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I recieved permission from Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. to put up a short amount of their DVD, The Science of Hitting with Ted Williams.
I forgot to put their phone number and website on the video. Here it is;
630-527-8890
http://www.raresportsfilms.com
The video has great angles in slow motion of great hitters; Killebrew, Bench, Mercer, Frank Robinson, Billy Williams, Kaline, Rose, and Ted Williams.
I would like you to focus on several things;
1. Note that the bathead movement is directly related to, and affected by, what they do with the handle, using their back arm. When the elbow moves the knob moves, and the bathead moves in the opposite direction of the knob. There is no torqing between the hands. The first hitter is Harmon Killebrew, and he provides a perfect example of how the bat goes vertical and then flattens behind his back, due to his hands moving in, and then out.
2. When the elbow or knob moves toward the body/plate, the bathead drops away from the body/plate.
3. When the back shoulder turns, the bathead moves toward the catcher, because the shoulder turn is moving the knob away from the bathead.
Since the elbow moves at the same time that the shoulder moves, the knob and bathead move in two directions at once. THIS is what causes the infamous "blur."
4. Look closely at the hands, wrists and forearms, and note that they are practicaly locked solidly into their positions and angles. There is no twist, torque, swivel, pivoting at the wrists.
5. And, in regard to some people saying that the bathead draws a circle around the hands. I'd like them to tell me when that occurs. From the time the hands are at the back shoulder, up until they get just slightly past the lag position (where the barrel is paralell with the plate), the angle of the bat to the front forearm has not changed ONE BIT. Which means; the bathead isn't pivoting around the hands YET. Any pivoting; which is very small, does not occur until after that point.
Essentially, you move the knob, and the bathead follows. You don't "mess" with the bathead early, from use of the wrists. It's mostly in the movement of the upper arms.
Also, note how close the shaft (or middle of the bat) stays to their shoulder (deltoid) all the while that the shoulders are rotating. It is very similar to the movement Epstein teaches with the "torque drill", or as I demonstrated; swinging with the bat on the deltoid. Some people say the shoulders are "bypassed." I wonder when that occurs?
I report, you decide. As Bill O'Reilly says.
http://wms17.streamhoster.com/firstp...portsfilms.wmv
I forgot to put their phone number and website on the video. Here it is;
630-527-8890
http://www.raresportsfilms.com
The video has great angles in slow motion of great hitters; Killebrew, Bench, Mercer, Frank Robinson, Billy Williams, Kaline, Rose, and Ted Williams.
I would like you to focus on several things;
1. Note that the bathead movement is directly related to, and affected by, what they do with the handle, using their back arm. When the elbow moves the knob moves, and the bathead moves in the opposite direction of the knob. There is no torqing between the hands. The first hitter is Harmon Killebrew, and he provides a perfect example of how the bat goes vertical and then flattens behind his back, due to his hands moving in, and then out.
2. When the elbow or knob moves toward the body/plate, the bathead drops away from the body/plate.
3. When the back shoulder turns, the bathead moves toward the catcher, because the shoulder turn is moving the knob away from the bathead.
Since the elbow moves at the same time that the shoulder moves, the knob and bathead move in two directions at once. THIS is what causes the infamous "blur."
4. Look closely at the hands, wrists and forearms, and note that they are practicaly locked solidly into their positions and angles. There is no twist, torque, swivel, pivoting at the wrists.
5. And, in regard to some people saying that the bathead draws a circle around the hands. I'd like them to tell me when that occurs. From the time the hands are at the back shoulder, up until they get just slightly past the lag position (where the barrel is paralell with the plate), the angle of the bat to the front forearm has not changed ONE BIT. Which means; the bathead isn't pivoting around the hands YET. Any pivoting; which is very small, does not occur until after that point.
Essentially, you move the knob, and the bathead follows. You don't "mess" with the bathead early, from use of the wrists. It's mostly in the movement of the upper arms.
Also, note how close the shaft (or middle of the bat) stays to their shoulder (deltoid) all the while that the shoulders are rotating. It is very similar to the movement Epstein teaches with the "torque drill", or as I demonstrated; swinging with the bat on the deltoid. Some people say the shoulders are "bypassed." I wonder when that occurs?
I report, you decide. As Bill O'Reilly says.
http://wms17.streamhoster.com/firstp...portsfilms.wmv
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