Posted by: Michael (mchosmer@gmail.com) on Sat May 9 22:12:48 2009

Hey Guys,

How do you hit at the big league level? How do you catch up to those 95 mph fastballs?

http://blog.swingtraining.net/page/2.aspx

Scroll down and watch the part that says " Arod: Creating a compact swing". Obviously easier said than done. But this is how the elite do it. I promise if you go in there thinking "rotate the shoulders" or "circular hand path" you will not even sniff the ball.

What's the key to this high level swing? Well there are a few things obviously such as balance, timing, batspeed, all the generic obvious stuff. But if anybody wants to become better I suggest you listen to Arod at the end of the video and really think about what he is saying.

If anybody is interested let me know I will go into it and explain what he is doing and what are the MOST IMPORTANT things to work on in the batting cage.

For what it's worth, I am close with Arod's "father figure" who runs the Kendall Boys Club down in Miami, he raised Arod and knows exactly how he thinks about hitting. (Even though he tells you at the end of the video what changes he made to his swing).

I am just trying to help anyone who wants to improve their game or talk about hitting. Good luck to all of you prospects out there.