You can’t watch a game without the color commentator saying “he got his foot down in time” or “he didn’t get his foot down”.
Yet, that teaching is the biggest of all hitting mistakes.
It is so obvious in side by side video.
And they keep teaching it in order to verify their false belief that deceleration starts the swing.
The PERFECT STRETCH happens during… The forward move! Think about the load like a xylophone!! Shrink your body, gather yourself, and then expand during the forward move. Once you gather and shrink yourself (loading up) SWING FROM THERE! That’s when you turn the barrel around
“The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body.”
-Bruce Lee
The hardest thing for a player in games isn’t throwing or swinging harder, it’s to relax and Flow!
The vast majority can’t see the difference. Big league coaches have no idea of its significance.
It looks small. Yet huge in the batters box. They are 180* opposite.
Working with a player today who will be drafted this weekend. Here’s our workout:
First session:
We did bottom paddle Propeller off the tee.
We did top paddle Propeller off the tee.
We did top paddle Propeller off angled flips.
We did top paddle Propeller off front flips.
We did one legged swings.
(player I worked with today is not shown in these videos)
Michael Jordan says today’s NBA players don’t have his ‘Love of the Game’ clause
“It was the basis of my career. My love of the game within my contract, which I’m positive now, don’t have that clause within the contract”
“If I was driving down the street and I see a basketball game on the side of the road, I can go play in that basketball game and if I get hurt, my contract is still guaranteed”
“I love the game so much that I would never let someone take the opportunity for me to play the game away from me”
“As opposed to now, where you don’t have it. Players probably don’t play. Now they get individual attention with their trainer. You go out and shoot 100 shots or a 1,000 shots”
“I found it to my benefit was go play basketball, man”
Most high school outfield practices are incredibly boring.
Players stand around in left field for 20 minutes just to catch two routine fly balls hit directly at them. It is a complete waste of practice time.
Here is the exact 12-Minute Rapid Outfield Fungo Routine.
LINK 👇