The Moneyball of Swing Mechanics | Baseball Swing Mechanics of the Greats
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This video breaks down the swing mechanics of the greatest hitters ever. I point out the correlation in their mechanics and how they differ from traditional coaching. They all turn the barrel around their hands instead of pushing the hands foward. They all get on plane with the pitch and they all have a stretch and fire component to their swing.
Traditional coaching will never produce world class baseball swing mechanics. To maximize our own abilities, we have to recognize and execute the movements of the great hitters.
The Greatest Hitters Did Some Things Right
(Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth)
Watch the bat path. We must give in to the idea that these hitters are the blue print.
The greatest hitters of all time did some things right. The baseball community would have you believe that these players are super human, simply "getting away" with bad mechanics.
We can do better than that.
Fact is these ARE perfect swing mechanics. This is bat speed, adjustability, everything a hitter needs. Not just to hit home runs, line drives too!
I say mechanics but what I really mean to say is "movements." The word "mechanics" implies stiff, un-athletic nonsense. That is not what I recommend for anyone.
Perfecting the Mechanical Advantage
This is an example of centripetal force. Ted uses the weight of the barrel to his advantage. The momentum created at the beginning of the swing carries around into contact.
Look throughout the last 100 years of baseball.
The overwhelming majority of hall of fame caliber players tip the bat and use the barrel turn to increase bat speed.
Some will tip the bat forward more than others, but as a general rule, the bat is held vertical or tipped. I shouldn't need more proof, but here you go...
The swing starts from the tipped position. The hands and arms should work to reverse the tip of the bat, swinging the barrel around the hands.
Instead of pushing the barrel forward, turn the barrel around the hands while keeping the hands at the shoulder for as long as possible.
Traditional Coaching
This website focuses on the movements of the greatest hitters of all time. None of the traditional coaching cues in the baseball community can effectively describe these movements. In fact, many coaches purposely teach the opposite.
We are taught to hold the bat at a 45 degree angle and be "short" to contact. By over compensating to make our swing as short as possible, we lose the ability to produce bat speed.
By pushing the bat forward, you are sacrificing the power of the kinetic chain. Furthermore, once the hands travel forward, you are fully committed to the swing. This commitment means that you can no longer adjust to off speed pitches.
There are many reasons why this is not optimal. I try not to focus on what other coaches may teach, but I think it is important that I address the popular buzz words to demonstrate that I have heard them before.
Every article you read on this website cuts through the crap and sets a new foundation for how we should think about baseball swing mechanics.
Baseball Swing Mechanics
The barrel turn is just one of the 3 core concepts that I recognize in world class hitters. I'm not a guru nor do I claim to be. I simply have a very high attention to detail. That attention to detail is important but only if applied to the right things.
Taking the right approach...
If we want extraordinary results, we have to approach the topic of hitting differently.
The concept is simple.
1. Find someone who is the best at what they do.
2. Copy them
I think there may be some of you who see these clips but fail to recognize what is actually happening. For that, you need to be able to actually put these movements into practice.
Learn how the body works to produce force in the baseball swing. Copy the bat path exactly. Pick up the bat and try to feel what they feel.
There are plenty more articles on this site where I explain what I see when I look at the best hitters of all time. Like this article on Barry Bonds Swing.
Hitting for Power
This clip of Dick Allen shows how efficient movements allow a 205 lb man to swing a 40 oz bat and hit baseballs 500+ ft.
Notice how the bat is swung independent of the shoulders.
Hitting for power means consistently producing extra base hits. The optimal launch angle for hitting home runs is 28 degrees.
The baseball community would have you believe that "swinging up" will result in more pop ups.
This bat path slices the ball, creating lots of back spin, but not squaring the baseball enough to hit the ball a long distance.
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This is hands down the best video on hitting I’ve ever seen.
Some of the very best observations and content I have seen. Great work. New subscriber.
RAWDOG1021 I totally agree. This is the best hitting video on the entire internet. And trust me I have watched every on out there.
Wow! This is a eye opener! I have a natural bat tip before my swing that happens no matter if I try to stop it. Until now, I thought this move was bad and have even had people tell me I should not do it. You are the first person I have seen highlight this move.
All hitting instructors only talk about taking the hands back, create separation, being quick with the hands, creating bat lag and having a wrist snap as the prime components of good swing mechanics, while leaving out tipping the barrel.
It appears I was right all along. I was natually doing a very important move key to creating bat speed. Thanks 🙏
Now if I could master hitting the ball more squarely I would be a pretty good hitter. I seem to be getting slightly under every hit in the air which is not good for power and driving the ball with significant distance.
When you get under the ball, most of the energy created at contact is wasted as the ball climbs upward. Very little distance is gained.
When you hit the ball squarely, the contact energy drives the ball into a arch that is forward. Instead of wasting all of the power generated launching the ball up in the air, the power thrusts the ball forward as if it was fired out of a cannon. Maximum distance will be the result.
Of course, the right back spin on the ball also helps it carry for distance. This is usually the result of proper contact. I'm working hard to level out my swing. This video has helped me so much. Thanks again!
I'm glad I could help! Square contact is definitely best. I have a ton more videos, def. check them out!
