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Dec 3, 2023 · It may seem counterintuitive, but sometimes pitching to contact can help in reducing line drives. By inducing early contact, I can manage where the ball is hit, targeting a defensive player’s position and avoiding areas that are more likely to yield line drives.
- Pop Up vs. Fly Ball
- What Causes A Pop-Up?
- Why Hitters Hit The Ball Too High in The Air
- Fix Your Swing and Hit More Balls Hard by Using A Slight Uppercut
- Hitting Drills to Improve Your Swing & Drive The Ball
- Final Thoughts on Swing Plane
By definition, a ball hit at a launch angle below 10 degrees is a ground ball, 10-25 degrees is a line drive and anything 25+ is considered a flyball. However, there is a big difference between a ball hit at a 30-degree launch angle and one hit at 60 degrees. The driven fly balls that hitters are looking for are – depending on the hitter – usually ...
Anytime the ball goes in the air, the hitter makes contact with the bottom half of the ball. When we drive the baseball in the air (25-35 degrees) we hit just below the centerline of the ball. When the ball gets skied to the infield or shallow outfield, the hitter hits well below the center of the ball. Basically, the lower on the baseball the bats...
Often when you see a hitter pop the ball up, it will be accompanied by a coach yelling, “Don’t uppercut.” In fact, the overwhelming number of players that I work with come in believing that pop-ups are caused by the bat moving up too much through the zone. This causes players to avoid dropping their back shoulder, try and stay on top of the ball an...
The term uppercut has a very negative connotation in the world of baseball. However, just about every high-level hitter swings with a slight uppercut, and doing so is a vital component of having success at the plate. As stated earlier, successful hitters will have the bat will drop below the ball to get on plane with the pitch early. From here, the...
Tee-Behind Bat Path Drill
This drill is great for reinforcing a slightly upward swing path. If you swing down on the ball, you’ll hit the second tee in your follow through. If a proper upward swing path is used, the barrel will just clear the top of the second tee. Anytime you hit the second tee, you know you didn’t have proper swing plane.
Two-Tee Bat Path Drill
This drill will help you understand what a slight uppercut looks like. Place two tees in front of you, with the center of the second baseball (farther from you) aligned with the top of the first ball. When done right, you should hit both squarely. If you have insufficient upward plane, the second ball will be popped up and mishit as you swing beneath it on too flat of a swing plane.
With any type of bat path, it is possible for a hitter to hit any part of the baseball. However, most of the time that balls get popped up, it is because the bat is not moving up enough through the hitting zone. Even though most coaches advise against upper-cutting, moving the bat on a more upward path through the hitting zone usually leads to more...
- Jim Sheppard
Jun 3, 2015 · Does more spin induce weaker contact? To answer those questions (as well as others), we can look at the actual production from hitters on these pitches. That’s the goal of this post. The first...
Dec 23, 2015 · Pitching Front Foot Landing. Breaking things down from an anatomical and kinesiological viewpoint, we start with Frans Bosch talking about the “footstrike from above”. The idea is that the footstrike should not “slide into” contact with the ground.
Pitching is not a safe activity. “Safe” just means lower relative arm stress, according to research performed by the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI), there is a set of pitching mechanics that will maximize pitch velocity while minimizing (keyword: minimizing, not eliminating) arm stress.
Mar 22, 2022 · During his baseline test, Judd decelerated his pelvis at an average rate of 1,445 degrees per second from peak speed to contact, which can be seen by the slope of the pelvis rotation graph. Judd is a two-way athlete, so we thought we could leverage his pitching skills to help his hitting.
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Stage #1: Starting Position. Before putting the pitch into motion, it’s important to get in the right position. The pitcher should begin by standing with their body square to the catcher. The pivot foot (the foot on the same side as the throwing arm) should be placed slightly in front of the pitching rubber.
