Posted by: rql () on Fri Sep 12 11:10:52 2008

> >>> On a dvd that David Wright was showing and describing his one hand drills, he said that he wants to be able to wait, wait, wait and then explode on the ball driving it to right feild. That's how he knows his hands are working. He goes on to say that he wants to feel like he is hitting the ball out of the catchers mitt. Obviously he is not hitting the ball out of the catchers mitt but he is describing feel, which is hard to see unless you swing and feel can be different to the individual person.
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> The MLB hitters who describe something different then what we see are describing feel, but I don't think we can dismiss it, because that is how they created there swing. the swing they have is based off of there cues. <<<
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> Hi Graylon
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> Every year millions of young hitters are taught hitting from similar cues. Only a very small percentage of them will ever acquire high level swings. To say the few that did develop is due to the cues they were taught is stretching things a bit. What about the many that did not develop. Are we to conclude the reason they did not develop is also due to those cues?
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> I would say that teaching young students the mechanics the best hitters actually exhibit rather than what they say they feel they are doing would produce the best results.
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> Jack Mankin
...graylon you and jack are both making good points,i think what i was eluding to is that I was taught wrong mechanics by those talking,my father always said your power is in your hips and knock the pitchers head off with the ball eveerytime you go up there.I figured out for a long time I could hit the ball pretty hard up the middle consistently with a boggs and gwynn type inside out method and everyone was happy with a consistent 400-500 BA and no one thought about the power much until scouts came looking,I had to change my swing over time to generate power but with everyone instilling swing down at the ball ,knob to the ball and such it often messed up the process trying to do 1 thing mentally and your body saying no I have to do this to hit it 450 feet,my contention is that you must learn proper mechanics and in still them whether it comes naturally or taught and then learn what individual cues work to achieve the outcome you want.hitting it out of the mitt I am sure is a cue to [let the ball come to me]but to fathers teaching kids by that could have them hitting balls foul and late right out of the glove,I believe any drill that helps keep the hands involved in the proper manner to the overall swing is good,it prevents bat drag if all else is firing,this tilt issue I wish some of you would look closer at and ask if I turn my hips and just tilt and use my hands is that giving me optimum batspeed as someone mentioned about just hip turn and shoulder turn.I feel jacks top hand torque is an important part of the swing but could there be more with this tilt that is part of creating tht easier and more efficiently,[wait another thought just came up]could the high pitch that many never seem to catch up to be because the tilt is not so prevalent in the swing rather a more upright and forward posture is needed to hit the high fb,is it only because they are set for the lower ball and the high pitch requires a posture adjustment that they do not get to it in time.Maybe it is a combination of both and maybe this tilt helps with the running start bat quickness that allows hitters to get to the lower pitch due to the tilt necessary to be on line with the low pitch.I never thought of tilt and posture for anything more than setting the swingplane but can it help with swing quickness at initiation that is the question can it be part of what causes THT to be so effective,I dont think many hitters think like this but if they did it could help ML hitters in their true understanding of not just how to hit but why are they slumping and how to get out of it quicker,feel is good but if you understand just what you are doing then new feels and cues and total process understanding may make up the next generation of hitters like none before it.