Im a mom who is doing the same! I’m married and I recognize that it’s easier on me than a single parent, but I am way more athletically inclined than my husband and played softball. So much is the same , but I need these videos to help fine tune my teaching techniques and if I didn’t do it, he wouldn’t have anyone to work with on it. I think so many assume dads are the only ones working with the players with baseball, but a lot of time it’s actually us moms!
As a youth baseball coach, thank you for finding the time to help your kid. There's only so much we can accomplish in a 2 hr practice split between ten kids
I'm in my fifties I have taught this to my kids nowthe grandkids love it I learnt this batting technique from a retired MLB player many years ago thank you for the video
"poison' sheesh man. I assuming most youth league coaches are volunteers without a ton of experience. I know in my kid's league, atleast 3 of the coaches stepped up out of necessity. What they teach the kids may not be perfect, but we're all friggin happy theyre doin it so the kids can play and have fun. "Poison" is harsh man. Id hate to have upper league coaches shittin on me like that.
They do. I volunteer coach in a local rec league. I feed my son's travel team all the good players lol even for the younger ages. I'm like a local scout lol
@@ryanchampion7103 That's not what I mean. I can hear it. Sound is not the issue. The camera angle is too far away. Visually we should see the person close up, especially when discussing "hands behind shoulder" and "load" so that proper for can be achieved the way he is teaching it.
how do you recommend having the hitters put all of this together into one full motion? I have hitters that are stuck in this step one, two, three, four routine. I can't seem to get them to understand that other than steps one and two being something they do separately, they should be loading and striding as part of the swing as a whole. They pre-load before the ball is pitched then stride then swing.
Just a suggestion. Once they understand and can execute all 3 points teach them the domino effect. At the end of their load without pause (ideally) the stride begins and the swing begins as soon as the stride has has finished transferring the front foot forward. if you have access to a cage and L-screen start with a front toss round then progress to full arm batting practice. They can hold the load for a second if their timing is off or early but ultimately they have to figure out through repetition when to stride and swing once loaded. They should feel like the stride is the beginning of the swing. Roughly when the pitchers arm swings down (or separates from the glove hand) the load begins and the stride follows when the pitcher's arm swings up to its peak just before the ball is released and the swing follows. Depending on how hard the pitcher is throwing and your batters bat speed and reaction time will determine how much momentum (Controlled speed) to use during the load and stride. Again reps, reps, reps.
Same with you guys! That is because my PE teacher will teach batting tomorrow and have us practice it. He posted this on Microsoft Teams, which is the learning platform that we use.
Thank you so much! I have a 6 year old that wants to play baseball. Not sure where to start. Should I buy a bucket of tee balls? Whiffle balls? Should I slow pitch to him? Or only have him hitting off a tee? How high should the tee be set? I want to set him up to do well when we get him in a league. Any ideas you are willing to provide will be greatly appreciated!
Just let him have fun. You don't need to slow pitch it to him as the arc will confuse him over a straight in pitch. Tee is good too. Belt high in the middle of the plate but he should stand back, so he can stride into the ball.
@@wesrowlette3496 Either is fine (How about 1/2 and 1/2) again it's about the fun, so whichever he's having more fun hitting. Eventually you'll find that taking multiple swings will create muscle memory and that comes from the swinging of the bat, not what is actually hit.
@@wesrowlette3496 i just taught my nephew by getting him my little League bat and for you if you have a ball and a fishing rod drill a hole in the ball and tie the line to the ball let him hit the ball then reel in your line and do it again give enough line where the ball hangs abount half way down his body move the ball every hit around the plate so he learns to hit outside and inside pitches my nephew is the best on his team because of this method mike trout trained like this when he was playing and look at him now lol your sons foot that is closest to the pitcher should be at the back of the plate it will give him more time to judge the ball but I have to go because i have a game tomorrow at texas tech yes i play college ball good luck
@@theInternetHittingCoach For fun I pitched all sorts of soft squishy toys to my 9 year old inside the house. He used a fat wiffle ball bat. He thought it was funny and loved to wack everything I threw. Even the dogs chew toys.😂 He's 10.5 years old now and playing little league. His swing is far from perfect but we're working on it. Make it fun for the kid and he'll want to keep improving.👍🏾
Thanks for the video. I just signed my son up for tee ball. He'll be almost 5 when it starts. What size mitt do you recommend, 9" or 10". I have heard different opinions. I have no clue but I know I will be getting him one that doesn't need much breaking in such as a Mizuno. I am also getting him a 26" -13 drop bat because it'll be light. Please help with deciding what size mitt!
