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What do you do if you get disconnected and then yank the knob up and hit it on the sweet spot and cant stop doing it? The elbow doesn't get in front of my knob. My arms get disconnected, my hands get low, then i yank up. They don't ever get below the ball. It's like im trying to put my hands where i see the ball on the tee, but im not trying too.
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Hey coach, I was wondering if there was a way i could send you a video of my pitching and could help break down anything I'm doing wrong because i stopped playing for a while and now my bicep starts to hurt whenever i throw and i think it might be my mechanics. But anyways thanks!
The ball drill, combined with Teacherman method I’ve found to be great. More snapping at top, but I also think keeping close to neck helps with the bat path. Is there a correct swing? I don’t know, but I do know you and Teacherman are the pieces I take.
We use a Softball on their shoulder, and they hold it with the bat. If the softball comes off early, they have dropped or got disconnected. If they keep the bat over the shoulder (not Drop) then the ball goes forward.
My 5yo has a tendency to stop his swing at contact instead of finishing his swing. His swing is fine when he doesn’t make contact just when he hits the ball. Any drills that can help fix this?
The movement at 3:34 is great. Why anyone would coach this movement out doesn’t make sense. It’s Griffey and Ruth like. Matt just posted a video of his son getting to this same position which received positive feedback and comparisons to Griffey. This ball drill just teaches a player to push hands toward ball more which is more disconnected. Look at how long it takes for barrel to enter zone while his hands are moving forward.
Not true. This isn’t the swing of the 80s and 90s in which A to C was taught This is a launch angle to get ball in air and taught now as opposed to the A to C swing.
@@jefffinney4233 I never mentioned 80’s to 90’s hitting. But since you did, it’s more of the same if you look at the hand path. Only thing I see different is more backwards tilt which is caused from extension into the hit. Lots of energy also going backwards instead of into the hit.
@@kaneman23 this swing isn’t optimal and is not something that should be replicated because it is an inefficient path and causes your swing to be longer with no benefit. Griffey had a pretty follow through but his swing wasn’t the most efficient path to take, and no one should try to replicate Ruth because that was a century ago and that swing would not work today as well as the one that he teaches because it simply takes too long to get on plane with the pitch
@@anthonyhernandez5406 which swing isn’t optimal? The one demonstrated with ball? If so, I agree! Griffey had much more than a pretty follow through. Him and Ruth have the most beautiful and recognizable swings in history of baseball. Ruth would absolutely be able to hit and be a great today. Look at how early his barrel gets into zone and how long it stayed there. With the method they’re teaching it’s more of a hands to the ball path requiring sudden acceleration from a static position. It’s just not what the greats did. Their hands didn’t travel that far into zone before the barrel presents. th-cam.com/video/5UWN4xEgrYs/w-d-xo.html
@@anthonyhernandez5406 also I’m not sure by what you meant by taking too long to get on plane with pitch but keeping a barrel on your neck as long as Matt is demonstrating will create a steep path to ball. To make up for it his hands have to travel much more towards the ball which also puts him in a more disconnected position at contact. Something called a connection ball drill is actually promoting the opposite movement. Both Ruth and Griffey and other greats have a very straightened and compressed front arm at contact. Those who don’t understand the swing often call it an armbar and claim they have bat drag. As far as which swing is faster to zone and ball I also disagree. th-cam.com/video/H-qNPV4WSsE/w-d-xo.html
How I learnt was (took 3 days btw) I just practiced the step, take a step load your back leg with your weight plant your front foot at around a 45° angle with 90° being facing the mound. Then the next thing I did was get in that position after practicing and practice driving my back knee down and in twisting at my hips causing my front foot to twist, then I practiced all together It's important to practice keeping your body above a straight line so hat I reccomend is place his bat perpendicular to the mound from the batter's box if that makes sense, and have it about 1 bat width off of his back foot. And have him make sure to keep his body weight above his bat, then when do the second step of driving that knee make sure you lay back on the knee same way you would if you were going to throw an overhand pop fly to someone but dont lean your upper body back. Yes it will be uncomfortable but in a real swing you're only in that position for 1-2 seconds so it's fine, be able to hold that position for around 5 seconds and you should be good Once you have both steps done separately put them together also dont be afraid to make it dramatically slow, at this point you wont even have a bat in your hands so the swing isnt even important just get the stance correct first. Good luck to your son hope this helped
One thing that works for me is to take some batting cage swings where I don't move my feet, i.e. I don't step forward with my front foot, instead I just hit as if my feet were bolted into the ground (EDIT: well, not exactly bolted, since you do end up moving your feet rotationally, just not forward). It really teaches you to not generate power by lunging your body forward with your leg kick/stride, but instead by staying back and using your back hip and sinking into the ground and rotating into that classic final position you see from great hitters where the front leg is straight and the back leg at an angle.. Look at some slow motion Mike Trout swings -it is clear how his swing sequence activates AFTER his front foot has landed. In other words, he doesn't lunge forward into the ball with his leg kick, it's almost as if his leg kick/stride is not necessary and he could bat without it, but he just uses it as part of his timing.