Absolutely Amazing!!! I was brought up with that old school way of hitting. I Even taught that to my guys because that’s all I knew, and at the time it made sense to me, trust your hands is what I always preached. Watching guys in slow motion definitely made me to question my philosophy. Hearing your explanation in this and a few other of your videos I’m definitely a believer
I would love to see some of the drills you use with your guys
Great stuff man! Been teaching and coaching 20 years. You have the gift!
Bro was talking Teacherman truth before Teacherman was even on UA-cam. He's saying "twist the barrel around the hands," where TH says it like, "snap thr barrel."
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Hands down this man knows about hitting!!! Ufffff!!!!!
last question, how exact do you twist the barrel around the hands ? (sort of confused)
Instead of pushing forward with the top hand, you pull the barrel backwards and then around to the ball.
Nice video on " The Moneyball of Swing Mechanics"!!!
ichiro and your Bottom Babe clip at 7:23 are oddly similar even though the Babe hit for tremendous power. Similar in the sense that he was basically already headed towards first
yep, big weight shift
How do I fix a loopy swing? I have a merrygo round type swing and im trying to change to be more level how do i do that?
Went yard after putting this mechanic in my swing. Thanks a lot!
Mikal Warren nice!
keep up the very good work!!! I teach the same here to all my students, thank you .
fernando nova thank you!
PRACTICE!!!
Best drill to start new muscle memory of this move ?? I need to reprogram my son asap
Hey Gino, email me and I'll show you some drills. Sean@hitterish.com
Tee work.
I have a really long question so bare with me, I know this is hard since you can't see my swing but in my swing it seems like what ever hitting mechanics I try or however i swing either incorporating a spine angle, changing swing plane, using tips from Antonelli Baseball or you go pro baseball I seem to never square up any pitches. Either I swing down on the baseball or I hit the inside or very bottom of the baseball and pop up or I roll over to the pull side(I'm a right handed hitter) any general tips on body positioning/angles or swing plane, or body movement/mechanics or hitting mechanics to help me square up more pitches and drive the ball. Thank you I know this was really long but anything helps also I have watched like all your videos
Jack Zirbel I'd have to see your swing. You can sign up for online training at Hitterish.com/online-baseball-lessons
Hitterish.com what angle should I film at, side?
Jack Zirbel Side and back behind the catcher
Jack Zirbel based on your description you are probably swinging down to the ball cause thats exactly what happen most of the time when swinging down to the ball.
I agree with you. Dick Allen was the strongest player for his size and height. But the strongest player I saw was Frank Howard. I was at a Yankee game, at the great old Yankee stadium, and Howard a right handed hitter, hit a HR deep into the 3rd deck in left field. Hardest ball I have ever seen hit! Lets not forget Mantle who had more 500 foot HR's than anyone. Can somebody explain why todays hitters and in the past decade or longer, let go of the bat in mid swing and swing with one hand and still hit the ball 400 feet or more? Steroids? Perhaps weight training? One other fact:Ted Williams was the greatest hitter of all time.
When you talk about the motion of the bat after tipping the barrel and pulling back the hands, the part at 4:16 when you talk about the movement of the bat going towards the on deck circle. I understand that just how far level do u bring the bat back down before you twist your hands around the bat which I now understand, 45 degrees, flat what angle should the bat be at when brought down and pointing towards the on deck circle?
Jack Zirbel The barrel going from tipped to 45 degrees is the twisting action. The barrel will only flatten relative to the height of the pitch.
Thank you for your response, this is the best hitting channel I have seen I went to the batting cages and was hitting really solid thank you for the tips and videos
Jack Zirbel Glad I could help!
I tried this it works a lot it helped my swing a lot but sometimes when I do it off the tee I will roll over sometimes and I usually never roll over could be I am doing it wrong or I am just rolling over?
Alberto Cantalini you need to keep back hand facing up a front hand facing down till contact. Btw, by up/down i mean following your torso up vector
I have this question about your back foot, so I don't squish the bug and nether do I my back leg will go forward but guys like Miguel Cabera, Mike Trout, and Jose Altuve do it differently there back leg goes forward but it also goes behind them do you know why they do it differently? If you do what does it achieve more than just your back leg going forward and not behind them?
Hey Alberto, that's a good question. You're spot on about their back foot. There's a lot of variation in the best hitters. One way isn't better than another. Do whatever is natural to you
What does pull the elbow back mean
It basically means that your rear elbow pushes backwards toward the home dugout (if you’re a righty) before going forward. Think about as if u were pinching your scapula (shoulder blade) to your spine.
It means pull your elbow back.
I checked out your website and found that Evan Gattis has learned from you, however he doesn't tip the bat like you say here. Are you guys proposing that you must tip your bat first? As you know there have been a ton of great hitters that don't tip the bat. Do you guys teach people how to hit without tipping the barrel as well.
mango_666 The barrel turn is only one of the three characteristics that I see in most great hitters. I agree there have been several who do not tip.
Hitterish.com I really want to try turning the barrel because your videos are making so much sense however all I ever know is keeping my barrel movement quiet. I'll definitely give it a try this week during practice and see how it works
Check out the website where I explain in more detail
who's swing is the white 3D man with purple swing path ?
Good question, i think it's just a computer generated gif. The swing path is very similar to Bonds.
Dick Allen is "the most powerful hitter to ever walk the planet"? HIGHLY debatable.
Can you look at my sons swing