Tilt

[Fluid Fastpitch]

Staying away from anything in that video. Once the hips rotate and the bat turns the shoulder should tilt due to body position. If shoulders stays horizontal have to cast hands and drop bat to reach any pitch lower half of zone.

FWIW, my takeaway was his request to stop teaching tilt as a standalone element of the swing. He wasn't saying don't tilt, just that the body will tilt naturally as a function of having barrel on plane. /shrug

 

[clemenslee1]

FWIW, my takeaway was his request to stop teaching tilt as a standalone element of the swing. He wasn't saying don't tilt, just that the body will tilt naturally as a function of having barrel on plane. /shrug

I posted that video for the OP to view at the 4 min mark as a simple visual to what is referred to as tilt. . As far as tilt is concerned, I know some view it as a no teach, in that the body will naturally do it in response to getting to launch properly followed by proper hand and barrel path. Some view it as something that has to be taught.

 

[PAhusker]

Yup, just wanted a simple visual which is what I got! I didn’t want to mix tilt up with a lean back. So what I’m simply supposed to take away with that visual is that the angle of the shoulders should match the angle of the barrel?

 

[Cornbread]

If good posture is maintained throughout the swing, proper tilt will occur

 

[Rolling Hard]

What do you guys think about the top down approach. It basically says look for pitch up in the zone and load into your tilt as an adjustment to pitch location. Think Mike Trout.

 

[go4um]

Backspin can help if the wind is blowing out but backspin hurts if wind is blowing in. Tilt to make solid contact more often....not to create backspin.

 

[Eric F]

I found this pretty interesting...

 

[TDS]

I found this pretty interesting...

Seems like a nice guy with lots of energy.

 

[Eric F]

Seems like a nice guy with lots of energy.

Gerry Glasco is currently the HC at ULL. He's a very well-respected coach and instructor.

 

[Cannonball]

Gerry and I are good friends. He is a great guy and knows hitting. Thanks for the video though, to be honest, it is hard for me to watch it on a personal level.