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How to Hit a Baseball : How to Stay on Top of a Baseball

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Uploaded by on Sep 25, 2008

Staying on top of a baseball will keep you from hitting pop-ups. Learn how to stay on top of a baseball with swinging instructions 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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  • bro ur just gonna chop it right into the ground lol

  • The swing that you consider a bad swing is a whole lot closer to being correct than the one that you consider to be a good swing, lol.

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  • @dot50641 If u were smart than u would know that when you are given a 4-seam fastball which is thrown about 1/2 of the time. because the seams are like the way they are the fastball goes upward and when u swing below a ball thats going upwards it always a pop up. and when he means on top half of the ball he only means about a quarter of an inch upward from the middle not on the very top.

  • Wtf ground ball everytime

  • I have an uppercut swing. And I hardly ever have "weak pop ups". This guy is trying to teach 7 year olds or something. You swing like that its a chopper every time.

  • Show me one picture of a pro who hits the top of the ball and hits .300 then you will have credit. NOBODY swings down! or throws the hands! look it up.

  • @56dao Lance Berkman does not swing down or hit the top half of the ball. Watch some video. This notion a downward swing hitting the top half of the ball is nonsense.

  • he is correct. swinging downward with contact on the middle of the ball creates backspin which causes lift.

    it takes mucho practice to perfect your ball striking skill. take a look at Chase Utley and you will realize why they call him the diamond cutter. precision.

  • Nope! Try again dude. I know! I know! You played in the CWS. So did I:)

    Chopping down on the ball will only keep your bat in the zone but so long. This is a good example of people trying to sell video tapes but the only problem is that not everyone can do it.

  • Nope! Try again dude. I know! I know! You played in the CWS. So did I:)

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