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Swings

Take a look at how the hands move in relation to the body on low and inside pitches. Is it different than on a pitch high and away? How can you find the answers to questions like that? Study the film of the best right here. Use the descriptions and study notes attached to each clip and the various categories to assist in your growth and learning.

Pete Alonso
00:04

Pete Alonso

Keys & Questions Engages hips at foot strike to launch the rest of the swing. Keeps head and spine angle stable through out the upper body movement. How does he stop from "spinning off" the ball when his hips pivot? Where is force applied to the ground and how is body weight managed?
Yelich
00:02

Yelich

Keys & Questions Clears his body out of the way so that his hands can move efficiently to contact. How do we create space for our hands? Why is depth important to the swing? Does depth change according to location? What about the way in which we create the depth?
Yordan Alvarez
00:12

Yordan Alvarez

Keys & Questions From this angle you can see how the body adjusts to pitch location to create space for the hands to move in and through the ball. Would his arm angles relative to his body look different at contact if the pitch was located in a different spot?
Charlie Blackmon
00:02

Charlie Blackmon

Keys & Questions Resists forward movement through lift and load allowing for adjustability in timing and a suddenness in hips When does he pick up the ball? When does he decide to swing? What looks different if the pitch was an off speed?
Yelich
00:05

Yelich

Keys & Questions Watch his number rotate around his body up until the point of contact and then stays relatively still through it. Our rotational movements (torso) many times set up or result in linear outcomes (hands). Where is the rotational movement in the lower body located? When? Where are the linear movements? When?
Eugenio Suarez
00:02

Eugenio Suarez

Keys & Questions He is at the top of his lift at the moment the pitch is released allowing for him to start his lower half early through the read. What angle is the bat at contact? What about the shoulders? Which comes first?
Micheal Conforto
00:02

Micheal Conforto

Keys & Questions Creates space for hands to move low and in by clearing hips and maintaining posture. Where is he at in his leg lift when the ball is being released? When does the barrel enter the zone? How does it get there?
Russel Martin
00:03

Russel Martin

Keys & Questions Gets to top of leg lift at pitch release allowing him to adjust posture early in read and can help create a feeling of "hitting downhill" as he launches through foot strike. At what moment does the head stop moving? What is going on with the lower body at that moment?
Michael Conforto
00:02

Michael Conforto

Keys & Questions The shoulder line and bat are almost perfectly parallel at contact. Find the frames where the hands stay around the same spot on the screen. What is moving in those frames and what isn't?
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