Hey Connor, thanks for the question! If you go to prospeedbaseball.com and click on the FREE LESSONS button, it will give you access to the power hitting series and more! The power hitting series will be in the Specialty Lessons section. ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Knuckles “Door Knockers” lined up doesn’t work for broad shouldered players. It leaves the top hand palm off the bat, and tips the back elbow down and in. Creating an upper cut, where the back elbow never gets into a 90 deg behind the bat and through the ball!!! As a result, no barrel control & being stuck w/ using balanced bats only! This video unfortunately shows what not to do. Baseball swings & golf swings are different, this video merged the swing finish of both sports.
Thanks for the question! To give you a vague answer: It depends. It will depend on the 5 year old. I've experience kids at that age being very attentive and ready to go.... and on the other hand, at the same age, they are still kids. That being said... one of the best things you can do with younger players is give them very simple directions. For example, hold the bat like this and hit line drives. Literally that's it... younger kids will do so much correct instinctively by adjusting to the goal, which would be line drives. Pop ups are no good by the way ;) The biggest mistake I see with younger players are parents/coaches being too critical of mechanics. Then the kids tend to lose their instinctive advantage. Now, at some point instruction and mechanics have a place.... but the early years can be hugely beneficial to younger players with just a nudge in the right direction. Hope this helps out! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Poison? I think 7 is still young. Prior to that a lot of kids arent even sure they want to play the sport and the coaching relies on volunteer coaches. I would not expect a volunteer to have same passion as a "professional" trainer or coach.
100% - you can respect coaches who are putting in the work >and< recognize that they could have introduced habits to a player that might be limiting. "Poison" might sound harsh, but all I heard was calling attention to having a growth mindset. Players are always going to have something to work on.
ok well your advice is ok but you actually want to put all your weight on your right leg if your a right batter if your left batter put all you weight on your left putting you weight on you is simple just simply lift your left leg if your right batter if your left batter right leg up then load you want you your rightleg ifur a right batter look at the kid at the video his leg twist at the end he goes tiptoe you want to swing the bat as the same time your twisting your leg and going tiptoe you want your belly button to face the pitcher if your belly button face the pitcher youve official hit
We had a player win Mr. Baseball in our state two years in a row. He now plays D1 baseball. When I ask the head coach why we didn’t teach the mechanics he used( Peabody guy) I-was told that is a pro baseball swing, we can’t teach that. I now work at a different school( in state tournament 3 of last 5 years) You are doing these kids a disservice.
This is wierd everyone i know including me steps into the ball watch a baseball game this might word for t-ball but not for minor league and up teach them at t-ball to step into it the ball will go farther and you have more accuracy no offence to the guy making the video he knows some things but step into the ball at all times and to get more power swing your hips before releasing your hands it will help trust me
Doesn't matter the swing, it's all about repetition. IMO " fundamentals" teaching causes so many problems. Kids just want to impress adults. Hit the ball a few hundred times a day and your brain will figure out the rest. All the greatest hitters have the funkiest swings and break at least three of these supposed"fundamentals ". Repetition is the real teacher, that isnqhy these drills help. It's just repetition.
Hey Aaron, thanks for the comment. Repetition will get you a long ways in hitting, but as an advanced seasoned hitting instructor, it is blatantly obvious when bad mechanics get exposed by better pitching. I work with all kinds of college players and professionals that were great at the level before, but because of mechanical flaws, they have very difficult time adjusting to the next level. I also agree that teaching causes so many problems... if the teaching is incorrect and/or the information is incorrect. With so much information out there, it's hard to know what is right and wrong... which is why our proven swing mechanics at ALL levels is taught at PSB. So proper mechanics + repetition is the ultimate.... however, my last note, just repetition is massively better than teaching with improper mechanics. Thanks for the comment! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
@@ProSpeedBaseball I guess I agree with you. The problem is not teaching fundamentals but people teaching what they think to be correct and teaching incorrectly. In my experience this has caused more problems than good and stalled a player out due to overthinking, bad habits and a destroyed passion or enjoyment of hitting. My advice from being a student of countless " hitting coaches" is to make small changes if anything and first see if just extra repetition will solve the problem first. Rarely do people take a thousand cuts a day. Same goes for feilding, pitching, etc. There is no replacement for repetition. Thanks for the reply :)
Single mom here trying to teach my son to play baseball ⚾️ thanks for the help! It’s bonding time!
