weight shift drills

You need to purchase John Cohen's 40 hitting drills. He is the head coach of KY. He has some very good drills to get off the backside.

Coach W

BlueDog, please elaborate.

Goto a pitching mound and set up a tee with the hitter steping down hill to facilitate the weight shift. Do some soft toss also. Then once he has the feel for for it, try it on flat land.

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Originally posted by PatrickW:
You need to purchase John Cohen's 40 hitting drills. He is the head coach of KY. He has some very good drills to get off the backside.

Coach W

He's not at U of K anymore. He is at Mississippi State.

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What makes a swing rotational?

ummm... that it happens on the transverse plane....

Whoever said to hit weight shift is off his rocker... Try to hit a curveball.

Because I don't agree with a hitting style that means I'm off MY rocker? Can you explain to me the logic behind the your post? A non vague answer would be best because I'm not the smartest guy in the bunch.

Its all rotational, just depends how it rotates.

IMO, weight shifting is the most important part of the swing. But its not how much you weight shift, but how you do it. I like to cluck my tongue twice and twitch my non-dominant ear during the shift.

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My son is a victim of the "squish the bug" disease. We have recently been working on weight transfer and getting the rear foot onto the toe. He is having a hard time breaking the old habit. Could you guys give us some drills, analogies, anything that can help us get the weight to the stiff front side.

Less can be more.
Once you figure out "how" you want to delearn/relearn weight shift issues... i would say to start him showing you, what you want to see, WITHOUT a bat in hand... so he can focus on on just the weight shift itself... then once he can repeat what you want over and over and over... then step it up to having a bat in his hand and doing his dry swings... then maybe to hitting off a tee, then soft toss, then live pitching, etc.... JMO

just like if you wanted to teach someone how to play golf... you wouldn't start at practice tee box with a driver in hand... you would start at green (putting) and work your way backwards to the tee box

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IMO, weight shifting is the most important part of the swing. But its not how much you weight shift, but how you do it.

How and WHEN... timing is everything because pitches are not a constant speed... doesn't matter if you do it right (solely) if your timing is way off... if a player has awful eye/hand coordination or recognition/reaction issues then you are fighting an uphill battle...

I always tell parents (that want me to start working with their child) that the player has to have two things: 1) some ability and 2) desire to want to learn... with those two things, anyone can become successful and reach THEIR potential...

some kids, with poor mechanics, might be able to play in h.s., college, minors, because they have a lot of ability - but at some point they will be overmatched.... so by teaching good mechanics (and thought process), you could be helping some kids just make their high school varsity team, help others get to play in college and or be drafted.. where as they might have been overmatched and stop playing a level earlier..

everyone has a different ceiling... I just try and get them to reach THEIR potential...

How can you get Coach Cohen's 40 Drills,I attempted e-mail to his address and had no luck?,at Mississippi State.

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Originally posted by Nomadad:
How can you get Coach Cohen's 40 Drills,I attempted e-mail to his address and had no luck?,at Mississippi State.

http://www.bestbaseballswing.com/

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just like if you wanted to teach someone how to play golf... you wouldn't start at practice tee box with a driver in hand... you would start at green (putting) and work your way backwards to the tee box

Golf and Baseball need not be mentioned in the same sentance.... JMO

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Golf and Baseball need not be mentioned in the same sentance

Why, you just did it.

when talking actual biomechanics, swing plane, etc No they don't need to be integrated... but I wasn't talking either of those... i was talking philosophy... in other words... "baby steps and muscle memory"... surly you believe that to be true in anything you teach anyone in any sport...?????

Yes Diablo, Muscle memory is vital in creating consistancy with either swing. Or success in any sport

Another 30 posts and you become an old timer.
Congrats

Muscle memmory is good in golf because the ball is always in the same position and your never late or early for a swing. Much more difficult in baseball.

yes LA it is more difficult... but players still have muscle memory... if not they would have to think in the box, and that is one of the worst things a player can do is "think" while in the box...

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Posted November 14, 2008 11:28 AM Hide Post
yes LA it is more difficult... but players still have muscle memory... if not they would have to think in the box, and that is one of the worst things a player can do is "think" while in the box...

Could not agree more.........If your thinking your sinking

Ted Williams offered some sage advice: "if you don't think too good, then don't think too much."