redhotcoach
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- May 8, 2009
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Yeah RDB, Don't know about you, but I haven't seen a girl with great mechanics that doesn't hit well.
More accurately they provide instant feedback. Are they the end all for swing development? Probably not. Are they handy to use for warm ups and do they get players to hit through the ball? Yes. No tool is perfect and improperly used can be counterproductive.
IMO way too much effort is put into the pursuit of the mythical "high level swing". Mechanics are only part of the equation. Over the years I have been blessed with exceptional pitchers. The hitters that concerned us the most were not the ones with the pretty swings. Rather they were the confident, disciplined young ladies that fearlessly attacked the ball. Great mechanics does not make you a hitter, it makes you a better hitter.
That's very true!
BINGO!
I believe if I had my pick of a player with a beautiful swing but can't hit the ball due to lack of swagger and the one who doesn't necessarily have a pretty swing but has a ton of swagger and confidence......... Well, I think you know what I'd pick
Please explain how the TCB balls are self-correcting. What is it you believe they correct?
Please explain why you say it promotes pushing, if your swing is a push then it's a push, it would have nothing to do with what happens upon impact, at that point the work has already been done...it's over. Weighted balls are designed to help cure that exact thing that you say it promotes. Tcb balls are in theory supposed to promote driving through the ball.
Bat/ball contact time with TCB balls is considerably longer than the bat/ball contact time for regulation softballs. The increased time allows for feedback to the body that doesn't exist when hitting regulation softballs. It is the longer bat/ball contact times that leads to pushing through the ball rather than releasing through the ball.
Like I said here:When kids hit TCB balls they find that the longer duration of the bat/ball contact time allows them an additional opportunity to push … and what happens over time is that hitters modify their swing such that the work is NOT done by contact.
You have more experience with the TCB and coaching hitting. I understand what you are saying here and I agree.because of 'squishiness' of the TCB and that they kind of 'stick' to the bat
but at the same time, it can (and does) lead to hitters adapting/modifying their swing to account for the different bat/ball collision process.