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What do you do if you get disconnected and then yank the knob up and hit it on the sweet spot and cant stop doing it? The elbow doesn't get in front of my knob. My arms get disconnected, my hands get low, then i yank up. They don't ever get below the ball.
It's like im trying to put my hands where i see the ball on the tee, but im not trying too.
Lots of videos on this topic but this video features the right choice of words combined with the right visuals to create impact. This is a useful video.
This is the collab we needed!! Rockstars right there
Yessss Thanks!
Its interesting watching this video and also the pvc pipe video. This is a great drill.
Thank you so much, I've been trying to fix this with my 7/8 year old team and my son that I'm coaching, and this was just what I needed.
You're welcome. I'm glad it helps. I just uploaded another video with some drills in there. Give it a look and see if those will help too. Thanks.
Just came from watching a 13U game. Most of the players had this issue. Guess batting coaches need to watch your videos. Good stuff as usually! 👍🏻
MAAAAAAATTTTT yo coach madden you getting all the good folks on here!
Love you guys together. Great stuff!
Thank you!
What an awesome video!
Hey coach, I was wondering if there was a way i could send you a video of my pitching and could help break down anything I'm doing wrong because i stopped playing for a while and now my bicep starts to hurt whenever i throw and i think it might be my mechanics. But anyways thanks!
Great breakdown.
Matt is an awesome coach
Yes he is!
Fantastic video!
Thanks! Just uploaded another hitting drills video with Matt just now. Go give it a look.
Cool 🎉
Nice comment
The ball drill, combined with Teacherman method I’ve found to be great. More snapping at top, but I also think keeping close to neck helps with the bat path. Is there a correct swing? I don’t know, but I do know you and Teacherman are the pieces I take.
We use a Softball on their shoulder, and they hold it with the bat. If the softball comes off early, they have dropped or got disconnected. If they keep the bat over the shoulder (not Drop) then the ball goes forward.
Hi Matt I'm still working with my Son. To stop dropping or disconnecting. Gunna try this.
I subscribed
I feel like Teacherman Hitting does a great explanation of connected swings as well. You should do a video with Judges hitting coach too!
My 5yo has a tendency to stop his swing at contact instead of finishing his swing. His swing is fine when he doesn’t make contact just when he hits the ball. Any drills that can help fix this?
Can you use a soccer ball for this drill as I can’t get that ball in aus lol
You can tell the guy on the left is all about the money like Marucci programs and the guy on the right has the passion to teach.
Good stuff here my man!
Thanks Doc! Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Would it be ok to do this drill with the tee located inside, middle, and outside?
Yes I believe so.
On this drill is the batter hitting off the tee or is the batter just brining his hands to the ball?
What size ball is that? The yellow big one?
It's 12" but can be inflated or deflated to pretty much a few inches smaller/bigger. Here's the link: ugoprobaseball.com/product/connection-ball-12/
Where do I find a ball like that online?
Hear a lot of coaches say to shorten your swing. If we start off with nob pointing to the catcher, does it not make it a longer swing?
You want to be short into the strike zone not short to the ball . Hips first turns the barrel on plane and makes the knob turn to the ball
This makes sense to me. But pros do not seem to hold the bat on their necks this way.
First love
Ok
So are we saying that a connected swing doesn't have separation?
What do you think of Teachermans methods? Its kind of the same but he wants that back bat twist almost immediately
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Seems like that snap move maybe with cause some disconnection issues on these drills….
Does a balloon work?
So its safe to say you don't agree with Richard Schenck's technique?
