Hitting

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Hitting
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There are many different styles of hitting, but
there are a few consistencies when it comes to
point of contact
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You will all be committed to these consistencies
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Knocker Knuckles aligned
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Still see the 45 angle with the grip, about to
push and pull with the hands
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Set-up
Square to plate
Elbows similar height
Shoulders level head/eyes level
Proper grip - -Knocker knuckles - 45
- out of palm
Hands at chin level
Relaxed shoulders
Relaxed grip
Weight 60/40
Bat at 45 angle/ parallel with armpit to elbow
angle of front arm
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Consistent similarities
Shoulders are level eyes are level at the
pitcher
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Not a cookie-cutter approach
Shoulders level
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Shoulders level
Back-toe inside turn
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Shoulders level
Back toe
Elbows similar height
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Different style but still very Consistent with
certain areas
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Stride and Load
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Very good load, kept L with top
hand/arm Kept angles with front arm/bat
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Bad load Hands dropped Lost his front side
L
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Very good load
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Remember this guy? (Hands dropped Lost his front
side L) Front foot roll-over over
rotation by shoulders Doesnt get heel over
toe on backside Collapsing front leg No
power in hip rotation Hooking!!!
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Bad load
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No pivot on backside, no lock-out of front side
over rotation with shoulders
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Stride and Load
Keep the L and Stay parallel !!
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C
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Hands move back and up on load in a backward
letter C Motion. Then hands move forward and
down to ball maintaining closeness to body
inside path
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Elbow in the Slotinside circle
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Back elbow close to body, just above your hip
slot
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Elbow in the slot
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Inside Circle is made by your hands
Outside Circle is made by your bat head
The tighter the inside circle less distance on
swing quicker less casting/hooking more
time to watch pitch better pitch selection
more production
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Good pivot by the hips, but bad bar arm
Hands casting away from the body (big
inner circle) Bad head flopping (swinging
around the ball)
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Inside circle, Elbow in slot
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Point of contactInside the balllocked-out
front sidetoe over heelhands in front of
barrel
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Point of contact Inside the ball
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Hit the ball at the 7 On a clock
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Inside part of the ball
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Inside or behind the ball hands have not
activated, which prevents rolling-over.
allows for extension after contact
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If you hook the ball by hitting the outside
part, Your wrists have already activated, and you
are pulling the bat through the zone, and there
is no snap of the wrist (bat head speed), and
no acceleration through contact
Spin force hooked foul
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Extension long through contact Point keeps
front side on ball prevents hitting
across ball
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Swinging across the ball
No extension through contact
Bat being pulled across the ball
Ball will roll-off the end of the bat spinning
toward right field line
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Inside half of ball!
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NO HOOKING!!!!!
Inside pitch
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Point of contact locked-out front sidetoe
over heelBackside L (knee below hip)
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Look where the knee is located
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Look where the knee is located
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Look where the knee is located
Some call this backside L
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Look where the knee is located
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Slot
Locked-out
Heel/toe
Knee
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Driving hands inside
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Its all there
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Point of contact hands in front of barrel
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If hands are in front of barrel, wrists
have not activated no roll-over
Hands in front of barrel
Elbow in slot in front of barrel
Locked-out front side
Heel over toe
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If hands are in front of barrel, wrists
have not activated no roll-over
Hands in front of barrel
Elbow in slot
Locked-out front side
Heel over toe
Knee driven forward, not knee driven back
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Do not want to swing across the ball
caused by no forward movement on stride. Player
goes up and down, pulls shoulders off ball, and
swings across the pitch
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Short to it, long through it
Long extension through point of contact
short to it inside circle long
through it extension through contact
point
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Head down, full extension through point of contact
Hands still not rolled-over
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Full extension without wrist roll-over
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High finish chest at pitcher
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Finish high, with chest at pitcher