They Hit with the whole bat. It is a very cross line appraoch.
I teach batting to some kids around my son's age. My son hits a baseball as good as anyone his age (No credit to me- he is a natural)
As many ideas on batting as in golf. Old age is linear swings like George Brett- a move to the front leg and swing the arms. Today its all rotation on the rear leg, ala Barry Bonds. "Squash the bug" under your back leg and let the lower body rotate before the shoulders, the hands and arms will go back- away from the pitcher before going forward. The phrase is "hide the hands" before swinging.
of course- "see ball hit ball" works for youngsters until they can learn mechanics. Major leaguers, I have some friends that played in the majors, are so mechanic cognizant, even golfers would laugh.
I think that backward loading and turning on the rear leg is what I was missing. I was swinging (and by swinging I mean "SWINGING") a lot more more like my golf swing.
I used to be a better hitter a few years ago when I played more but think I used to lift my front foot off the ground and lean back a bit (like you say) before stepping down with my front foot and swinging forward.
Lately I haven't felt like I've got that steady front leg to brace myself into. My swing kind of feels like the equivalent of coming over the top in golf. Feels like: swinging too far left (and I'm pulling everything off), not much lag, back does not face the target for long enough, head does not stay far enough back, unstable left leg through and past impact.
This should help.
I've got a game tonight...I'll see how this stuff works.
I need to fix something though because I've been hitting horribly...and it's just softball beerleagues for god sakes.
I have spent considerable time studying and teaching the baseball swing using principles learned from TGM. Homer states in the book that the information contained may be usefully applied to other endeavors. Baseball is way behind golf in that respect.
IMHO there are baseball players that hit (Arod, Pujols, Tjeda) and many that swing (Griffey, Ramirez, Bonds). Experiment with both. As Homer suggested if strong hit -- if quick swing.
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