work on hitting different pitches- lower pitches

work on lower body- take a high volume of swings w/ good lower body

barrel being sent rearword?

diagonal swing plane vs around the shoulders? launch swing at second basemen?

in between the elbow slotting, bat staying up, and the next phase- the bat has to travel in a vertical plane.

the swings where i turn the barrel in my hands out in front of my body look good because i am artificially getting to the back elbow up, lead arm up position and i am taking my lead arm out of the swing

my swing in the cage actually has some similarities in pattern to my dry swing- so- fix the dry cut

my hands are dropping, my lead arm straightens out, my bat lags, i throw my arms out front and torque the barrel out there

also- address the lower body and my load

in werth's swing- the back elbow doesn't flatten out or lose its angle or drop until very late- it stays upright, vertical, - and the bat moves vertically- until late

if my hand is always in front of my elbow- i am pushing my hands, just from a different source

address the lead arm because as long as it is hinging the bat around out front my swing won't progress

getting from back elbow ahead of hands and back (bat up), to back elbow under and lead arm up. back arm stays in right angle, near shoulder

bat stays in vertical plane

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the elbow goes under and the bat stays in its original connected position until it flattens out w/ the elbow (which is staying tight and near the shoulder)

the hands don't start turning the ball, elbow and leard arm slotting, until the hands get past the elbow. before that, the hands and arms stay the same w/ bat up.

pay attention to posture

+ direction of rotation

put hands vertical at shoulder. swivel hands vertically, throw right arm, snap left arm. get bat coming around after hands get past elbow, coming early. keep right arm angle tight, at shoulder until it throws

the hands dont at any point or for any frames push the bat

load against back side, cock hips, keep a tilt over, throw hips forward w/ weight back

bend over at the waist and throw with the right arm

when i was rotating really hard- my hands would be at my shoulder in a good position- but then they would get thrown out by my shoulders instead of rotating the bat around in my hands. Maybe i need to get my hips to pull my hands in the right direction, and throw the bat head, and maybe rotate it around in my hands.

one knee- right hand swing into bag- keep bat up, slot elbow- turn bat from vertical to horizontal

seperation stop- cock hips, swing leg open to get seperation- keep hands behind shoulder w/ bat up, slot elbow in front of hands

half-swings- same thing as previous- but then turn bat in hands, throw right hand, vertical to horizontal

things to improve- shoulder drop, pushing hands in full swing, bat dropping too horizontal too early

stay through the ball/ keep bat up- rotate it vertically and through

the elbow slots down- the bat stays up until the hands start moving through the zone and the hands work vertically into the plane.

you have to try to work within the same framework as the hitters you are emulating. its hard to practice a mechanic outside of the context of the rest of the body.

sit against the back hip

coil against the back hip as you push out

work the back knee under as the hands go back

its about coiling and uncoiling the back hip joint

i need to figure out how to make it rythmic, natural, the seperation between hands and hip

address the amount of shoulder tilt in my swing

i did a clip trying to get my hips ahead of my hands and i did create alot of separation, although it was artificial. my hands also turned the bat decently. the thing is a had alot of shoulder tilt backwards- maybe a muscle memory thing because i usually tilt my shoulders forward alot and tilt them back to get to even.

rotate the bat around a vertical right forearm.

drills:

rotate forearm into bag

throw bat around shoulder- right

rotate forearm w/ lead arm going up

both hands- rotate bat around shoulder

hips before hands- band

hips before hands- w/ throw bat around shoulder

one swing i didn't look in the mirror and i swung straight down. the next i looked in the mirror and swung on a high plane

lead arm seems to be off, i'm rolling over early in my swing which creates that cool follow through, and my dry swing always seems to be a down swing. my best swings were the ones i was trying to rotate the bat around my forearm and uppercut the ball- i ended up not uppercutting the ball.

in my best ever dry swing, i got my elbow to lead my hands. i think this happened because i was focused on slotting the elbow, jutting the lead arm, and turning the barrel around my forearm.

keep the lead arm from pulling, throwing motion in the back, don't use shoulders. diagonal hand path, hand pivot point, don't push up w/ back leg.

the back arm comes through bent at an acute angle and the bat rotates around the forearm. the arm stays up around the shoulder and on a diagonal path to the ball.

in dry swings- too much puhs, or pull, w/ the arms and not enough turning the bat w/ the forearms. but better.

pat attention to timing and separation too.

go simpler, easier, until you can do something right and build off that.

don't go hard right.

get legs to work over this break. arms- just rotate around forearm, throw the bathead w/ right arm, maybe set load a little bit, separate.

legs: load against right leg, push up into ground into belly button and separate from hands. keep the hands up by the shoulder

keep your head behind

still throw the bathead

finish counter-balanced

raise the hands

drills:

leg up on bench x10

load x10

unload- stretch x10

you want to throw the bat backwards, rotating across the forearm, behind and above your armpit

its important to feel your back leg working- feel the load like in the one leg on the chair drill. also- make the transition from load to unload with the lower body fluid, w/ no stop.

i really feel myself loading the back leg and then exploding through the ground into my belly button to seperate my hands and let my hips pull my hands through.

back hip pulls the swing through- back shoulder doesn't push through. rear hip doesn't pull the swing through either.

use your hands not your arms.

turn your belly button to the pitcher hard.

my official goal for the 2010 baseball season is to hit .400 with 10 bombs. I think it will help if i look at other players that have done that before and how they handle themselves: for instance, I can have Dustin Ackley's quit personality and his calm at the plate + Derek Jeter's confidence.