Albert Pujols follows "Laus Laws on hitting". It works because my 12 yr old started the weight shift, flat hand, and top hand extension and now has almost put it over a 300 ft fence on 4 different occasions. No rocket science here. Just good fundamentals. By the way Babe Ruth did the same except without the top hand extension.
There are all kinds of hitting stances. Albert's is a good example bc he's one of the best hitters in baseball, but if you look at some other good hitters, their stance and swing are very different... On this analogy, Bert's shoulders are much more square than Scott's. I would coach Scott to not dip that right shoulder so much, but that's just me.
Agreed there is weight transfer forward but once the foot is down it stops and the hitter rotates. That's exactly eat ur kid is doing so maybe I'm misunderstanding u. Cause if u teach the way it sounds to me, this kid must be deaf cause u sound like a hitting instructor from 1910. But alas I have other battles to fight, I'm bored of this and honestly just wanted to argue.
@winaseballacademy this discussion is getting old to me. Just let me get this str8. U teach to get to POC with you weight on the front foot? No weight on the back side? Again nit saying back foot, back side.
@daytonranger24 It's good to see you can be a good sport about a discussion on hitting without getting bitter :) We teach you need to get linear movement from the backside to the front side through contact, not 100% of your weight on your front foot. Take a look at picture of Mike Sweeney and let me know if his back foot is even on the ground at POC! And again, he is one of MANY MLBers that do this. What program do you instruct at by the way?
I thoroughly enjoy talking about all different philosophies of hitting with people. I do think we can keep it civil, yet still disagree. As far as our credentials, I was a National Champion in college, my other hitting instructor played in the Royals organization, another hitting instructor managed in the Astros organization with a call up to coach in the playoffs and World Series on the bench in 2005, and my lead pitching instructor is a current Chicago Cubs pitcher, so we know high level ball.
@daytonranger24 I appreciate your opinions on the swing. I believe we think the same thing but you are, for some reason, not a fan of video analysis. I agree you stay behind the front side, but if you don't drive the backside into that front side, you have no lower half driving through contact. This is the same program the Boston Red Sox started using in 2004 and it was no coincidence that was the first year they won the Series in 86 years. This is what makes our instruction 2nd to none.
And as far as staying back, at POC where is Scotts future MLB MVP head at? Over back knee. What fool do he and Albert shift to after POC? back foot. Don't try to look smart and disprove time tested knowledge when there's nothing there. U confuse full hip rotation with forward momentum. There's a reason it's called "hitting AGAINST ur front side." because u stay BEHIND it.
Cool his legs look 90 degrees. Sweet. How bout no extension in the lead arm and that's y the back shoulder has to drop so he gets his hands to the ball. Give him a wood bat and maybe that ball makes it to the short stop on a fly.
I am so sick of this god damn swing analyzing software. If I watch one more vide where a guy draw some useless lines on somebody I'm gona go on a killing spree. Look, those r 2 diff camera angles, 2 dig zoom amounts, and there's no way the lines are even anatomically correct. Parents buy this stuff cause they live thru their kids and they pay anything for that.
youre sayin that no hitter stays back but if u watch Ken Griffey Jr or vladimir guerrero . Youll see dey stay bck and not all hitters good or bad will have the same swing
I love the demonstration you included form 1:20 and on......baseball has progressed from the "squish the bug" to driving the back leg through.....several of the greats including micky mantle (who arguably had the most raw power of all time) drove their back leg so hard like pujols taht it did indeed come off the ground and move forward several inches.....no wonder players now a days have a considerable amount of more power...good video this is an example of understanding power hitting
It is very simple. You rotate your body around an axis that runs through your torso ritght through your leading leg. Your weight completely moves to the front side as demonstrated by his back foot coming off the ground. Your swing plane matches the plane of the ball. It is not complicated.
When I was in high school and early in college I would have said the exact same thing. If you search wibaseballacademy, look at the other video with Arod. You must keep your weight moving forward on an offspeed pitch as long as your hands stay back. This is called separation, and it is crucial to creating power. Look through any video of a professional hitter and tell me if he "stays back" on his back foot. The software is called RightView Pro and is the top software used by high level programs.
@wibaseballacademy no u dont keep your weight moving foward on an offspeed pitch, the only reason arod does in the other video is because he got fooled. regardless of pitch type, once the front foot lands foward momentum stops, and is translated to rotational momentum to help drive the hips. separation is crucial to every swing, not just ones at offspeed pitches because it ensures a large hitting zone and allows the bat to get on a better plane with the incoming pitch.
@daytonranger24 Arod does not get fooled. If you keep your weight back on the back foot, you will never be a successful power hitter (unless you are 6'5'' 240). I teach young kids (10-22 years old) the proper approach to hitting and how to use your body. I will post a video of MANY different hitters with every single one keeping linear momentum forward to contact.
