The Hitting Force

Looking to identify the swing components that all great hitters have in common. Not claiming my content is original just attempting to piece it all together.

[The Hitting Force @forcefulhitting]

"We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours."
- Sir Isaac Newton

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@tylermilliken_ @sparkyanderson7 @JeffPassan As bad as they have been, the Red Sox are only 3.5 games behind in the Wild Card. They should be buyers, not sellers. If they unload those players, the fan base and various media outlets will go ballistic. Crochet will be back. They need a righty hitter OF. Trade some prospects.

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@shegone03 @Teacherman1986 So Durbin was tilting?

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@BostonStrong_34 @jcmccaffrey Maybe Lorenzo Garmendi should have been hired as hitting after the other coaches were purged.

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@j_ullegue @bamahurin Sequential summation of movement/the kinetic chain: the process of using multiple body parts in a specific, timed order to generate maximum speed or force. Ensures that the momentum created by large, powerful muscles smoothly transfers down to smaller, faster extremities.

[Brett Mahurin @bamahurin]

Elbow slot? External rotation of humerus?
“On around?”

This is a critical move that’s highly debated. Here’s my take on it.

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@Laurentdalmeida @BOSSportsGordo @Buster_ESPN @JustBB_Media One can dream, though.

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@BOSSportsGordo @Buster_ESPN @JustBB_Media Check that - Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan for Duran, Bello, Durbin, and Suarez or Early.

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@BOSSportsGordo @Buster_ESPN @JustBB_Media Who's out there worth the cost and effort?

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@OleTimeHardball @Todd4State No, his Godfather was.

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@BOSSportsGordo @Buster_ESPN @JustBB_Media I don't think that Jimmie Foxx or Jim Rice are available.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most.
That people are basically good;
That honor, courage, and virtue mean everything;
That power and money, money and power mean nothing;
That good always triumphs over evil;
And I want you to remember this, that love…..
True love never dies.
You remember that, boy.
You remember that.
Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not.
You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."
"Second Hand Lions"
Robert Duvall.
"The Fastball"
James Daly.

[Jack @Jackkk]

Matthew McConaughey reveals the three words his dad said that changed his life

“I said dad, I don't want to go to law school anymore. I want to go to film school and after about a 5 second pause, he goes, ‘Are you sure that's what you want to do?’ I reply yes sir”

“Another long pause. Then I hear, ‘Well, don't halfass it’”

“I remember just beaming, hopping up just like Yes! My dad not only said okay. The way he said don't halfass it, it was also, okay. Let's go big boy. Own that shit. Get some leverage. Get some horsepower behind where you're going. Go do it”

“I remember to this day and I've learned this later I think from becoming a father, part of what I believe happened to him and why he said that to me that way on that call was the way that I asked him. I wasn't really asking. It was, ‘I don't want to go to law school, Dad. I want to go to film school.’ I didn't stutter. He heard his son saying this is what I want to do”

“What I think happened to him in that moment is what I think any father, any parent loves. You raise your kids in a certain way and you give them a guideline, a ladder to climb and here's the guidelines and if you do it this way, you're most likely going to have some success in life and it'll work out for you and then when we do it that way, we can be proud parents”

“But what do we really want to happen when our kids are out of the house and they're on their own? We kind of want them to call one day and go, ‘I'm breaking out. I'm going my own way.’ And as a parent, we go, as much as it may scare us, we're going, ‘Yes!’ I gave my kid the confidence and the courage and the foundation to say they're going to go their own way”

“In a way, I think every parent honors and loves that moment. I heard my dad, when he didn't hear me stutter, when he heard me directly say what I said. I wasn't really asking him. Even though I was out of respect asking him, the way I said it, I wasn't asking him and I think he felt that”

“Don't halfass it”

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

John Wooden coached basketball at UCLA for a living, but his calling was to impact people, & with all those national championships, guess what he was found doing in the middle of the week?

Grabbing a broom & sweeping his own gym floor.

You want 2 make an impact? Find your broom

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“You get up every day, you’re entitled to nothing.
You could have talent but if you don’t have discipline and you don’t execute, you don’t focus.
What do you get?
Nothing.
Nothing is acceptable but your best,”
-Nick Saban

Winners assume nothing and give everything.

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@jimsoxfan You took the words right out of my mouth.

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@Jimfrombaseball Two of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Could you imagine how good both would have been if they had taken better care of themselves?

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Successful people believe in themselves and their potential.

They know it takes courage to believe in a future that hasn't been created yet.

Jimmy Johnson said, "You treat a person as he is, he's going to stay as he is. Treat a person as he were what he could be and should be - he'll become what he could be and should be."

"I didn't dream. believed we were going to do it."

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@shegone03 @Fiveframeswing Here, watch Mookie Betts and Albert Pujols show you how to pronate and supinate.

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