Hitting Enlightenment

Snap it rearward into in arc. Parallel with the batter’s box line. Trust it. Swing explodes like a gun firing. Quickly, powerfully, and accurately. One swing that covers the entire zone.

@Teacherman1986 @Teacherman1986 100%. Mastering auto-pilot is a must. Create the arc. Let it go. Let it whip out from the body. Trust the arc will catch the ball within it.

What is the biggest cause of incomplete?……. Ball Anxiety

‘Complete’ is a key swing concept. I say “quick and complete” multiple times during lessons. If your pivot slows…..or stops….isn’t instant and complete….the arms will take the barrel forward. Even if snapped. The rear leg must take it forward. Not the arms. No savers allowed. You made a decision. Execute your decision. Fully. Explosively. If your read was right you’ll barrel it. If your read was wrong you won’t. Keep your swing consistent. Quick and complete every time. Trust your read. If your read was wrong, and you chased. DO NOT CHANGE YOUR SWING. Fix your read.

Way too many players have momentum dominant swings. You must learn to stretch & fire properly to be the best that you can be.

The primary driver of confidence is certainty.

High level technique improves quickness, accuracy, power, timing, and visuomotor zoning simultaneously.

The meat & potatoes of the mental game is the skill of staying present. Keeping your attentional focus where it needs to be when it needs to be there. This is done through physical actions.

Bat speed is very important. How the bat speed is created is much more important.

Understanding what body part loads in the swing and what body parts do not load in the swing is VERY important.

A swing that affords more time & more space for the barrel to work. The two most important things you can gain as a hitter with your swing technique. You must learn to dominate the details to maximize your potential.

Dominate the details. The smaller the detail, the greater the value.

@Teacherman1986 @Teacherman1986 Yep. I think if he pre-set the torsion spring a tick more in his set-up, he’d get it and not need so much forward momentum to get stretched.

One tick more pull back would lead to a rearward launch.

Where’s his rear belt loop at launch?

@uTeeBaseball @uTeeBaseball lol. Judge & Ohtani are 2 all time greats right before our eyes. Tremendous combination of technique & athleticism. Privilege to watch.

Because of this HR swing Frye claims that Manfred is slipping in “HOT” baseballs for him and Judge. Kid you not. #SheGone

@Teacherman1986 @sweetandownlow @Teacherman1986 100%. The mechanical advantage is the separator of a player’s ability to level up. Average to good. Good to great. So many players have more in the tank.

Hip rotators and decelerators never have the vertical gear. Therefore they can not have mechanical launch quickness. They have their fast twitch but no mechanical advantage. Hip rotation REQUIRES a forward push of the barrel. All rotators push. When the scap leaves the spine to push it can’t ’slide’ down the spine. Therefore no vertical gear. Therefore no engagement with the rear leg. Therefore no suddenness of launch.

AIRPORT BOREDOM: The Vertical gear

@Teacherman1986 @Teacherman1986 When the gears engage, it’s a beautiful thing. That is the gamechanger.

When the vertical gear engages the horizontal gear…….SNAP!!

Elite Scap Action= Elite Barrel Depth

Elite Scap Action= Elite Barrel Depth

Proper Scap Action is CRITICAL. The musculature around the rear scapula must pin the Scap down to the spine and that must be MAINTAINED in order to use the pressure wave/torsion spring load of the rear leg.

Elite Scap Action= Elite Barrel Depth