@wibaseballacademy no no no. i didnt say back foot. i said back side. if ur staying behind the front side, theres only one other side to be on, the back one. unless ur floating? as for linear movement after foot strike, if thats the case why does alberts head barely move after his foot plants? (coincidence that thats about as much as it does for most hitters because hip rotation with carry the ead foward a bit).
@wibaseballacademy i dunno, i think ur seeing something else, what ur saying isnt what i got taught when i was in college, or when i got drafted, or what the other guys who got drafted are teaching at my place. but im prolly wrong, if u guys do anything right in wisconsin, its baseball.
@daytonranger24 You can disprove your theory simply by standing up, with feet a little wider than hip width, then shift your weight all the way to your back leg, then shift it forward all the way to your front leg. You don't need to lift up your foot to create linear movement. So you don't need to "float" in order to transfer weight in a linear motion through contact. I'm working on getting a video of David Wright and Freddy Sanchez (2006 Batting Champ)up so you can see this motion in action.
@wibaseballacademy Arod got fooled in the other video, thats why he keeps moving foward. its a bad swing in all honesty, but because he is arod, and because he maintains good separation hes ABLE to do that, that is by no means the way you should do it. just remember, just because its a major leaguer taking the swing, doesnt mean its perfect. when we hit different speed pitches the only thing that should is the depth of the ball at POC, not the swing. btw, arods swing in that vid is awful.
yes, but "somehow" albert is still a thousand times better than tht a******
imabeastatbaseball 7 months ago
Albert Pujols follows "Laus Laws on hitting". It works because my 12 yr old started the weight shift, flat hand, and top hand extension and now has almost put it over a 300 ft fence on 4 different occasions. No rocket science here. Just good fundamentals. By the way Babe Ruth did the same except without the top hand extension.
nervousordo 11 months ago
There are all kinds of hitting stances. Albert's is a good example bc he's one of the best hitters in baseball, but if you look at some other good hitters, their stance and swing are very different... On this analogy, Bert's shoulders are much more square than Scott's. I would coach Scott to not dip that right shoulder so much, but that's just me.
fortress1133 1 year ago
Agreed there is weight transfer forward but once the foot is down it stops and the hitter rotates. That's exactly eat ur kid is doing so maybe I'm misunderstanding u. Cause if u teach the way it sounds to me, this kid must be deaf cause u sound like a hitting instructor from 1910. But alas I have other battles to fight, I'm bored of this and honestly just wanted to argue.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
@winaseballacademy this discussion is getting old to me. Just let me get this str8. U teach to get to POC with you weight on the front foot? No weight on the back side? Again nit saying back foot, back side.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
@daytonranger24 It's good to see you can be a good sport about a discussion on hitting without getting bitter :) We teach you need to get linear movement from the backside to the front side through contact, not 100% of your weight on your front foot. Take a look at picture of Mike Sweeney and let me know if his back foot is even on the ground at POC! And again, he is one of MANY MLBers that do this. What program do you instruct at by the way?
wibaseballacademy 1 year ago
I thoroughly enjoy talking about all different philosophies of hitting with people. I do think we can keep it civil, yet still disagree. As far as our credentials, I was a National Champion in college, my other hitting instructor played in the Royals organization, another hitting instructor managed in the Astros organization with a call up to coach in the playoffs and World Series on the bench in 2005, and my lead pitching instructor is a current Chicago Cubs pitcher, so we know high level ball.
wibaseballacademy 1 year ago
@daytonranger24 I appreciate your opinions on the swing. I believe we think the same thing but you are, for some reason, not a fan of video analysis. I agree you stay behind the front side, but if you don't drive the backside into that front side, you have no lower half driving through contact. This is the same program the Boston Red Sox started using in 2004 and it was no coincidence that was the first year they won the Series in 86 years. This is what makes our instruction 2nd to none.
wibaseballacademy 1 year ago
And as far as staying back, at POC where is Scotts future MLB MVP head at? Over back knee. What fool do he and Albert shift to after POC? back foot. Don't try to look smart and disprove time tested knowledge when there's nothing there. U confuse full hip rotation with forward momentum. There's a reason it's called "hitting AGAINST ur front side." because u stay BEHIND it.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
Cool his legs look 90 degrees. Sweet. How bout no extension in the lead arm and that's y the back shoulder has to drop so he gets his hands to the ball. Give him a wood bat and maybe that ball makes it to the short stop on a fly.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
I am so sick of this god damn swing analyzing software. If I watch one more vide where a guy draw some useless lines on somebody I'm gona go on a killing spree. Look, those r 2 diff camera angles, 2 dig zoom amounts, and there's no way the lines are even anatomically correct. Parents buy this stuff cause they live thru their kids and they pay anything for that.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
how much is this software ive used it before just not on my computer
StuningRedneck 1 year ago
what program do you use for this?
