Posted by: Graylon (g_dunc@hotmail.com) on Thu Mar 13 19:44:01 2008

> Here is a video of me hitting in my basement. My first instructor had me swinging in a way which I believe limited my ability to be able to play in college...here is what my swing with him would look like:
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> VERY wide stance...stride real early...wait a second (b/c you strided so early...then squish the bug as hard as you could...then your upper body would follow
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> I have tried to read up on how to swing, and watched major league hitters, and here is what i got:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWcL-8nTi6c
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> I still have a lot of bad tendancies...since I've been doing it the wrong way (I feel) for 6 years
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> Let me know of ANY drills I could do to improve or anything
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> Thanks

Chris,

You are pushing your hands down to the ball. Your hands are on a down angle the whole way. Look at your last swing, which is the best out of all of them, you are flattening the bat earlier as you swing. It's hard to give advice with out being able to actually show you. IMO you're weighting your front foot to early.

I would purchase Jacks video and/or Mike Epsteins hitting video. This may help you to understand the mechanics of what a swing should resemble. Then you may be able to understand more of what you are reading in the posts. I would also read "The Science of Hitting" by Ted Williams.

Good Luck,
Graylon

p.s. Watch a lot of video of MLB hitters and try to emulate one of them.