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    Significance of hip action on rear foot movement

    Some great hitters seem to often use their hips in a manner that causes their back foot to move "forward and behind" thru contact. I see the rear toes moving under the rear heel as the foot moves "forward and behind". Many youth hitters seem to have the opposite movement where the rear heel...
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    Bats and Dimple Balls

    I've heard mixed opinion about whether hitting dimpled machine balls will damage a composite bat. Does anyone know if there is definitive scientific answer? The dimples I have weigh .25 oz less than a regulation ball and feel softer to squeeze...at least at summer temperatures. I'm having...
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    UMich Slappers

    Short clip of UMich slappers...Doyle, Sappingfield, Ramirez... from 2014 season opener. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGu0tRSkCs
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    Another Multi Skill Player- Hit. Slap, Bunt

    Based on my earlier post, seems like there is a small but avid audience for multi skill - hit, slap, bunt players. This player switched to LH with slap and bunt as a freshman. Her first 2 years, she was probably 80% slap and bunt. this video is her senior year and she had transformed to about...
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    Full swing, slap, bunt multi skill player

    I have long been an advocate of players with average strength and above average speed considering switching to LH with slap and bunt skills. This player (not my dd) switched to LH in 8th grade and the video is her junior highlights. I am posting so that those considering going LH with slap...
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    Bunt data

    This table is an analysis of bunt success by distance, direction and trajectory. It was derived from video of three LH hitters with slap skills who played for the same HS team. The video was available for every AB for these players during the 2014 season. For balls in play + K's, these players...
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    Teaching cue for rear leg/hip action

    I have all learned quite a bit about what a hitter needs to do from the hitting forum discussions...thank you. I would like to share a concept that I use in teaching the rear leg and hip action. This is not a comprehensive explanation of all things hitting... just one little focused nugget that...
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    Yaz

    Just sharing this Yaz video for any of you old New England types like me. I spent many hours in my youth copying this swing and could hit pretty good but my coaches didn't like it. Now it seems like it embodies the characteristics of great hitting technique but just wrapped in an extreme "all...
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    Sierra Romero

    This is a HS pic. She is now a freshman starting ss for U of Michigan. I saw her yesterday for first time...3 for 3 with 2 hr...has 10 hr for the season. I like it.
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    Exercise band as prop

    Has anyone used exercise bands as a prop to illustrate using rear leg to help drive/uncoil rear hip into front side against resisting upper half? Effective or not so much? Something along the lines of this pic but done without spinning and pushing....and maybe set brace a little higher so...
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    Slap Hitting Batting Averages

    I'm a big fan of slap hitting for some players...been an instructor for several years. I'm interested in understanding if my players are achieving results similar to other slappers. I understand that there are numerous challenges to making accurate comparisons but believe it's worth a shot at...
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    Sock Bat

    Looking for opinions on using a sock bat as a teaching tool....a knee sock with a tennis ball stuffed into the toe. Is this a decent tool for teaching: 1)connection of bat to hips and shoulders 2)shoulder tilt needed for level bat path to ball 3) importance of upper front arm and elbow...
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    Slap hitting clips

    Does anyone know where I can view clips of established olympic or college players hitting the power slap?

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