The movement at 3:34 is great. Why anyone would coach this movement out doesn’t make sense. It’s Griffey and Ruth like. Matt just posted a video of his son getting to this same position which received positive feedback and comparisons to Griffey. This ball drill just teaches a player to push hands toward ball more which is more disconnected. Look at how long it takes for barrel to enter zone while his hands are moving forward.
Not true. This isn’t the swing of the 80s and 90s in which A to C was taught This is a launch angle to get ball in air and taught now as opposed to the A to C swing.
@@jefffinney4233 I never mentioned 80’s to 90’s hitting. But since you did, it’s more of the same if you look at the hand path. Only thing I see different is more backwards tilt which is caused from extension into the hit. Lots of energy also going backwards instead of into the hit.
@@kaneman23 this swing isn’t optimal and is not something that should be replicated because it is an inefficient path and causes your swing to be longer with no benefit. Griffey had a pretty follow through but his swing wasn’t the most efficient path to take, and no one should try to replicate Ruth because that was a century ago and that swing would not work today as well as the one that he teaches because it simply takes too long to get on plane with the pitch
@@anthonyhernandez5406 which swing isn’t optimal? The one demonstrated with ball? If so, I agree!
Griffey had much more than a pretty follow through. Him and Ruth have the most beautiful and recognizable swings in history of baseball. Ruth would absolutely be able to hit and be a great today. Look at how early his barrel gets into zone and how long it stayed there. With the method they’re teaching it’s more of a hands to the ball path requiring sudden acceleration from a static position. It’s just not what the greats did. Their hands didn’t travel that far into zone before the barrel presents.
th-cam.com/video/5UWN4xEgrYs/w-d-xo.html
@@anthonyhernandez5406 also I’m not sure by what you meant by taking too long to get on plane with pitch but keeping a barrel on your neck as long as Matt is demonstrating will create a steep path to ball. To make up for it his hands have to travel much more towards the ball which also puts him in a more disconnected position at contact. Something called a connection ball drill is actually promoting the opposite movement. Both Ruth and Griffey and other greats have a very straightened and compressed front arm at contact. Those who don’t understand the swing often call it an armbar and claim they have bat drag. As far as which swing is faster to zone and ball I also disagree.
th-cam.com/video/H-qNPV4WSsE/w-d-xo.html
Dumb question: what size is the ball?
No dumb questions?
My son is out front way too soon. His weight if forward way too soon and won't bend his back leg. Please help Matt.
How I learnt was (took 3 days btw) I just practiced the step, take a step load your back leg with your weight plant your front foot at around a 45° angle with 90° being facing the mound. Then the next thing I did was get in that position after practicing and practice driving my back knee down and in twisting at my hips causing my front foot to twist, then I practiced all together
It's important to practice keeping your body above a straight line so hat I reccomend is place his bat perpendicular to the mound from the batter's box if that makes sense, and have it about 1 bat width off of his back foot. And have him make sure to keep his body weight above his bat, then when do the second step of driving that knee make sure you lay back on the knee same way you would if you were going to throw an overhand pop fly to someone but dont lean your upper body back. Yes it will be uncomfortable but in a real swing you're only in that position for 1-2 seconds so it's fine, be able to hold that position for around 5 seconds and you should be good
Once you have both steps done separately put them together also dont be afraid to make it dramatically slow, at this point you wont even have a bat in your hands so the swing isnt even important just get the stance correct first. Good luck to your son hope this helped
One thing that works for me is to take some batting cage swings where I don't move my feet, i.e. I don't step forward with my front foot, instead I just hit as if my feet were bolted into the ground (EDIT: well, not exactly bolted, since you do end up moving your feet rotationally, just not forward). It really teaches you to not generate power by lunging your body forward with your leg kick/stride, but instead by staying back and using your back hip and sinking into the ground and rotating into that classic final position you see from great hitters where the front leg is straight and the back leg at an angle.. Look at some slow motion Mike Trout swings -it is clear how his swing sequence activates AFTER his front foot has landed. In other words, he doesn't lunge forward into the ball with his leg kick, it's almost as if his leg kick/stride is not necessary and he could bat without it, but he just uses it as part of his timing.
@@VicInNocal that's another great drill
Show him the drill that made me famous lol
Connection Ball right to coaches stomach lol
First
Teacherman says to snap the bat exactly what you're saying not to do.
Mouth breathing is a big problem too
Why YOUR vidEo titLe so DERPY?