Clemente

[Bonesaw]

Not seein any ferris wheel Shawn...

 

[Shawn]

Not seein any ferris wheel Shawn...

That’s totally dependent on pitch location.

 

[efastball]

He had bat drag at the start. Notice the vertical rear forearm, and the hands far away from the shoulder. He has no initial leverage on the bat.

That's why he was forced to push his arms so far away from his body before contact, and then hit the ball so far ahead of his front foot at contact.

He was a superior athlete to be able to time offspeed pitches with a swing like that. Notice how far back in the box he was.

 

[Shawn]

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He had bat drag at the start. Notice the vertical rear forearm, and the hands far away from the shoulder. He has no initial leverage on the bat.

That's why he was forced to push his arms so far away from his body before contact, and then hit the ball so far ahead of his front foot at contact.

He was a superior athlete to be able to time offspeed pitches with a swing like that. Notice how far back in the box he was.

There is no bat drag, and I would bet he is hitting an off speed pitch in that clip.

 

[TDS]

HLP , nothing weird like that one swing where his back foot is a mile above the ground. What the front leg does, doesn’t matter. The front leg is a style issue. The back leg is a different story.

I will post another of his swing.

I agree with you with Rich's pattern but not what the best are doing... Shawn, both legs are used for leverage in the hlp against both hips extending.. Much more then a style thing !!

 

[julray]

Front leg is definitely more than just style. Pitch height dictates what angle the barrel travels around the body, I thought this was obvious. Of course there are exceptions, some hitters are more handsy, hitters get fooled and need to use their hands more etc

 

[Shawn]

I think you guys misunderstood me, the front leg is style what it does up to toe touch. Clemente for example pinched his knees together as the hips/back leg is loaded. The load is the absolute, what the front leg does is style.

 

[FP26]

That’s a serious long bat Clemente is swinging!

I was thinking the same thing...

 

[james27503]

Stepping into the swing.

Both hitters doing the same thing.

As far as what? I am seeing a total different swing.

 

[Shawn]

As far as what? I am seeing a total different swing.

You need to have your eyes checked, lol,