Im a mom who is doing the same! I’m married and I recognize that it’s easier on me than a single parent, but I am way more athletically inclined than my husband and played softball. So much is the same , but I need these videos to help fine tune my teaching techniques and if I didn’t do it, he wouldn’t have anyone to work with on it. I think so many assume dads are the only ones working with the players with baseball, but a lot of time it’s actually us moms!
You go MOM 💪🏾💪🏾
Same here!
Awesome job moms♥️👑
As a youth baseball coach, thank you for finding the time to help your kid. There's only so much we can accomplish in a 2 hr practice split between ten kids
Same here! God and TH-cam is sufficient enough for us! 🥲😂
I'm in my fifties I have taught this to my kids nowthe grandkids love it I learnt this batting technique from a retired MLB player many years ago thank you for the video
When I was a kid, my coach told me to get in the box and hit a nuke. Best advice I have ever heard
Very good stuff here, I simplify it a little more by using the "stride and trigger" which combines your load and stride steps into one.
Thank you so much very informative and simple for children to understand
You're very welcome! Glad to hear it was helpful!
A door knocker grip is a golf grip and awkward. I would suggest using a top hand door knocker that aligns BETWEEN the knuckles of the bottom hand.
Wow thanks can you make a vid of how to keep your elbow up😊
Thanks Bro😊
Thank you
This was useful. Thank you
"poison' sheesh man. I assuming most youth league coaches are volunteers without a ton of experience. I know in my kid's league, atleast 3 of the coaches stepped up out of necessity. What they teach the kids may not be perfect, but we're all friggin happy theyre doin it so the kids can play and have fun. "Poison" is harsh man. Id hate to have upper league coaches shittin on me like that.
Is what it is
They do. I volunteer coach in a local rec league. I feed my son's travel team all the good players lol even for the younger ages. I'm like a local scout lol
This is a really great video, thank you!! Trying to teach my girlfriend the basics that I learned 20 years ago…
Great video!
Me who has played baseball for 11 years watching this video for no reason
Thanks for those advices
Great video thanks. In future please shoot the video much closer when showing hand in tips
Listen to it it says the knuckles that you knock on a door with line them in a straight line whats so hard to understand
@@ryanchampion7103 That's not what I mean. I can hear it. Sound is not the issue. The camera angle is too far away. Visually we should see the person close up, especially when discussing "hands behind shoulder" and "load" so that proper for can be achieved the way he is teaching it.
Bless this dude !
how do you recommend having the hitters put all of this together into one full motion? I have hitters that are stuck in this step one, two, three, four routine. I can't seem to get them to understand that other than steps one and two being something they do separately, they should be loading and striding as part of the swing as a whole. They pre-load before the ball is pitched then stride then swing.
Just a suggestion. Once they understand and can execute all 3 points teach them the domino effect. At the end of their load without pause (ideally) the stride begins and the swing begins as soon as the stride has has finished transferring the front foot forward. if you have access to a cage and L-screen start with a front toss round then progress to full arm batting practice. They can hold the load for a second if their timing is off or early but ultimately they have to figure out through repetition when to stride and swing once loaded. They should feel like the stride is the beginning of the swing. Roughly when the pitchers arm swings down (or separates from the glove hand) the load begins and the stride follows when the pitcher's arm swings up to its peak just before the ball is released and the swing follows. Depending on how hard the pitcher is throwing and your batters bat speed and reaction time will determine how much momentum (Controlled speed) to use during the load and stride. Again reps, reps, reps.
Thx this is great
I like this
Very informative video!!! Thanks a lot
Prety cool
Good Job, G! Looking like a star student! ;-)
Thanks for the lessons so much appreciated 🙏
I’m just watching this because my PE teacher made me
Same bro
Same with you guys! That is because my PE teacher will teach batting tomorrow and have us practice it. He posted this on Microsoft Teams, which is the learning platform that we use.
yeah me too
@@WolfStriker cool
Thank you so much! I have a 6 year old that wants to play baseball.
Not sure where to start. Should I buy a bucket of tee balls? Whiffle balls? Should I slow pitch to him? Or only have him hitting off a tee? How high should the tee be set? I want to set him up to do well when we get him in a league. Any ideas you are willing to provide will be greatly appreciated!
