Baseball Swing Mechanics : How to Time a Pitched Baseball

Timing mechanisms make hitting a baseball easier. Learn the mechanics of timing a swing at a baseball from a hitting instructor in this free video lesson.

Expert: Eric Herrera
Bio: Eric Herrera is a hitting instructor in Phoenix. Since playing in the College World Series, he has coached little league teams and provided hitting instructions for five to eighteen year-olds.
Filmmaker: Dustin Daniels

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[persinator2003]

Actually if you study major league hitters, they all very in their stance and load, but once the swing starts virtually ALL of them have the exact same mechanics...will prove it if you dont believe me.

[dakin19]

the way he said it is about 50 times simpler than the way you wrote a paragraph about it. I like to follow the old K.I.S.S. rule (Keep It Simple Stupid) Especially for a child when you start saying load/step to an 8 year old he's like what the blank is that..lol

[colonary16]

@guitar1884 good luck with that ok it's every kids dream but braggers don't make it to the bigs.... If any one lives in Indy go to roundtrippers baseball academy they teach u everything about hitting pitching etc. And everyone that works there plays professional ball

[YouGotOwned87]

Hitting more balls?3

[wesleychapel99]

@expertvillage how do u see when his front comes down

[ProspectMr]

@guitar1884

Hey Buddy I got news for you, you have no idea what the swing is. And look for you in the MLB? Haha your lucky if u make the junior varsity high school baseball team. So pretty much your a bitch

[jgrande345]

I wish this guy could do something out of the ordinary like hit a baseball

[noahmcdx]

@persinator2003 No, not really. In a sense, yes, your correct, and I understand what you're saying and what you're getting at. It's more like no matter what they do to stride, load, etc, they all come to the same point before their swing.

[bjo44]

your swing is really ugly

[SadegoGG]

@guitar1884

Congratulations at looking at his swing and telling him what doesn't look right. You have in no way addressed how this movement should be produced in order to maximize power. You discussed nothing about how the mind functions, nor did you address mind is movement, body is the manifestation of movement.

Please, why don't you retry your post since you seem so aware and explain to everyone how movement should be produced to make a swing that looks exactly like an elite MLB hitter.

[SadegoGG]

@persinator2003

Its not mechanics that produces an elite hitter, its how movement is created. Not what movement appears to be to sight.

[SadegoGG]

@persinator2003

The same thing goes with almost all high school and college athletes. Same thing with amateur athletes.

Go ask an S-Class elite hitter one day (If you get the chance) what makes them the best in the world and they won't be able to tell you. They might say mechanics or whatever, but that's what all hitters seem to work on..but most hitters don't make it. Thus, modern mechanical training isn't the answer. They were also likely elite hitters before even stumbling upon mechanics.