What separated the great hitters from all the rest str the mechanics they use to efficiently transfer their body rotation into bat-head rotation. The most talented natural hitter cannot 'will' the bat-head around.
Like the average player, the bat speed he attains will be governed by the forces his swing mechanics applies to the bat. Even a great athlete like Michael Jordan could not overcome the linear hitting mechanics taught to him at the pro level. Rotational Mechanics that Generate Bat Speed There are two forces acting on the bat that generate bat speed. These forces are induced from a circular hand-path and torque applied at the handle. A circular hand path transfers body rotation into bat-head rotation.
Therefore, the better hitters keep their hands back and allow body rotation to accelerate their hands into a CHP. Average hitters use the arms to extend the hands toward the pitcher. The straighter the hand-path - the less bat speed generated. Is it any wonder that many, if not most, hitting coaches teach these linear transfer mechanics? The Beginning B. Comparison - Baseball and Softball Hitting C.
Linear vs rotational F. Video analysis 2. Launch Position C. Lower-body E. I call it getting a head start before making an explosive rotational move.
The last part is crucial to consistency, and is a good example of Centrifugal Force. When talking about rotational linear hitting mechanics, I also give the swinging rock-on-a-string example in the main video above.
You see, first the hitter uses Centripetal Force to turn the barrel into the zone sideways…the turn is meant to be quick and compact from an Angular Momentum standpoint Keeping a slight bend in the front elbow, NOT from swinging down, being short, etc. Then the hitter either lets the front arm lengthen or stay shortened depending on timing and pitch location, but make no mistake….
Elite hitters will keep their barrel chasing the ball after impact, until both arms get fully extended…whereby the barrel then circles around the body during follow through.
Great job once again. If my science teachers used baseball examples, I would have learned such topics better. Joe, me too!! And yes, good add with the back foot. I would say its way smaller than most think. He might not even be moving his center of mass forward al all…even though his belt buckle moves slightly forward. Since the bat being swung top speed in front of home plate, that mass of the bats centrifugal force must be balanced in the opposite direction which is in back of Bonds towards the catcher… it has to be opposite direction of where the bat is moving.
His forward movement of his spine, like Pujols, was so minimal. They moved their front hips backwards keeping the spine in one location better than almost all MLB hitters. The guys that cast the club Speith rotate later and decelerate club into impact…. Totally Kyle! My thoughts on Bonds and Pujols, even though Pujols has moved to a traditional stride over the past couple years, is they have massive bodies.
In other words, they may be the exception to the rule. However, what both are doing like golfers is using a shifting foot pressure. Love your stuff and agree you with science on the two motions being used in the baseball swing. I do have to disagree being a former PGA golf professional that golfers swing down the target line with the golf club for a long distance.
Being a very rotational movement from a bent over position with a bent stick the club only travels down the target for a very short distance. It approaches the ball from the inside contacts the ball and moves back to the inside. Which make me ask why do coaches tell batters to extend your arms after contact this should be a reaction to what happened before contact not a contrived motion? Both golf and baseball are driven by the push of the top hand, NOT the pull of the bottom hand.
If your not connected to all your lines… Fix that first… You better not power lift or swing a bat… Or do anything…. Get connected!!! Than and only than, use your hands and feet and meet in the middle…. I have racked my brain to try to give you an example of a Major League weight transfer hitter and I can't think of any. Some might argue that George Brett was a pure weight transfer hitter - this is a misconception. If you can get a hold of old footage of George, he is definitely a combination of the two.
While editing this section, Jordan thought Frank Thomas was a good example of a hitter who utilizes more weight transfer then rotation. I agree, however, he is not purely weight transfer. A total rotational hitter will have more power than the weight transfer hitter simply because he uses his hips and legs more and of course you know that is the core part of the body from which power comes.
However hitters who are rotationally dominant will generally have a longer swing, pull off the ball more and be more inconsistent - therefore they will have more holes in their swing. They will not be able to use their hands to react to different locations and types of pitches.
Dave Kingman, who played in the 's, is a good example of a pure rotational hitter. Dave would hit 40 homeruns a year and hit. I can't think of any Major League hitter who hits purely rotationally, although both Barry Bonds and Greg Vaughn utilize more rotation then weight transfer.
They still use both. I frequently am asked questions about the all time great hitter, Ted Williams and the late Charlie Lau. Williams is thought of as being a pure rotational hitter, while Lau was a pure weight transfer teacher.
Both are misconceptions and misrepresenting the swing. Percentage wise, Ted teaches more rotation but if you look at his old videos and still shots, you clearly see his weight going from back to center which is weight transfer. Lau embraced a pure weight shift philosophy and many of his still shots in his book do show hitters on top of their front leg, however, that isn't what happened to those same hitters in real game action swings.
If any of you have Ted William's book, The Science of Hitting, turn to the very last page and you will see a perfect swing. However, look closely. Ted has gone to the center position, with his back heel in the air, and his toe - NOT the ball of his foot - on the ground. This clearly shows you the weight has transferred to the center position and therefore, it is not a pure rotational swing.
A pure rotational swing would involve no weight transfer and would consist of the weight spinning on the ball of the back foot. It is clear cut - he is definitely not spinning. The swing is definitely a combination of both rotation and weight shift. However, there are varying degrees of this combination.
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