Just let him have fun. You don't need to slow pitch it to him as the arc will confuse him over a straight in pitch. Tee is good too. Belt high in the middle of the plate but he should stand back, so he can stride into the ball.
@@theInternetHittingCoach thanks so much for the reply! Should I buy a bunch of whiffle balls? Or tee balls?
@@wesrowlette3496 Either is fine (How about 1/2 and 1/2) again it's about the fun, so whichever he's having more fun hitting. Eventually you'll find that taking multiple swings will create muscle memory and that comes from the swinging of the bat, not what is actually hit.
@@wesrowlette3496 i just taught my nephew by getting him my little League bat and for you if you have a ball and a fishing rod drill a hole in the ball and tie the line to the ball let him hit the ball then reel in your line and do it again give enough line where the ball hangs abount half way down his body move the ball every hit around the plate so he learns to hit outside and inside pitches my nephew is the best on his team because of this method mike trout trained like this when he was playing and look at him now lol your sons foot that is closest to the pitcher should be at the back of the plate it will give him more time to judge the ball but I have to go because i have a game tomorrow at texas tech yes i play college ball good luck
@@theInternetHittingCoach For fun I pitched all sorts of soft squishy toys to my 9 year old inside the house. He used a fat wiffle ball bat.
He thought it was funny and loved to wack everything I threw. Even the dogs chew toys.😂 He's 10.5 years old now and playing little league. His swing is far from perfect but we're working on it. Make it fun for the kid and he'll want to keep improving.👍🏾
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Thanks for the video. I just signed my son up for tee ball. He'll be almost 5 when it starts. What size mitt do you recommend, 9" or 10". I have heard different opinions. I have no clue but I know I will be getting him one that doesn't need much breaking in such as a Mizuno. I am also getting him a 26" -13 drop bat because it'll be light. Please help with deciding what size mitt!
For his age if go even smaller for a glove.
Doesn’t matter t ball is a joke
I’m kinda an advanced hitter but I would like to see the basics real quick
here trying to teach my son to play baseball ⚾️ thanks for the help
How many balls does a thrower throw in baseball
Garret is a BOSS.
This was great for my grade 6 students. Thanks
REEEEEE
It's about time I seen some good hitting, every coach I have been seeing with my 8 year old is telling him to make giant stride during swing.
Im only 15, but soon in the future when i get a kid, i'll try to get them to baseball or any sports
Live your life first young king
Dont be in a rush to grow up i was and I regret it
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can u send me a link to you power hitting series please? I can not find it.
Hey Connor, thanks for the question!
If you go to prospeedbaseball.com and click on the FREE LESSONS button, it will give you access to the power hitting series and more! The power hitting series will be in the Specialty Lessons section.
~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
this is my first time playing base ball.
Kids swing looks like Griffey’s!!!
I thought they need to lift their foot or step into the swing. Why are you saying not to do that? Thx
Thanks k have a 8 years old who want to play
So no leaning the bat on your shoulders?
I'm confused. I thought you step as you swing, not before?
I'm watching this for P.E soo.. cool? 👁👄👁
Thx for telling me because I play kid pich thx thx so much my mom will be happy for me
am I the only one who's coaches say to actually step into the pitch
This is certain in
Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the Baseball Hall of fame.
Knuckles “Door Knockers” lined up doesn’t work for broad shouldered players. It leaves the top hand palm off the bat, and tips the back elbow down and in. Creating an upper cut, where the back elbow never gets into a 90 deg behind the bat and through the ball!!!
As a result, no barrel control & being stuck w/ using balanced bats only!
This video unfortunately shows what not to do. Baseball swings & golf swings are different, this video merged the swing finish of both sports.
Agree... had some Babe Ruth kid come over and tell my team the line em up and down ... Been on a 3 game skid ever since.
Every big leaguer ever is wrong, you’re right lol. Fatty McGee can do this.
Your hands go back as you step towards the pitcher.....you dont push your hands back first then step towards the pitcher
I could not get over that the batter was not lined up with the plate properly.
this is kinda incorrect always take a step load the foot to put some power in the back and swing and always watch the ball until you hit it
When he goes to hit his knuckles are not lined up at all.
i need more help
Bro I never seen any mlb baseball player that keeps the foot down when the pitch come idk man
Stride needs to be bigger.Only complaint.
To
Question. my son is only 5. How can you teach this to a 5 year old? You cannot, right?