TangySkaters 1 year ago
impressive...
hitndashotz 1 year ago
wow, whomever is doing these, thank you.
marticus42 1 year ago
as long as you keep your hands back and your head still you will still create power
treynolds111 1 year ago
200 ft vs 410 ft
Wellwood42 1 year ago
@Wellwood42 yea but they're all for homeruns they have waaaaay more strikeouts than these guys do
JoydivisionFTW 1 year ago
youre sayin that no hitter stays back but if u watch Ken Griffey Jr or vladimir guerrero . Youll see dey stay bck and not all hitters good or bad will have the same swing
applingboy 1 year ago
if you watch the dude on the left he double taps his foot, and albert doesn't
BChev15 1 year ago
The legs on your swing are good, but your left arm is not as straight as it needs to be through impact.You still have a good overall swing
GolfMaster9000 1 year ago
@GolfMaster9000 it doesnt need to be stick to golf
cfl990 1 year ago
Pujols' hands are flatter through the hitting zone, and his back side is stable making a little more balanced
Joshskatelove 2 years ago
get the bat head out at the same speed as your hands.
malm16 2 years ago
The main difference I see is that Pujols seems to get a little more extension through the baseball evident by the hand leaving the bat.
coachv30 2 years ago
nice...........
phills26utley 2 years ago
I love the demonstration you included form 1:20 and on......baseball has progressed from the "squish the bug" to driving the back leg through.....several of the greats including micky mantle (who arguably had the most raw power of all time) drove their back leg so hard like pujols taht it did indeed come off the ground and move forward several inches.....no wonder players now a days have a considerable amount of more power...good video this is an example of understanding power hitting
qwerasdf333 2 years ago
It is very simple. You rotate your body around an axis that runs through your torso ritght through your leading leg. Your weight completely moves to the front side as demonstrated by his back foot coming off the ground. Your swing plane matches the plane of the ball. It is not complicated.
beastlybombers 2 years ago
When I was in high school and early in college I would have said the exact same thing. If you search wibaseballacademy, look at the other video with Arod. You must keep your weight moving forward on an offspeed pitch as long as your hands stay back. This is called separation, and it is crucial to creating power. Look through any video of a professional hitter and tell me if he "stays back" on his back foot. The software is called RightView Pro and is the top software used by high level programs.
wibaseballacademy 2 years ago
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daytonranger24 1 year ago
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daytonranger24 1 year ago
@wibaseballacademy no u dont keep your weight moving foward on an offspeed pitch, the only reason arod does in the other video is because he got fooled. regardless of pitch type, once the front foot lands foward momentum stops, and is translated to rotational momentum to help drive the hips. separation is crucial to every swing, not just ones at offspeed pitches because it ensures a large hitting zone and allows the bat to get on a better plane with the incoming pitch.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
@daytonranger24 Arod does not get fooled. If you keep your weight back on the back foot, you will never be a successful power hitter (unless you are 6'5'' 240). I teach young kids (10-22 years old) the proper approach to hitting and how to use your body. I will post a video of MANY different hitters with every single one keeping linear momentum forward to contact.
wibaseballacademy 1 year ago
@wibaseballacademy no no no. i didnt say back foot. i said back side. if ur staying behind the front side, theres only one other side to be on, the back one. unless ur floating? as for linear movement after foot strike, if thats the case why does alberts head barely move after his foot plants? (coincidence that thats about as much as it does for most hitters because hip rotation with carry the ead foward a bit).
daytonranger24 1 year ago
@wibaseballacademy i dunno, i think ur seeing something else, what ur saying isnt what i got taught when i was in college, or when i got drafted, or what the other guys who got drafted are teaching at my place. but im prolly wrong, if u guys do anything right in wisconsin, its baseball.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
@daytonranger24 You can disprove your theory simply by standing up, with feet a little wider than hip width, then shift your weight all the way to your back leg, then shift it forward all the way to your front leg. You don't need to lift up your foot to create linear movement. So you don't need to "float" in order to transfer weight in a linear motion through contact. I'm working on getting a video of David Wright and Freddy Sanchez (2006 Batting Champ)up so you can see this motion in action.
wibaseballacademy 1 year ago
@wibaseballacademy Arod got fooled in the other video, thats why he keeps moving foward. its a bad swing in all honesty, but because he is arod, and because he maintains good separation hes ABLE to do that, that is by no means the way you should do it. just remember, just because its a major leaguer taking the swing, doesnt mean its perfect. when we hit different speed pitches the only thing that should is the depth of the ball at POC, not the swing. btw, arods swing in that vid is awful.
daytonranger24 1 year ago
You're lunging too far... BTW, What program are you using for this analysis?
Cappiello35 2 years ago