I am 14 years old and i was wondering if anybody has any tips for me to increase my power when i am at the plate. I have excellent contact, and i havent strucken out over 5 times in a season since i was 7. Can anybody be of help?
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quote:... And yes, I see wrist action in that clip. It's hard to see because of...
quote:... Keeping your hands inside the ball is what makes the swing...
quote:Originally posted by bbscout:
You see what you want to see. I would appreciate it if you did not tell me what I am seeing. The hands and wrists in those clips show them releasing into contact. They are not trying to stop, they are trying to hit the ball.Rotation is part of it, but not all of it.
At the Area Code Games this past year, they tested all the kids hand strength (both hands) and the kids who had the best grip strength also had the most power in BP and the games. You won't find a power hitter who has weak hands.
The most important thing in hip rotation is getting your body and hands in good position (palm up, palm down) to hit the ball.
quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
Ever shake hands with Henry Aaron ?
I have !!
Not a large man-- powerful forearms, wrists and hands
His record speaks for itself, does it not !!!
quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
I offer an example of a baseball player and you talk arm wrestling-- you will never change
I need no go any further-- we are talking arm and wrist strength of baseball players not bulked up arm wrestler
Post your Gurus link again--
quote:Originally posted by bbscout:
I don't even know what wrist flicking is. He may mean something else.
I know that you still swing the bat, so here is something I would like you to try. Get in the box and then go through the start of your swing in slow motion. get to the point where you have taken your stride and your hips and shoulders are opened up most of the way, but your hands and bathead are still back. Stop there and then just swing the bat and see how much bat speed you can supply. You would not be using your hips, as they have already opened. If I was standing 20 feet in front of you, you would take my head off with a line drive. That is the extra that the hands,wrists and arms can supply.
quote:Originally posted by bbscout:
C'mon scout, "your hips and shoulders are opened most of the way". The little they aren't opened, that will open, adds temendously to that line drive.
Open them all the way and do the drill.
quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
TEACHERMAN
You dance well-- quick toes---Yes I know about arm wrestling but those who do do not play baseball-- your analogy is not realitic, not to mention logical--hey do they have steroid testing in arm wrestling?
Can I have the link again-- I want to compare what your Guru says to that which SBK has posted
Teach I think you have to get into the real world and get "experience_ not info from sites with claymotion models--
You argue with bbscout and all he does is deal with baseball players --real live baseball players-- I think I will listen to him==
As for Sutcliffe--wasn't he a pitcher?--- I think so -- and a good student of the game regarding pitching
Teach are you comparing Sutcliffe to Aaron???
Really now
quote:Originally posted by bbscout:
By not trying the drill, you are not trying to learn. What do you have to lose by trying it? I also did not say just WRISTS. I said hands, wrists and arms, and I can hit the ball well over 200 feet doing it, and I am older than you and have had about 7 operations, including major heart surgery.