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HittingPerformLab. I was actually just curious of your views on hitting the ball it in front vs deeper. Thanks, the analysis helped reinforce all the stuff my 14 year old had been learning. Good stuff.
Yes, when a hitter is on time, then impact should be out front (around the landing foot)...farther out front of landing foot on inside pitches, inline down the middle, and slightly behind on pitches away.
Justin Turner is the most linear hitter in baseball and nobody is talking about it. Why isn't anyone talking about it? The hitting coach who gets credit for reconstructing Turner's swing is Doug Latta. Latta teaches a linear swing and the reason I know this is because he's also my son's hitting coach. If you use the word rotate or any other form of the word around Latta, he will kick you out of his cage. Latta teaches hitters to take all their energy straight through the pitcher and middle of the field. At no time, will Latta allow his hitters to move back or load up. Pick up your foot and take your hands and body straight to the baseball. No hand load, no lower body load, no scap load and definitely no catapult loading system. In the swing you analyzed you said that Turner loaded his scap and that you could see his rear elbow peaking out the back of his body. It appears that way but it's only because of the camera angle not because he's loading his scap. Trust me when I tell you that Turner does not go back at all, nor does he load in any way. Check out the MLB channel interview of Turner by John Smoltz and you'll see exactly what Turner is trying to do on each pitch. He takes his energy straight through the ball and he does all he can to stay linear and not rotate. I've also had the chance to talk hitting with Turner himself and he confirmed that he wants to stay linear. Turner told me that if he has any kind of negative move with hands or weight that he will begin to rotate in his swing and he does not want to rotate. So again, my question is, why can't any of you expert hitting coaches see that he's a linear hitter? Why is linear hitting so taboo these days? Linear hitting used to be synonymous with slapping at the ball and hitting lots of grounders. Turner has a linear swing but his approach is to swing with an upper cut, catch the ball out in front of the hitting zone and get his balls in the air. Joey, I think you're a talented hitting coach and I appreciate your videos. I believe that there's no one way to be a good hitter. I'm sure your catapult hitting system is effective for some. I'm looking for an answer as to why nobody is talking about how Turner has been so successful with a LINEAR hitting approach? Please shed some light on this for me. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing Mike. Actually, I believe the swing is linear --> rotational --> linear again. What I do know is that the swing IS NOT either or. The swing clearly has rotation because then the hitter would stay "sideways" and NEVER turn the chest to the ball. Linear ONLY and Rotational ONLY is a fallacy, I don't care what any MLB hitting coach, player, or Hall Of Famer says, they're not getting educated on human movement principles that are validated by science. I address this debate at the following link: gohpl.com/24ClIKT Yes, the CLS works, and NOT for a select few hitters, for all hitters, of different shapes and sizes, ages, and genders. WHY? Because it's validated by human movement science. Anything short of that is theory or philosophy. Don't knock it till you try it. And my guess is you guys haven't tried the movements.
Well, he employs linear force, but so does anyone who swings a bat. When you say "the most linear," I don't really know what you mean. He has a compact, well balanced swing. He hits off a very sturdy front leg. For the most part, his is basic to every high level hitter. People get so confused about terms like "rotational force" and "linear force" but they are both components of the baseball swing. One that I happen to notice about his swing that stood out was his lack of wrist torque at scapular load. I would think that his "pop" comes from the fact that he is consistently squaring pitches up while braced with that front leg..
Right on Mikey! And I agree. Yes, I heard Turner has worked with a strict somewhat well known "linear forces" hitting coach who HATES "rotational forces". I can see using this strategy in extremely rotational or linear hitting cases could help in the learning process, but to say the swing is 100% one or the other is being highly ignorant.
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does the spine engine activate before the hands and elbow move towards the ball ? or Do hitters wait for heel strike ? very tough to see Thx
Good question. Yes, the spinal engine should proceed any limb movement. I call it pre-loading the torso.
How about any commentary on where the ball is when contact is made? Out in front vs "hitting it out of the catcher's glove".
Good point! This video could've easily been over 30-mins with all the things I left out ;-)
HittingPerformLab. I was actually just curious of your views on hitting the ball it in front vs deeper. Thanks, the analysis helped reinforce all the stuff my 14 year old had been learning. Good stuff.
Yes, when a hitter is on time, then impact should be out front (around the landing foot)...farther out front of landing foot on inside pitches, inline down the middle, and slightly behind on pitches away.
Justin Turner is the most linear hitter in baseball and nobody is talking about it. Why isn't anyone talking about it? The hitting coach who gets credit for reconstructing Turner's swing is Doug Latta. Latta teaches a linear swing and the reason I know this is because he's also my son's hitting coach. If you use the word rotate or any other form of the word around Latta, he will kick you out of his cage. Latta teaches hitters to take all their energy straight through the pitcher and middle of the field. At no time, will Latta allow his hitters to move back or load up. Pick up your foot and take your hands and body straight to the baseball. No hand load, no lower body load, no scap load and definitely no catapult loading system.
In the swing you analyzed you said that Turner loaded his scap and that you could see his rear elbow peaking out the back of his body. It appears that way but it's only because of the camera angle not because he's loading his scap. Trust me when I tell you that Turner does not go back at all, nor does he load in any way. Check out the MLB channel interview of Turner by John Smoltz and you'll see exactly what Turner is trying to do on each pitch. He takes his energy straight through the ball and he does all he can to stay linear and not rotate. I've also had the chance to talk hitting with Turner himself and he confirmed that he wants to stay linear. Turner told me that if he has any kind of negative move with hands or weight that he will begin to rotate in his swing and he does not want to rotate. So again, my question is, why can't any of you expert hitting coaches see that he's a linear hitter? Why is linear hitting so taboo these days? Linear hitting used to be synonymous with slapping at the ball and hitting lots of grounders. Turner has a linear swing but his approach is to swing with an upper cut, catch the ball out in front of the hitting zone and get his balls in the air.
Joey, I think you're a talented hitting coach and I appreciate your videos. I believe that there's no one way to be a good hitter. I'm sure your catapult hitting system is effective for some. I'm looking for an answer as to why nobody is talking about how Turner has been so successful with a LINEAR hitting approach? Please shed some light on this for me. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing Mike. Actually, I believe the swing is linear --> rotational --> linear again. What I do know is that the swing IS NOT either or. The swing clearly has rotation because then the hitter would stay "sideways" and NEVER turn the chest to the ball. Linear ONLY and Rotational ONLY is a fallacy, I don't care what any MLB hitting coach, player, or Hall Of Famer says, they're not getting educated on human movement principles that are validated by science. I address this debate at the following link: gohpl.com/24ClIKT
Yes, the CLS works, and NOT for a select few hitters, for all hitters, of different shapes and sizes, ages, and genders. WHY? Because it's validated by human movement science. Anything short of that is theory or philosophy. Don't knock it till you try it. And my guess is you guys haven't tried the movements.
Well, he employs linear force, but so does anyone who swings a bat. When you say "the most linear," I don't really know what you mean. He has a compact, well balanced swing. He hits off a very sturdy front leg. For the most part, his is basic to every high level hitter. People get so confused about terms like "rotational force" and "linear force" but they are both components of the baseball swing. One that I happen to notice about his swing that stood out was his lack of wrist torque at scapular load. I would think that his "pop" comes from the fact that he is consistently squaring pitches up while braced with that front leg..
Right on Mikey! And I agree. Yes, I heard Turner has worked with a strict somewhat well known "linear forces" hitting coach who HATES "rotational forces". I can see using this strategy in extremely rotational or linear hitting cases could help in the learning process, but to say the swing is 100% one or the other is being highly ignorant.
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