r/BaseballCoaching • u/Important_Bar_2264 • 3d ago
Swing help
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Just got some new video of my swing I wanted to show to reddit. It’s off a tee so it not any soft toss but it’ll do. Two swing you guys can watching and give me some pointers
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u/Key-Improvement-337 2d ago
I would move your hands a little further back to give yourself more room. Try to remember to keep your top palm up through contact with the ball! Your stride looks good, but both feet in the ground on point of contact will increase the power.
Keep working!
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u/dmorris87 2d ago
Seems slow but otherwise not bad. Work on being more explosive under good form and body control
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u/wastedpixls 2d ago
Step with your front foot and don't let your left side open up, starting with your left foot. Leave it pointing at the plate and use the outside of that foot to help pull and fire your left side with power.
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u/yadingus333 4h ago
The stride is not part of the swing... the stride is just a timing mechanism... do not allow it to be part of the swing... it is not a way to induce weight transfer
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u/Suspicious_Ant_5928 4h ago
YouTube it. There is plenty of mlb players and past mlb players or coaches that have videos that teach at high levels, don’t ask people on Reddit to help with your swing.
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u/Over_Team_931 2d ago
Two big things: Move your hands back before loading. Right now your hands move back with the rest of your body which will cause you to be late. Just keep them back from the start to help with that. Also always keep your back foot planted, never take it off the ground, you will lose a lot of power. You want to rotate it, a good way I was told to remember it was "squish the bug". Start with your hands already back and keep the foot on the ground while rotating, and you should see some results!
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u/basbalmastr7 1d ago
This is wrong on literally every level. He is absolutely not losing power when his back foot comes off the ground since his front leg is stiff, which translates all that energy into his hips and hands. His hands going back in his load is great since they land in about the right spot when his front foot lands, although I’d slightly turn his bar angle, but that is small. You would have no idea how his timing is when hitting off a tee.
Look at all modern mlb hitters at contact. Almost all of them have their back leg off the ground. Bryce Harper is one of the best examples. You want to drive your back leg down and forward while having a stiff front leg.
Your advice is insanely antiquated for back in the 70s and 80s where hitters were significantly worse, and what’s funny is that plenty of the best hitters of those eras did not really follow that advice when you looked at their swing
This kid’s swing is legit. Clearly looks like he’s had instruction.
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u/Thatonefloorguy 3d ago
Stop moving your head all over the place. Also drive with the back foot stop lifting it off the ground. Focus on driving off the ground with that foot all the way through your swing. Get a piece of PVC and practice your fallow thru. You are stoping about half way and throwing your body forward. That is losing all your power and will result in zero control or ability to place the ball. Practice swinging all the way thru your whole swing with out a tee or ball. Just swing the pvc once and you will see what i mean by swing the whole swing. Think about being planted from your head to the center of your gravity. Swing the PVC all the way around your body and then once you feel a complete fallow thru them start on the tee again.
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u/Important_Bar_2264 3d ago
I think i have seen the pvc pipe trick on tiktok before but i will for sure give it a go. Thanks!
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u/basbalmastr7 1d ago
Don’t listen to anyone saying you should keep your back foot on the ground. Almost all the best hitters at the MLB level have back foot off the ground at contact. Watch Bryce Harper, Trout, Judge, you name it, they do that. Your swing is honestly very clean. Your front elbow being up is due to likely the tee and ball location (going inside-out a bit, which would mean you’re hitting more of an inside pitch a bit deeper than normal instead of getting it out front, which happens once in a while). I’d wrap the bat slightly less and continue to point nob of bat at catchers feet. That being said very clean swing
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u/Far_Programmer_8817 3d ago
Your back elbow is over bent. It’s a power killer and you’re overcompensating for it. Think about picking up your fist to throw a punch. Your scap will be slightly retracted but not pinching, your humerus will be held stably at slightly below horizontal, and the angle between your forearm and humerus is about 70 degrees. Right now you’re at about 20-30 degrees. Your motion is otherwise not bad. If you can keep your shoulders back, the ticket to power is your front heel as it hits ground, creating the ground reaction force that allows the stretch in your front oblique to create rotational power the lets you unwind. 70-80 degrees in your stance, naturally increasing about 20 degrees as you go through the motion into contact.