my swing

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Originally posted by austin9:
Here is my swing from the left side. The last couple of years I've been hitting left handed a lot more. Please tell me what you think is good about my swing and what I need to do right. Sorry I can't just put the video on here but I've tried and I just can't so you have to go to on the link below. Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZEYeZ9-Pw

How do you hit? I can't see you hitting for power.

I see a couple of things...

1. Your swing looks very slappy. Are you trying to swing down on the ball?

2. Your swing looks very top-down. You swing with your shoulders more than with your torso. This would make sense if you have trouble with power.

Your swing doesn't look much like the swings of these guys...

- Siggy's Hitting Clips

Click on this site
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/draft/y2005/tr...jsp?sc=lastName&sp=W

Go to Nick Weglarz are watch the video. This guy is a friend and he is a true power LH hitter.

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Originally posted by austin9:
Here is my swing from the left side. The last couple of years I've been hitting left handed a lot more. Please tell me what you think is good about my swing and what I need to do right. Sorry I can't just put the video on here but I've tried and I just can't so you have to go to on the link below.

Took another look and I stand by my original statement and then some (assuming you weren't totally fooled by the pitch). Some other things I noticed...

1. Your weight is too far forward IMO. It needs to be born by your from foot, but much farther back toward the catcher.

2. You finish with your front knee bent rather than stiff. This is related to point Number 1 above.

3. I can tell that you swing is top-down because of what your back foot does. If you started your swing with your lower body, you'd end up more like this...



Notice how Pujols is on his toe at the point of contact. That's because he's driving his swing with his hips and torso and not his shoulders (aka bottom-up versus top-down).

You also might want to google Rotational Hitting.

One thing I noticed was you didn't follow through on your swing. You kinda just stopped after the ball was hit.

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Originally posted by TPBulldogs35:
One thing I noticed was you didn't follow through on your swing. You kinda just stopped after the ball was hit.

I saw this too.

That's part of what I meant when I said your swing looked "slappy".

Thanks everyone for the replies. Yes I am a slap hitter. I try to use my speed to get on base. On the hit in the video it was a line drive right to the second basemen. I would like to start getting hits like those to the right field gaps but like you guys noticed I don't have a power swing. When I swing left handed I don't have much consistency. I will smash a line drive one pitch and whif badly on the next one. Hopefully more time practiced left handed will help this.

I have a video of the pitch right before that and it was a pretty bad whif(like I said above). If you guys want me to post that I will.

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Go to Nick Weglarz are watch the video.

This guy will make major changes before he goes very far.

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Originally posted by Chameleon:

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Go to Nick Weglarz are watch the video.

This guy will make major changes before he goes very far.

It looks to me like his swing is a little slow. He was late on a lot of the pitches in the cage and fouled them off into the camera.

His lower body movement is decent but not optimal.

17 yo 1st round draft pick who signed with a $450,000 signing bonus. He had an outstanding year in the minors last year.
Look him up on PG. He is a power hitter with quick hands and amazing bat speed. Read the reports on PG and the MLB.
He is an amzazing talent and I have been at workouts where there were 15 crosscheckers there to see him from all over the US. A smart kid with a big scholarship to Oklahoma State. Obviously he signed. I have never seen so much activity around a 17 yo as this guy had.

PG REPORT: Weglarz is a 2005 1B/RHP from Stevensville, ON, Can with a 6'3"/215 pound body, he can flat out mash! Big time power, huge bat speed, good bat control, good feel and instincts, soft hands, can pick balls out of the dirt, 81 mph arm from IF, MLB body, projects in a big way, high level college prospect with pro potential, excellent student

MLB: COMMENT: Tall, broad and strong. Huge, muscular thighs and forearms. Swings w/ an uppercut stroke w/ good strength and quickness in hands. Definite home run threat. Smooth play around the bag, w/ good hands and feet. Loves the game and plays w/ a kid's enthusiasm

Clearly he has tools.

Does not have the swing yet.

