosion. Might help batters get a better idea of why they should be relaxed until deciding to swing and why they would be keeping their hands in.
What is your view on the idea?
Since muscles only contract, I'm thinking we should refer to the compression that produces the swing as implosion. Might help batters get a better idea of why they should be relaxed until deciding to swing and why they would be keeping their hands in.
What is your view on the idea?
I can go along with that.
Hitters should never be relaxed in the box.....Muscles should be loaded and have tension.....
And, as far as aiming at a spot on the ball,..... 
You can't be serious....Say it ain't so.....
You can't be serious....Say it ain't so.....
quote:Originally posted by BlueDog:
Hitters should never be relaxed in the box.....Muscles should be loaded and have tension.....
With all due respect Blue Dog, that is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard. Please, any young hitters reading this, relax in the box, especially your hands, keep them nice and relaxed. Yes, you should have some tension in your legs if anywhere, but overall, stay relaxed.
It is nice to see that others are picking up on the fact that BLUEDOG, does not know as much about the game as he wants us to believe
Budandbran, honestly, all you people running around telling kids to relax their muscles in the box are not realizing the damage you are doing to these kids..... 
No kid can relax their muscles, then load properly when the pitch is on it's way.....There must be some degree of pre-loading by these young players.....And, loading is tension, that's what it is.....
Sometimes, I wonder if you people are thinking before you post....
No kid can relax their muscles, then load properly when the pitch is on it's way.....There must be some degree of pre-loading by these young players.....And, loading is tension, that's what it is.....
Sometimes, I wonder if you people are thinking before you post....
BlueDog,
You are just flat out wrong on this one. I player must be relaxed in the box, especially in the upper body.
You are just flat out wrong on this one. I player must be relaxed in the box, especially in the upper body.
Nd, you also say you believe the swing is from the ground up.......
And, you have said that you hit everything opposite field and have trouble pulling inside pitches.....
Perhaps you should learn what a proper load would do for you?.....Is that asking too much from you?...
And, you have said that you hit everything opposite field and have trouble pulling inside pitches.....
Perhaps you should learn what a proper load would do for you?.....Is that asking too much from you?...
posted by bubandbran
Stay relaxed at the plate, AROD told me, (he was my roomate on the '93 USA TEAM and friend from hometown), that he wants his hands so relaxed on the bat that his 10 year old niece could pull the bat out of his hands
Stay relaxed at the plate, AROD told me, (he was my roomate on the '93 USA TEAM and friend from hometown), that he wants his hands so relaxed on the bat that his 10 year old niece could pull the bat out of his hands
The grip has nothing to do with body load.....
Bobo, do you understand loading at all????....
Bobo, do you understand loading at all????....
You're disputuing a quote by AROD. I never said it.
AROD would be the poster boy for the techniques you espouse and/or the results that you claim would be attained by the swing that you are enamored with.
Judging from the results that AROD has with HIS technique, it appears that you know something, but it is of little to no value in the real world.
AROD would be the poster boy for the techniques you espouse and/or the results that you claim would be attained by the swing that you are enamored with.
Judging from the results that AROD has with HIS technique, it appears that you know something, but it is of little to no value in the real world.
I think we should allow BLUE DOG to take his "tablet" of the Ten Commandments of Hitting to the top of the mountain and see who follows--that would be the true test
TRhit says hitting takes care of itself......Now, I don't care where you're from, that there's funny.... 
I believe we are now arguing on phases of hitting within the time frame in the box. Also, believe some are arguing mental v physical. Its the old boxing analogy. Make a muscle with your bicep as hard as you can and hold. Now, without relaxing, try to be fast in a punch. You can't be fast. Now, shake your arm and make it "loose." Now try to be fast. I'm sure you'll agree it is much quicker. This might, to most, now go against Bluedog's comments. However, now do it again. You notice that even when "loose," the arm has to contract and then go. Much like the rubber band, energy has to be stored and then released. Finally, I've always taught relaxed hands. I'm a hands person. However, there is a point in the load where it is impossible to keep those hands relaxed. What you have to then realize is that both arguments here have some merit. It's just requires that the batter's presence in the box be broken down. I HOPE THIS MAKE SENSE TO EVERYONE. JMHO!
Bluedog,
2 questions
Question #1
Which are you more interested in?
- Answering the young man's question - which is what we try to do here on this site - OR -
- Attacking a poster - in this case - TRHit.
Question #2
Will you ever stop - even for a day or two - attacking posters?
Please be specific in your answers.
Thank you.
2 questions
Question #1
Which are you more interested in?
- Answering the young man's question - which is what we try to do here on this site - OR -
- Attacking a poster - in this case - TRHit.
Question #2
Will you ever stop - even for a day or two - attacking posters?
Please be specific in your answers.
Thank you.
