Thread: Rotational Hitting

Hi Ray,

Pujols looks like he's sitting in a chair. Bustos much more upright. DD's swing is just a week into learning on the clip. I think that she'll be able to interpret what she's learned and adapt it to her own personal style = including more body lean. The back leg could be lowered more to generate more rotational force and power transfer. She's 5 for 12 plus 2 walks, 7 rbi's, in the last 4 games = .418 avg., .500 obp. = no complaints here.

You might want to check out the clips of the Univ. of Lousiana Lafayette on the link that Mark H. provided in post #154 Siggy's Hitting Clips - Image Event on page 16 of this thread. Their coach purchased the Epstein Hitting System a few years ago and installed it into their program with excellent results. Notice their hitters vary a lot in their personal styles including stride length but they all get to the same place at impact.

Thanks again,

Pops

P.S. You can check out Mike Epstein's website at Welcome to Mike Epstein Hitting! and ask questions if you like.

Hi Pops,

Yes, I have seen the ULL clips. I use them to point out many things to my hitters.

Pujols definitely sits more then Bustos, but they are both in an athletic position. Every fastpitch hitter on Siggy's site displays an athletic posture just in varying degrees which only means they are unique, but work from the same blueprint. None exihibit a vertical, strung out common little league swing

Your welcome for posting your DD's clip.

Ray

Originally Posted by Pops

You might want to check out the clips of the Univ. of Lousiana Lafayette on the link that Mark H. provided in post #154 Siggy's Hitting Clips - Image Event on page 16 of this thread. Their coach purchased the Epstein Hitting System a few years ago and installed it into their program with excellent results.

That's not what the ULL coach who handles the hitting told me when I asked him about Epstein's claim. He did buy it but he uses no one's system but his own. He's studied everyone but his methods are most definitely his own. Epstein went off half cocked on that one without permission.

Hi all,
Ive never seen Bustos hit. Is she rotational, linear or a combination of both?
thanks

She's both as is everyone else if there good!

Wow this post literally took me an hour to read but I really like all the discussion. I am barely in my second year coaching fastpitch and I didn't know there were so many technical aspects to a swing.

My DD has been going to a hitting coach for about a year now and I want to post a video of her hitting to get anyone's opinion on where she could improve. Will post again later on tonight.

Originally Posted by Hit Dr.24

She's both as is everyone else if there good!

It seems to me that you think "rotational" means "sit and spin", which isn't the generally accepted definition of rotational hitting. A good rotational hitter has an initial "linear" movement towards the pitcher, which then gets converted into rotational movement to swing the bat.

Of course, you classified other activities earlier as linear, like a golf swing, for example, so I'm not sure what your exact definitions of linear and rotational are....

Originally Posted by Pops

Hi Ray,

Pujols looks like he's sitting in a chair. .

Good observation.

Hi Ray,

Pujols looks like he's sitting in a chair.

Originally Posted by Mark H

Good observation.

More like he is just getting out of a chair...or off of a swiss ball

My question to any of you is, have any of you ever asked Albert Pujols what he does to get to that position?And the reason I ask that is Team Posey has had that time with Albert and A-Rod and they talk about hands and back leg driving at the same time to the ball.Now how can you argue with that?