Rotational Swing Analysis

A great example of before and after

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• Rotaional
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[PinkmanBaseball]

Erick.......If you don't lead with your hips where does your power come from? Pitchers lead with their hips all the time. Coaches of all levels say that pitchers need to use their legs more to throw the ball faster, wouldn't that relate to hitting as well?? And if Rot. Hitting just leads to pop ups and strikeouts show me players who lead with their hands who never pop up or stirkeout.

[Mennitti4Congress]

Outstanding explanation. We just switched our high school over to rotational hitting from linear. 

[JoseandGevenny]

thanks a lot it helped me. check out my video for some tips please?

[jbsgx24]

@smekalka I disagree... I'm teaching my daughter's softball team about hitting. The local high schools are very helpful, and they teach rotational hitting. Any hitter can agree that bat speed=power, right? The coach (who happened to win 2 gold medals with USA in the early 90's) did a little demonstration with a radar gun and a punching bag. Linear hitting- she swung 31 mph. Rotational- 36. That's a 5 mph difference. You don't have to be a physics major to see that that's a TON faster.

[abfive]

Lau changed the game in the 70/80s with the hard turf field balls were rockets so the swing down became the norm. Its what most instructors teach its all they know. Rotational Hitting is a natural swing its what we did as kids we threw the ball up and swung, try and do that throw the ball up and swing down, it goes to the ground. The swing above is core RH you cant compare a kid to a MLB player but this kid will have much better chance @ the plate, the left swing is linear and looks bad..

[20jwink]

@abfive I completely agree with what you just said about them having the best clips and great swings. The points you make here are great. I guess I am trying to find the similarities in the swing above, which is what they are now calling a "rotational" swing and the above mentioned ball players. I think you are right about the heal plant and the description of the swing, but watch the video above carefully and then watch the Mauer swing again. Epstien style is uppercut. He calls it Rotational.

[abfive]

@UWHUSKY4 go to the Mike Epstein site, he has a great hitting software for $150.00 and its so east to use

[abfive]

@infieldcoach1 and you make money with this advice? I should move out there cause I have some bridges to sell. People are you watching this video. The swing (left), can you honestly say that that is an acceptable swing? I bet you that swing is a teaching of swing down then level to the ball. That is what is being taught by ex players who batted 170 in A ball and push on to the next kid who will bat 170 in A ball. You may not agree with rotational but this swing is not used in MLB

[abfive]

@20jwink I dont think I said a lot of the things your saying, especially "pure rotational hitting" I don't know what that means, what I do know is if the head does not move forward on heal plant and the body rotates around the head, the hips lead then the shoulders then the hands that person swing would be rotational. Simple as that look up Ken Griffey and Joe Mauer they are best clips on here. If you don't see it what I'm explaining then whatever, It is what it is have a great life abfive

[20jwink]

@abfive Ok I just sat here and tried to see what you are talking about that these great big league hitters have this type of swing. Do they rotate their hips? Yes. Do they rotate their shoulders? Yes. Do they let their back leg drop and shoulders lean off plane? No. Does every swing have an uppercut motion? No. Does their front hip point to the sky? No. Please look a little closer at the COMPLETE swing before saying that they are pure "rotational" hitters. Ian Kinsler YES. not many others though

[UWHUSKY4]

What is this video software?