Scott Swing Analysis vs. Albert Pujols

www.wisconsinbaseballacademy.com This is another video of Scott showing his hands staying back, and getting drive through contact from his back leg. Ever hear keep your weight back? Well this shows you that is impossible to do if you are a good hitter.

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[daytonranger24]

@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.

[wibaseballacademy]

@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]

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.

[imabeastatbaseball]

yes, but "somehow" albert is still a thousand times better than tht a******

[nervousordo]

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.

[fortress1133]

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.

[daytonranger24]

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.

[wibaseballacademy]

@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.

[daytonranger24]

@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]

@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).