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I made a video of some swings dating back to my junior year of HS. I've run into a laudry list of problems, and can see how it has changed (for the worst) over the last 4 years. Some notes-
The first two were of my Junior year. I was pretty much a dead pull hitter, and it showed on my average, and occasionally ran into some timing problems.
The second two was in the Spring of my Senior year. I had gotten away from the tap, and had better timing but was still dead pull. It was more a swing in progress, as I would later move my hands back a few more inches, and discovered the opposite field. My average jumped all the way up to .571 that year, but I have no video of that swing. All I have is a few pictures, which is what the second video is. I had a natural inside stroke, so before anyone says "I got jammed" in the two pictures of the second video, I was working Right-Center, and went that way.
I don't have any good ones of my freshman year in college, wish I did because I eventually switched to an open stance and hit .440 after abandoning the school's "philosophy" on hitting (hit. 190 thier way, after hitting .438 in the fall my way).
Sophmore year is not included as I didn't play because of my shoulder surgery.
The clip of me in the Metrodome is at the start of my junior year, which is when my new problems came in. The 3 clips following were from today.
As you can see, there are several things wrong.
A) I seem to be loading with the upper body and not the hands, resulting in way way too much "hiding of the hands" (basically the same thing Connor was doing in one clip he posted a while back.
B) That is causing me to wrap the bat to an excessive amount.
C) When the hands start rotating, they drop almost straight down, drag through the zone, and are just way messed up.
D) I am leaning back an excessive amount. This is giving me a large uppercut, further slowing my bat down.
Ideas? Anything else you see? Forgive me for the quality, it's my first one, and the only way to get some of the clips was to record them off of a tv with a digicam.
The first two were of my Junior year. I was pretty much a dead pull hitter, and it showed on my average, and occasionally ran into some timing problems.
The second two was in the Spring of my Senior year. I had gotten away from the tap, and had better timing but was still dead pull. It was more a swing in progress, as I would later move my hands back a few more inches, and discovered the opposite field. My average jumped all the way up to .571 that year, but I have no video of that swing. All I have is a few pictures, which is what the second video is. I had a natural inside stroke, so before anyone says "I got jammed" in the two pictures of the second video, I was working Right-Center, and went that way.
I don't have any good ones of my freshman year in college, wish I did because I eventually switched to an open stance and hit .440 after abandoning the school's "philosophy" on hitting (hit. 190 thier way, after hitting .438 in the fall my way).
Sophmore year is not included as I didn't play because of my shoulder surgery.
The clip of me in the Metrodome is at the start of my junior year, which is when my new problems came in. The 3 clips following were from today.
As you can see, there are several things wrong.
A) I seem to be loading with the upper body and not the hands, resulting in way way too much "hiding of the hands" (basically the same thing Connor was doing in one clip he posted a while back.
B) That is causing me to wrap the bat to an excessive amount.
C) When the hands start rotating, they drop almost straight down, drag through the zone, and are just way messed up.
D) I am leaning back an excessive amount. This is giving me a large uppercut, further slowing my bat down.
Ideas? Anything else you see? Forgive me for the quality, it's my first one, and the only way to get some of the clips was to record them off of a tv with a digicam.
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