Science of Hitting and Lau's Laws

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Originally posted by tradosaurus:
I just finished Ted Williams "The Science of Hitting". I had also bought and read through a few times Laus "Laws of Hitting".

My first impression is that there were similarities taught:
1) Flat hands to hitting zone
2) weight distribution
3) No forced roll of wrist
4) Pitch selection
5) Don't switch hit because your stronger hand should be closer to the point of impact.


I also found something new in Ted Williams book:
1) Loading of hips before and during stride
2) Keep bat perpendicular to ground because that it feels the lightest
3) Swing level with the travel of the ball. Meaning swing up slightly because the ball is traveling slightly downward toward the batter.
4) Take the first pitch of th game from a new pitcher to learn his style. Not necessarily the first pitch in succeeding turn at bat. Don't hit at anything you haven't seen.
5) Choke up on the bat with 2 strikes to make the bat quicker through the strike zone.
6) Because most pitchers are predictable is OK to anticipate (guess) a pitchers go to pitch.

I also learned from Ted's book about pitching because he stated he knew pitching because he knew what made it tough for him. Basically a pitcher should try to work to upset the batter's timing.

What's interesting is that Ted said "Your style is your own and don't let anyone change it".

In the end what I learned most valuable from Ted's book, and that I will be working with my son, is the hip cocking as you stride. I believe this is the key ingredient I was looking for to get my son to hit with more power.

I will be putting together another youtube video to see if I can get my son to demonstrate this hip movement.

Regards,

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Originally posted by wogdoggy:

quote:

Originally posted by tradosaurus:
I just finished Ted Williams "The Science of Hitting". I had also bought and read through a few times Laus "Laws of Hitting".

My first impression is that there were similarities taught:
1) Flat hands to hitting zone
2) weight distribution
3) No forced roll of wrist
4) Pitch selection
5) Don't switch hit because your stronger hand should be closer to the point of impact.


I also found something new in Ted Williams book:
1) Loading of hips before and during stride
2) Keep bat perpendicular to ground because that it feels the lightest
3) Swing level with the travel of the ball. Meaning swing up slightly because the ball is traveling slightly downward toward the batter.
4) Take the first pitch of the game from a new pitcher to learn his style. Not necessarily the first pitch in succeeding turn at bat. Don't hit at anything you haven't seen.
5) Choke up on the bat with 2 strikes to make the bat quicker through the strike zone.
6) Because most pitchers are predictable is OK to anticipate (guess) a pitchers go to pitch.

I also learned from Ted's book about pitching because he stated he knew pitching because he knew what made it tough for him. Basically a pitcher should try to work to upset the batter's timing.

What's interesting is that Ted said "Your style is your own and don't let anyone change it".

In the end what I learned most valuable from Ted's book, and that I will be working with my son, is the hip cocking as you stride. I believe this is the key ingredient I was looking for to get my son to hit with more power.

I will be putting together another youtube video to see if I can get my son to demonstrate this hip movement.

Regards,

good for you all the ted stuff is not "original" it is coreect especially the correct way to hip load and hand torque