Mark Johnson - Hitting Mechanics

Sam Houston State University's Head Coach, Mark Johnson, Talks About Hitting and His Faith.

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Sports

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• FCA
• Baseball
• Skills
• Instruction
• Hitting
• Training

[JDMcompliant]

i have been an athlete for a long time, and the moment you say coaches are useless is the moment you stop progressing as an athlete. coaches can see things you can't see as a player.

[entouragemn]

Great stuff. Specially the end. God bless you and your family forever...

[ajlepisto]

@ftremblett He's giving the tips, you are free to turn it off. Why does it matter what message he wants to give? We have the option to turn it off. It's ignorant to make judgements based on another's belief. Regardless of what it is, if it's not illegal or hurting someone, just ignore it.

[donervin1]

It is very important to establish a good athletic stance, within the stance one needs to keep the head centered & not tilted between the shoulders, hips & feet which in turn establishes good body posture,The head is the culprit that forces the weight to prematurely shift out over the front foot, "WHERE THE HEAD GOES SO GOES THE BODY," Mark has many good things to say, our philosophy's are very close to being the same.

Don Ervin

kom_ervin@yahoo.com

[ohsguy24]

Great video and obviously a great man.

[danmaster90]

also sorry everbody for that comment it had nothing to do with the video but i wouldnt mind playing for this coach he knows so much about hitting

[dbot66]

Mark Johnson is one of the most highly respected hitting coaches on this planet and has probably forgotten more about hitting than most of the current hitting instructors.

[cheycharoden]

Coaches like this take credit for an already talented team. They throw jargon at ya during BP and take credit for you hitting the ball while you have not done nothing to hit the ball. Wanna hit every ball, key points are to power the swing with the rotating upper body in an upward swing to match the plane of the ball. Once you can do that, find a way to pre-load the body to reproduce that same swing faster and harder.

[cheycharoden]

If the baseball travels in a downward slope from the mound to the plate, all this 'stacking' bullshit will produce a top to bottom swing, resulting in WEAK line drives that 'feel' powerful but are VERY playable or they produce the pop ups. Actually what he says not to do (slightly bent and over the plate) is exactly what to do. Your upper body than rotates in a upward angle to the ball, allowing to stay in the path of the baseball in two planes.

[ftremblett]

good techniques.

but with the whole god thing....wow!

it's ridiculous, go doesn't control your life.

and if you accept that you don't control your life, whats the point on living. your living through someone else.

fuckin religion. (no offence)