Animated GIF of swing (off a tee)

[kylebee]

I feel as though my swing has gotten too long throughout the course of the season. Lately I've been getting jammed on above-average fastballs (86+ MPH) but crush off-speed pitches. It's almost as though I've become a mistake hitter. Here's a clip of my swing:

http://www.baseballdelusions.com/images/kyletee712.gif

Here's my stats so far:

.372/.449/.605 over 49 PA / 43 AB
16 H, 8 2b, 1 3b, 9 RBI, 12 R, 7 SB, 5 K, 4 BB, 2 HBP

The talent level in this league is mainly current JUCO players and some HS seniors, so the pitching is fairly decent. League-average fastball is about 82-84 mph, and no offspeed stuff is too great (though last week's pitcher had a slider I hadn't seen since college).

Anyway, your thoughts?

[cubsphill]

i found it hard to focus on what you were doing, instead i was watching the guy in the background.

[DunninLA]

i've honestly never seen a swing with the rear leg action you show here. It almost appears half way between a baseball and golf swing. Is there a reason you lift and then plant the BACK foot at contact?

[XV84]

It is very much like a golf swing. Nothing wrong with lifting that back foot. Some use it as for timing and rhythm.

Your back elbow is leading the top hand. You want it to stay back. But it's not staying back because you haven't loaded up. This is causing bat drag.

Your hips are sliding forward too much. Your front leg doesn't seem to firm up enough to keep you rotating around a staitionary axis.

To much arms and no lower body. A "lazy" swing. How about a full speed clip?

If you haven't already check out this site (http://imageevent.com/siggy/hitting/analysis;jsessionid=e1lcscwlz2.zebra_s) for do's and don'ts.

[kylebee]

i've honestly never seen a swing with the rear leg action you show here. It almost appears half way between a baseball and golf swing. Is there a reason you lift and then plant the BACK foot at contact?

Hmm. I never noticed that.

No, I don't do that consciously.

[Go Cardinals]

That is not what is wrong with his swing.... that's not bad if he does it right....

[3RDBASE]

I think your legs are everywhere, your top torso/head changes levels during the swing, your head is not down looking to see where the bat hits the ball. You don't look stable... :sorry: That's just what I think.

[Jake Patterson]

I feel as though my swing has gotten too long throughout the course of the season. Lately I've been getting jammed on above-average fastballs (86+ MPH) but crush off-speed pitches. It's almost as though I've become a mistake hitter. Here's a clip of my swing:

http://www.baseballdelusions.com/images/kyletee712.gif

Here's my stats so far:

.372/.449/.605 over 49 PA / 43 AB
16 H, 8 2b, 1 3b, 9 RBI, 12 R, 7 SB, 5 K, 4 BB, 2 HBP

The talent level in this league is mainly current JUCO players and some HS seniors, so the pitching is fairly decent. League-average fastball is about 82-84 mph, and no offspeed stuff is too great (though last week's pitcher had a slider I hadn't seen since college).

Anyway, your thoughts?

Your stride may be to short and there is little to no weight transfer causing your back leg to be doing what it's doing. Even off a tee your legs should look somewhat like this:
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[Whitesoxnut]

My guess is that during a game your what I call a "plate dancer". Which means your dancing your feet around as the pitcher is throwing the ball. I agree about the top hand. That, and your extending to quickly, using way to much arm in driving the bat end thru the swing plane. Thats why you cant hit an inside pitch. Your hands are not tight to the body enough.

I dont think theres anything wrong with dragging the rear foot a bit, but not to the extent you are. You are not transferring your weight as much as shifting it. And your doing it way to early in the swing.

But hey? If its working for you then why change it?

[Encinitas]

Check the angle of your back forearm from elbow to bat, and notice how your back hand is much higher than your elbow. I don't have any drawing tools available so you'll need to visualize. Here is an MPG file of Miguel Cabrera but I could not find the animated gif. You'll need to download and open in quicktime. In any case you'll see that your back arm setup is quite a bit different than Cabrera.

Cabrera (http://coachdm.hittingillustrated.com/clips/051406_rear_side.MPG)

[wogdoggy]

would any of the experts say he has "HIP SLIDE"?

[FiveFrameSwing]

I feel as though my swing has gotten too long throughout the course of the season. Lately I've been getting jammed on above-average fastballs (86+ MPH) but crush off-speed pitches. It's almost as though I've become a mistake hitter. Here's a clip of my swing:

http://www.baseballdelusions.com/images/kyletee712.gif

Here's my stats so far:

.372/.449/.605 over 49 PA / 43 AB
16 H, 8 2b, 1 3b, 9 RBI, 12 R, 7 SB, 5 K, 4 BB, 2 HBP

The talent level in this league is mainly current JUCO players and some HS seniors, so the pitching is fairly decent. League-average fastball is about 82-84 mph, and no offspeed stuff is too great (though last week's pitcher had a slider I hadn't seen since college).

Anyway, your thoughts?

Hopefully others will comment on what I have to contribute.

Your shoulders and hips seem to begin rotating at the same time. Notice that your front shoulder initiates your swing action and that you are opening up early. This has your lead arm barring.

I believe you want to begin rotating with the hip. As the hip rotates the back elbow will drop. During this phase the front shoulder remains in and the hands remain back. As the elbow slots and the hip rotates then your shoulder will begin rotation.

You may wish to consider performing some "shoulders in" drills.