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Nice post. Pitch recognition with posture maintained = “putting a good swing on it”
Nice post. Pitch recognition with posture maintained = “putting a good swing on it”
She has hit a lot of balls here. If let it get deeper is wrong to say? What would be a better approach? Yes, thanks for starting this Thread J.
Yes I’ve got some ABAF hitters. I teach ground up, sequence. I teach get into back butt check, turn belt buckle backward some and maintain that during the stride for lower body. Upper body, anchor the scap, stretch, get away from hands. The core turns the body. Anchor the rear foot. I just don’t have enough time to tweak my travel ball hitters. High school players I can tweak them. I don’t do hitting lessons, turn them down frequently lolSounds like some of the players are plagued with an ABAF pattern. Out of curiosity what type of launch sequence do you teach? Ground up or middle out, assuming you understand the lingo difference. What about the loading pattern? Middle out, pull the rubber band back, hold the rubber band back and stretch it forward, again assuming you know the lingo and understand the differences.
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Nice post. Pitch recognition with posture maintained = “putting a good swing on it”
Awesome thing to do to a change-up. Confuses mean catchersIf a coach is only going to say hit it deep without any other tangible instruction they would probably be better off giving the hitter a goal (in BP) e.g. hit hard line drives over the 2B head..
Two problems I have with coaches saying(how they say it) let it get deep;
1. It's too vague. Explain to the hitter what you mean by letting it get deep. Show them, perform drills to reinforce it, just don't say "wait longer".
2. Coaches generalize based on result. Coaches see a hitter pulling the ball over and over and they say "Let it get deep". Coaches need to spend more time understanding why the hitter is pulling the ball. It could be mechanical issue and not a timing one.
I like what Donaldson has to say about hitting. He fully recognizes that most damage is done out front. However he says you can't have the mindset of the trying to hit the ball out front. He makes you susceptible to off speed and out side pitches
Yes I’ve got some ABAF hitters. I teach ground up, sequence. I teach get into back butt check, turn belt buckle backward some and maintain that during the stride for lower body. Upper body, anchor the scap, stretch, get away from hands. The core turns the body. Anchor the rear foot. I just don’t have enough time to tweak my travel ball hitters. High school players I can tweak them. I don’t do hitting lessons, turn them down frequently lol