In a slump

You've posted this 4 times now. STOP THE SPAMMING!

Not spamming, just looking to help out. I thought it was cool and would be helpful. I posted it four times because I would never it post so I thought I was doing something wrong. My apologies. Just trying to help out.

Your first post (or first 4) on this board just happen to promote a new website. Seems a little coincidental for me.

How is your post helping anyone? According to you, you do not even have the product yet. Therefore, you cannot even provide a review.

Please keep this stuff in the Announcements section.

My fault, won't happen again. I will produce a review when I receive my CD. Sorry for the misplaced post. Just was excited something and wanted to share it.

quacks like a duck...

Not quacking... Being sincere, sorry again.

Just out of curiosity - do you live in or near Edmond, OK.

Why are certain moderators being jackasses? If someone apologizes, take it as sincere. If it happens again delete their posts. Some of you love to do that also.

I don't know about their product, but they could sure use a new web designer. The site is very difficult to read and very poorly done. JMO.

On my computer it looks fine. Not in Edmond, about 2 hours away, do you live there?

I'm in the website business and I agree with Callaway. The site is cluttered, hard to read and poorly organized.

On the bright side bballdad has done a good of getting a few people to his site.

I don't know much about web design, but I think it is a neat idea and could be very helpful.

I just wanted to follow up, today we received our CD-ROM lesson from the Baseball Pros. The turn around time was great, the instruction was excellant and being able to watch Sammy Sosa's, Rafael Palmero's, Miguel Tejada and Albert Pujos' swings broken down in slow motion was impressive. Overall a good product and worth the hundred bucks.

BBalldad17

www.baseballpros.net

bballdad,

Glad you are happy with your product.

You can find swing clips all over the web of those hitters and many more. And save $100.

I still find it ironic that you are in Oklahoma and the website you tout is from...Oklahoma and your only posts on this site are on the topic at hand.

By the way, how'd you get the video when the website says they won't be available until May 1st?

The private lesson is the brunt of the price, the big leaguers is just ten bucks more. Thanks for the info.

FYI-
Anyone can set up a website like the one bballdad is talking about

see here ---->http://skilltrax.com/virtualpro_opportunity

Yeah, I checked that one out but, baseball pros seemed more legit, more what we were looking for. Big league guys giving instruction. And no that we have the CD, I am very happy we did it.

The swing analysis on the demo is unbelievably bad.

The analysis on the CD we received today was great, and I thought the Demo made sense, after all it is guys who played in the big leagues doing the work, you would think they should know how to hit.

OK, I hope you enjoy it.

Just because they play, or played Major League Baseball, don't mean they know how to teach. Most don't.

Good point, but in our CD, the instructor was able to communicate his instruction where my son could understand it and apply it. Personally, if I was learing to fly a jet, I would want someone teaching me who has flown one before. I feel the same way about my son learing baseall. Again that is my opinion. You make a good point mountainman, but in this case the instructor was solid.

OK Andrew, you made your point!

that swing analysis wasn't very good. That's certainly not a swing I'd want my players to have. no power, arm barred, no real bottom half power.

no sale here...

While I am definately not into slamming people or questioning their motives, I do find it pecular that other then the briefest mention of your son's slump (not mention of lenghth or problem), you haven't mention whether the video did a darn thing to help him!! Who cares what you think of the website or the quality of the video - did it do what it was intended to do??!!

We just received the CD in the mail yesterday. And we are going to work on what the instructor recommended starting today. It is a personal lesson not a training video. Thank you for your concern about my son, and I will let you know if the instruction makes any difference.

This is just my opinion......If you want to be a good hitter, don't swing like the demo suggests..........

Actually, the demo is good comedy, IMO......They say, keep the head behind the ball.....Well, what's the alternative?.......

One more thing.......When someone mentions extension in the swing, I would recommend not listening to anything further from them.....Hitting through the ball is nonsense......Don't do it......Hit to the ball.......Release your power into the ball, not into outer space......

I like to say HIT THE BALL dont SWING AT IT. You see alot of kids that swing at the direction of the baseball. Almost like they are hoping that the path of the bat will meet the path of the ball. Put the barrell on the baseball. I want an explosion on contact the exact point where the barrell meets the baseball. After that all I want to see is *******s and elbows because thats all that matters the damage is done.

Hmm, Mr. Blue Dog, Mr. Ted Williams, in his book, "The Science of Hitting" on page 39, says,
"In fully extended power swing, hands move the bat through the hitting area.......The wrists do not roll. wrists do not roll. Action at the point of impact is comparable to that of the hard, unbroken swing of an ax."

As I said I was looking for some answers for my son and happened to be studying this book when I read your comments, and Mr. Williams seems to be making the same points as our instructor. Stay through the ball with your hands, keep your head behind your barrel. Drive into the ball and extend through the ball, not rolling your wrists at impact. That is what we were told on our CD. No offense, but I take Ted Williams and other professional ballplayers advice over yours.

quote:

Originally posted by mountainman:
Just because they play, or played Major League Baseball, don't mean they know how to teach. Most don't.

I know one ex-major league hitter who has a couple of grandkids who have great swings. They were taught by grandpa, who also had a real pretty left handed swing.

bballdad17,

How did you happen to find this lil ol' site?

I called a hitting facility looking for some help for my boy in Edmond, OK. The closest big city to me (Edmond is a suburb of Oklahoma City, and they told me that one of their instructors had a web site and he did instructing through that as well, so we checked it out.

in my opinion there nothing wrong wit postin a good instruction video he found. if its sumtin that works y not share it. and the demo on there was correct in most things it said mayb yall should listen to it a lil more closly it says the batter barred is arm out which is not what u want but u want a short swing. and of course you swing through the ball wat good would it do if you stopped at contact. that just my opinion though.

In the rare case that you make perfect contact extending the hands will do nothing for the swing one way or the other. The ball is gone at that point.

When you've mistimed the swing a slight bit then extending can keep the bat in the zone longer allowing you to still make solid contact, although bat speed begins to drop off as the hands extend "through the ball".

I like the short quick "rotational" swing to the ball, and the extension through the ball, which gets you the best of both worlds. When you time it right you've got maximum bat speed and when you are a bit off you can still make solid contact.

Hitting through the ball is bad technique...........Too much batspeed is wasted.....

And, FWIW, there are several fallacies in Ted's book.......He just wasn't right about everything....

Hmm, Ted Williams or Bluedog, who should I take hitting advice from? Wasted bat speed? Are you serious with that? If anyone has any extra bat speed, my son could use some. Think about what you are saying.

Wow........y'all need to log out and go find yourselves a little afternoon delight.........

I'm just wondering if these mlb guys you're talking about (Sosa, Palmero, Tejada, Pujos) in the video actually came in to this training center or is it game footage? MLB is no joke about liscensing their footage and its not cheap to use (not cheap like 5000 a minute to be able to use for five years).

Also, these guys need a new web designer...ASAP!

Rick