Thanks for the question! To give you a vague answer: It depends. It will depend on the 5 year old. I've experience kids at that age being very attentive and ready to go.... and on the other hand, at the same age, they are still kids. That being said... one of the best things you can do with younger players is give them very simple directions. For example, hold the bat like this and hit line drives. Literally that's it... younger kids will do so much correct instinctively by adjusting to the goal, which would be line drives. Pop ups are no good by the way ;) The biggest mistake I see with younger players are parents/coaches being too critical of mechanics. Then the kids tend to lose their instinctive advantage. Now, at some point instruction and mechanics have a place.... but the early years can be hugely beneficial to younger players with just a nudge in the right direction.
Hope this helps out! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
I think you are going out to the game
Door knockers cause the bat to dip... just sayin..Box
You dont want your hip too open up. And there's so much pull in swing
Poison? I think 7 is still young. Prior to that a lot of kids arent even sure they want to play the sport and the coaching relies on volunteer coaches. I would not expect a volunteer to have same passion as a "professional" trainer or coach.
100% - you can respect coaches who are putting in the work >and< recognize that they could have introduced habits to a player that might be limiting. "Poison" might sound harsh, but all I heard was calling attention to having a growth mindset. Players are always going to have something to work on.
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ok well your advice is ok but you actually want to put all your weight on your right leg if your a right batter if your left batter put all you weight on your left putting you weight on you is simple just simply lift your left leg if your right batter if your left batter right leg up then load you want you your rightleg ifur a right batter look at the kid at the video his leg twist at the end he goes tiptoe you want to swing the bat as the same time your twisting your leg and going tiptoe you want your belly button to face the pitcher if your belly button face the pitcher youve official hit
Suing
lol try getting 7 year olds to do this..
First
He forgot to put his elbow up
How his name is Garrett hahaha
Am Gino I am 5 years old can you please pick me for a video
Why keep your front foot down that weird you watch MLB players they all lift front foot and time it to the contact
There was absolutely no hip movement in that swing.
This is terrible your meant to hit into the ball not just stay back
Wish your hitter wasn't a lefty
I’m only 9 and I hit nukes
We had a player win Mr. Baseball in our state two years in a row. He now plays D1 baseball. When I ask the head coach why we didn’t teach the mechanics he used( Peabody guy) I-was told that is a pro baseball swing, we can’t teach that. I now work at a different school( in state tournament 3 of last 5 years) You are doing these kids a disservice.
This is wierd everyone i know including me steps into the ball watch a baseball game this might word for t-ball but not for minor league and up teach them at t-ball to step into it the ball will go farther and you have more accuracy no offence to the guy making the video he knows some things but step into the ball at all times and to get more power swing your hips before releasing your hands it will help trust me
Doesn't matter the swing, it's all about repetition. IMO " fundamentals" teaching causes so many problems. Kids just want to impress adults.
Hit the ball a few hundred times a day and your brain will figure out the rest.
All the greatest hitters have the funkiest swings and break at least three of these supposed"fundamentals ".
Repetition is the real teacher, that isnqhy these drills help. It's just repetition.
Hey Aaron, thanks for the comment. Repetition will get you a long ways in hitting, but as an advanced seasoned hitting instructor, it is blatantly obvious when bad mechanics get exposed by better pitching. I work with all kinds of college players and professionals that were great at the level before, but because of mechanical flaws, they have very difficult time adjusting to the next level.
I also agree that teaching causes so many problems... if the teaching is incorrect and/or the information is incorrect. With so much information out there, it's hard to know what is right and wrong... which is why our proven swing mechanics at ALL levels is taught at PSB. So proper mechanics + repetition is the ultimate.... however, my last note, just repetition is massively better than teaching with improper mechanics.
Thanks for the comment! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
@@ProSpeedBaseball I guess I agree with you. The problem is not teaching fundamentals but people teaching what they think to be correct and teaching incorrectly. In my experience this has caused more problems than good and stalled a player out due to overthinking, bad habits and a destroyed passion or enjoyment of hitting. My advice from being a student of countless " hitting coaches" is to make small changes if anything and first see if just extra repetition will solve the problem first. Rarely do people take a thousand cuts a day. Same goes for feilding, pitching, etc. There is no replacement for repetition.
Thanks for the reply :)
@@aaronreeder5753 absolutely Aaron,,, repetition, repetition, repetition
This isn't a good coaching video at all.
Good coaching thank you!
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