I don't know about the swing but he has the money.
The scouts loved him and as I said he worked out with my son in the winter and created a huge following of scouts. His swing is what they liked. I know another guy just like him who went to Midland college in Texas. He was in the top 2 hitters in his conference. Now at Arizona State. They drafted him but no where near the signing bonus Weglarz got.
I think Weglarz shows the original poster the development,hard work and swing that is required to be a great hitter. 2 years prior to being drafted he was quite ordinary and set his goals to be drafted. He was even cut from a local AAA travel team

I've got a milk shake that says when he "makes it" his swing we not resemble this one.

There are the Berkman's of the world that have the swing and few athletic gifts.

And there are those that have athletic gifts that have no swing.

Both are drafted. But the athletes are drafted more often because of the "what if they find the swing" possiblity.

I've been around BB long enough to know that they always make changes.
He has been trained by some of the best batting instructors in North America and was a stand out since 16 on the Nationl team. Played against all the top national teams including the US and Cuba.

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Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
17 yo 1st round draft pick who signed with a $450,000 signing bonus. He had an outstanding year in the minors last year.
Look him up on PG. He is a power hitter with quick hands and amazing bat speed. Read the reports on PG and the MLB.
He is an amzazing talent and I have been at workouts where there were 15 crosscheckers there to see him from all over the US. A smart kid with a big scholarship to Oklahoma State. Obviously he signed. I have never seen so much activity around a 17 yo as this guy had.

He was actually drafted in the third round (94th overall), which there is nothing wrong with that, but it's not the first round. And unless I'm mistaking, I can't find where he's had much success at all in the minor leagues. In 2005, he hit .231 with 2 homers, 13 RBI and 47 Ks in 147 ABs. In 2006, only 2 ABs. Am I missing something here? I'm not trying to say anything bad about the guy, just that if you're going to speak to how good a guy is, at least get the facts straight (again, unless I'm missing something regarding his minor league stats).

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In 2005, he hit .231 with 2 homers, 13 RBI and 47 Ks in 147 ABs. In 2006, only 2 ABs. Am I missing something here?

You are kidding right? I think for a young power hitter that is a decent start. I haven't followed him lately but he is an upcomming player with a great bank account.I agree he has a lot to learn but the swing is pure power.

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You are kidding right? I think for a young power hitter that is a decent start. I haven't followed him lately but he is an upcomming player with a great bank account.I agree he has a lot to learn but the swing is pure power.[/QUOTE]

Now you're backpedaling. The original post said he had an outstanding year. Now he's off to a decent start. How can it be a decent start when he got two (TWO!) ABs in all of 2006. Again, nothing against the guy, but come on.....are you kidding?

To me that is outstanding. He got 2 ABs in 06 because he was injured.
How many guys do you have that get that kind of bonus ? The opinions of MLB & PG say this kid has a big upside and he has a lot to learn. The swing is pure power.
Why do people say there not bashing and then bash ? This guy came out ofr no where and shows what hard work and dedication can do.
I don't follow him that much as I follow mostly pitchers but I can tell when a kid is above the crowd at the plate.

IMHO, the strikeouts are whats scary, almost 1 in 3 Ab's. What was his slugging Pct? was he driving the ball when he hit it? swing is nice, but some older names come to mind looking at those numbers, kevin maas (a short flash) mike pagliarulo (hit 30 but K 150+ times) incaviglia, or mcgwire early (remember that .203 hitting allstar?? sorry, I was a mattingly fan!!) just curious, certainly not trying to knock him!!

It's amazing how this hit was a line drive, aluminum bats are ridiculous wood bat that would of gone no where. you got to finish your swing!

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Originally posted by Chameleon:

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Go to Nick Weglarz are watch the video.


This guy will make major changes before he goes very far.


It looks to me like his swing is a little slow. He was late on a lot of the pitches in the cage and fouled them off into the camera.

His lower body movement is decent but not optimal.

Chris O'Leary

Hey Camelion and Pain if you are still out there. After an operation on Nicks hand he is now at 21 HRs hitting 277. I will be looking for that milk shake very soon. No changes to his swing.