That's not what I got from it at all. IMO what he was implying was remaining in your posture to optimally cover the plate and adjust. He demonstrated a hitter in their posture and then coming out of their posture. He demonstrated how they could still cover the plate doing this but it would affect their bat path (cutting across the ball. which he demoed with a live pitch)I'm sorry but that's nonsense. You don't need to tilt 'in order to cover the plate'. Anyone can reach the outside part of the plate even if they are standing straight up.
The elbow is tucked near the hip at contact. The hip isn't part of the bending over/tilt process.
The bat is 32-34". The forearms are 10" long. Then the plate is 17 inches, the inside of the line is another approx 10".
Again, that's pure nonsense. Now, I'm not saying you don't need to tilt. But his reasoning is wrong.
You 'tilt' because that's the path of the optimal coil, uncoil of the torso. The shoulders don't spin level, the front shoulder goes down first during the coil inward. Then the rear shoulder goes down during the uncoil - resulting in a tilt. The shoulder action helps to lever the hips close and open.
He stated "the only way to cover the outside part of the plate without posture is to gain length(which he refers to as casting)" .. makes all the sense in the world to me
He obviously doesn't believe by standing tall it's impossible to reach an outside pitch. Good lord, talk about being literal!! lol. He's talking about how to efficiently cover the plate which he made clear in the 2nd video I posted.Here he is at 1:56 demoing how you cant cover the plate if you stand up.
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I gave you the math. His premise is nonsense. Here he is proving the opposite of his premise - showing you dont need to 'cast'. His back elbow is next to his torso and the bat is many inches beyond the plate. Work with a hitting stick for a few minutes and you will see this is true.
Again, you will end up tilting if you coil/uncoil properly. You don't need to worry about trying to tilt, per se. You need to actively try to coil/uncoil properly, and the result will be a tilt. A huge difference.
So you believe same tilt on an inside pitch at the knees vs an outside pitch at the knees??Tilt doesn't get the bat to the ball on an outside pitch. Contact location does (deeper contact point for outside). Tilt is used to get your bat on plane while keeping your arms and elbows in proper connection. Tilt should match the pitch height. Contact point matches pitch location. You wouldn't tilt on an armpit high outside pitch.
James of course a ball up in the zone is going to have very little tilt .. 0 tilt. But as the ball gets lower in the zone tilt becomes is much different outside vs inside pitch. Bat path and plane/shoulder plane will be established by how much you tilt.. correct? How do you hit a low outside pitch by standing tall? You don't unless you drop the barrel, and then you have other issues. You tilt.. which establishes the correct shoulder planeIt may vary slightly, with a greater tilt toward the inside pitch, which if anything backs up tilt shouldn't be taught as the method to "get to" outside pitches. Tilt should be about bat path or plane/shoulder plane. We also should not mix up small amounts of adjustability with more fundamental actions.
This pitch is way up in the zone. She has basically zero tilt and hits this ball out. Notice her elbow positions, perfect. Use this position as a starting point. As the pitch location lowers, everything stays the same except posture. The lower the pitch the the more chest over and butt out. If done properly a ball on the bottom edge of the zone should produce a bat angle of 25-30 degrees.
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