Teaching hitting Carrier/Bustos approach

[straightleg]

Carrier Olympic hitting coach. In his 40 years of teaching, he always taught throwing, fielding hitting. He would not teach hitting until their throwing mechanics where correct. The 20 years I do the same approach every lesson. He was a big believer in slow motion practice to learn the movements. He also thought if they throw poorly, they hit poorly. I agree. If a girl wraps the ball behind her head when she throws. She will then wrap the bat behind around the corner when she hits. Once you fix the throwing, your on your way to fix the hitting....
Here is one of my 20 doing a slow motion swing to feel how the body works. She started with me in 5th grade, signed and started college this year. Pitcher who hits bombs. She had 50hr. in high school.

Sorry need to learn how to post video from Facebook?

 

[_MIA_]

Sorry need to learn how to post video from Facebook?

If you are posting and it is coming up as "Video Unavailable" on here it probably has something to do with your Privacy settings in Facebook. Probably better off just downloading the video and putting it on YouTube..

 

[Cornbread]

Just spitballing but fix a hitters timing and you are well on your way to fixing a hitters hitting.

 

[straightleg]

Just spitballing but fix a hitters timing and you are well on your way to fixing a hitters hitting.

And if they wrap the bat around the corner and lead with there upper body? They can hit grounders

 

[_MIA_]

And if they wrap the bat around the corner and lead with there upper body? They can hit grounders

What exactly are you referring to here in the bolded? Is this a Richard dig or are you actually talking about what people normally refer to as bat wrap?

 

[Work=wins]

And if they wrap the bat around the corner and lead with there upper body? They can hit grounders

I think CB is saying timing is mechanics. I could be wrong.. But what would be the cause or need to wrap the bat? How would you fix that?

 

[Rolling Hard]

I think CB is saying timing is mechanics. I could be wrong.. But what would be the cause or need to wrap the bat? How would you fix that?

Keep the hands somewhere around center-line. Hard to wrap the bat with your hands in front.
Same as throwing too. So maybe this guy was on to something.

 

[Work=wins]

Keep the hands somewhere around center-line. Hard to wrap the bat with your hands in front.
Same as throwing too. So maybe this guy was on to something.

I think that’s a step in the right direction.

 

[_MIA_]

Keep the hands somewhere around center-line. Hard to wrap the bat with your hands in front.
Same as throwing too. So maybe this guy was on to something.

Is he actually talking about bat wrap?? His mention of corner makes me suspicious..

 

[CoachJD]

I guess my issue with the throwing-leads-to-hitting theory is that there are people on this board who can throw better than Frank Thomas could and he's one of the best hitters in the history of baseball. Exception to the rule? I don't know, maybe, but I guess I'd also point to like 95% of baseball pitchers who are all pretty, pretty good at throwing and definitely not good at hitting.