A baseball dad asked me this during Baseball Office Hours last Saturday:
“My son makes great contact at the plate…
but struggles to elevate the baseball and hit line drives.”
Here’s what I told him:
One thing Barry Bonds taught me:
If a hitter constantly pounds ground balls…
a lot of times the TOP hand isn’t working correctly through the baseball.
The top hand (the hand closest to the barrel) helps:
- control the barrel
- direct the swing path
- and stay through the baseball
So here’s something he can do TODAY at the cage:
Take one-handed TOP hand swings and focus on driving hard line drives back up the middle.
If the top hand rolls over too early…
the barrel usually cuts across the baseball and creates weak ground balls.
But when the top hand stays THROUGH the baseball longer…
hitters usually start creating better backspin and line drives naturally.
The best way I explain it to my hitters is give yourself a "pat on the back over your front shoulder"
One important thing:
Do NOT overdo this drill.
Only take about:
- 5
- 8
- maybe 10 swings
You’re training a FEEL…
not trying to exhaust the arm.
One more thing:
Don’t think:
“hit the ball up.”
Think:
“drive the ball THROUGH the center fielder.”
That external focus changes the swing intent completely.
Try it at practice today and let me know how it goes after the next game.
And if you thought this was helpful, please repost/share it so more baseball parents and coaches can see it too.
Watching The Lion King with my kids and it's amazing how the first act of Scar's tyranny is to import a bunch of low IQ foreigners who ruin the Kingdom in a matter of years.
Every single voter in California should watch this
Republican Chad Bianco gives his one minute pitch to become the next governor of California at the final primary debate
“I'm the Sheriff of Riverside County, Southern California. I am the 4th largest sheriff's office in the entire country, 4,500 employees, 5 jails, contract cities. I have 17 of them. I'm the chief of police of 17 cities, 17 city councils, mayors, all of those things.
So I run a $1.3 billion budget per year in the black (meaning zero over spending) because I believe that government should not be spending more money than what it has.
I am the only person on this stage that has 33 years of proven public service based on integrity, honesty, character, transparency, and most importantly, proven leadership.
California does not deserve, or should we have, another career politician promising you pie-in-the-sky ideas. What we need is a proven problem solver, a leader who will combat the policies that have ruined most of your lives and make California the dream that we all had once again”
Listen to every single word of this if you are a California voter
Chad Bianco is promising
- A balanced budget
- No over spending
- Law and order
- Enforced laws
- A crackdown on homeless money being laundered
- He’s proposing to abolish the state income tax
The choice for Govenor couldn’t be more clear
Vote for Chad Bianco
Spencer Pratt: I will clean up homeless encampments, address drug addicts, & prevent fires from burning down people's homes.
Karen Bass: I will spend your money on teeth for meth addicts.
Nithya Raman: I will ban grilling burgers in the backyard.
Your choice, Los Angeles.
Never Forget when Mel Gibson completely ended Mayor Karen Bass’s career for millions to see:
“It’s time to take back our city and our state”
TIME TO VOTE FOR SPENCER PRATT
Sitting down?
Odds of Trump winning these states before counting stopped on election night…
GA: Up 8% and 83% in: 99%
PA: Up 16.2% and 64% in: 99%
Mi: Up 10.4% and 59% in: 97%
Wi: Up 4.9% and 82% in: 97%
Odds of losing all 4 states?
1 in 11.1 million or 0.000009%
Stolen.
A family had a bad experience in a restaurant and this situation could have gone so many different ways. These children will grow up and have successful lives because of wonderful parenting. #HIAW 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
There are two Americas right now.
One where you go to church, work hard, coach little league, own a gun, fly a flag, and grill on weekends.
And one where you protest on weekdays, demand the government fix everything, and call the first group extremists.
One of these groups built this country. Just saying. 🇺🇸
Gavin Newsom’s “free” diaper program is more than twice the cost of Amazon and Costco. Not to mention the free home delivery.
But I suppose just handing out gift cards would make it hard to funnel money into Gavin Newsom‘s wife’s board BFF’s non profit.
Gavin Newsom just announced a shiny new taxpayer funded program giving free diapers to newborns leaving California hospitals and his administration is partnering with Baby2Baby with almost $20 MILLION in state funds to manufacture them.
I’m sure it’s a total coincidence that one of Baby2Baby’s Co-CEOs, Norah Weinstein, sits on the board of Gavin Newsom’s wife’s California Partners Project.
There is nothing that Gavin Newsom can’t grift.