Even in slow pitch softball pro Jeff Hall always preached how his front leg and back arm are only guides. As a righty he would use his back leg and front left arm for all the power.
@@theswingmechanic If you look at the guy at 1:43, his left shoulder kind of springs back and forth at the end of the movement, I think that was the reason I hurted my left arm doing a strong swing, some internal muscle fibers overstretched to the point that if I am carrying weight, like a supermarket bag, the arm naturally stretched down but now this stretching hurts.I think that if I end up the swing with my back arm (like in tennis) this would never had happened..
I'm not saying ur wrong, just that those clips you show of great hitters don't appear to me to be front arm dominant swings. Trout, for example, looks like his right hand really punches through the ball while his left arm just kinda sits there not doing much
You're conflating their follow through with the energy produced before hand. These guys are creating enormous energy moving through the bat before it's even rotated half way around to contact. What their top arm is doing at contact or after contact is of little consequence to how hard they're hitting the ball. It's the bat speed generated prior to contact that matters. Look for the bat flash early in the swing and ask yourself how that's being generated.
Punching the ball is the last step on his swing. Also called extension, at that moment the body and shoulders already did the most important part of the swing, the rotation.
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Love it. I’ve been trying to teach my 11 and 9 year old boys. This video makes it very kid friendly. Thanks Jaime
Great video
Thanks!
Even in slow pitch softball pro Jeff Hall always preached how his front leg and back arm are only guides. As a righty he would use his back leg and front left arm for all the power.
wish i had this 5 years ago when i was fighting for play time in high school because i had no power
How do we send u a video of my daughter
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@@theswingmechanic If you look at the guy at 1:43, his left shoulder kind of springs back and forth at the end of the movement, I think that was the reason I hurted my left arm doing a strong swing, some internal muscle fibers overstretched to the point that if I am carrying weight, like a supermarket bag, the arm naturally stretched down but now this stretching hurts.I think that if I end up the swing with my back arm (like in tennis) this would never had happened..
I'm not saying ur wrong, just that those clips you show of great hitters don't appear to me to be front arm dominant swings. Trout, for example, looks like his right hand really punches through the ball while his left arm just kinda sits there not doing much
You're conflating their follow through with the energy produced before hand. These guys are creating enormous energy moving through the bat before it's even rotated half way around to contact. What their top arm is doing at contact or after contact is of little consequence to how hard they're hitting the ball. It's the bat speed generated prior to contact that matters. Look for the bat flash early in the swing and ask yourself how that's being generated.
Punching the ball is the last step on his swing. Also called extension, at that moment the body and shoulders already did the most important part of the swing, the rotation.