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Had a chance to work with my oldest son, Brad, tonight.
He was off to college when Brandon and I went through our trial and error experience. He works for Boeing, coaches football, just got married, yada yada yada. Busy kid.
Between at bats in a game he will ask me questions.....of course....right when what I have to say to him will make little sense.....
.....although you might recall when I said 'pull back with the top hand' just before an at bat and he hit a HR.
Anyway, we have not seriously hit together since our PCR days until tonight.
The first thing I did was show him the SOOO GOOD video. Talked to him about out from, SnF, hip socket etc etc. He did pretty good....but not until we threw the bat....yes, we literally threw the bat into a net....did he come to understand launch and spend.
The first time he threw the bat, he was standing about 5' from the Jugs net....he cut loose....missed the net....and the bat was on course for the neighbors bay window....when it fell about 2-3 ft short. Whew.
HE MISSED THE NET
He did real good with the spend part.....he spent. But he did very poorly with the launch part.
HE DID NOT UPTICK FOR LAUNCH.
He pushed/pulled forward THEN launched. It was still pretty sudden. But not the real deal. He was using his arms. How do I know he was using his arms?
BECAUSE HE MISSED THE NET THAT WAS 5' IN FRONT OF HIM.
The swing direction could only happen as a result of a pulling lead arm...with late release. IF he was using his hands.....early....the bat has to go into the net.
AND....it should go end over end vertically....or very near vertically. His first throw took off spinning horizontally. His later throws were vertical/diagonal into the net.
After a talk....he used his hands....and for the first time in his life he learned what hands/forearms ONLY means....and he learned what sudden is.
Folks, the greatest challenge hitters have is catching up to good pitching speed. Yet, hitters continually try to use batspeed instead of swing quickness to catch up.
YOU MUST COMMIT TO SWING QUICKNESS
FLICK THAT BARREL.........NOW
Anyway....my main point is this....to swing out from.....you've got to flick it. You've got to throw it....without throwing it. You've got to get it over before you're getting it over now. You must sell out to quickness....not speed. It must be hands only. The arms will take you 'around'. Only the hands can take the bat out from. Only UPTICK can take the bat out from.
Finally....what is the end of the swing....from an energy production standpoint? The end of the swing is the 90 degrees or so that you turn the barrel from it's launch point to flat.
The swing is over here....
You can whine all you want.
The taking of the bat from tip to flat....is the complete swing.....from a 'what you do' perspective.
Of course, you do that from a SnF position....so more is going on AT THE SAME TIME. But THAT.....the uptick.....is all you do.
That is exactly what Kemp is doing.
He was off to college when Brandon and I went through our trial and error experience. He works for Boeing, coaches football, just got married, yada yada yada. Busy kid.
Between at bats in a game he will ask me questions.....of course....right when what I have to say to him will make little sense.....
.....although you might recall when I said 'pull back with the top hand' just before an at bat and he hit a HR. Anyway, we have not seriously hit together since our PCR days until tonight.
The first thing I did was show him the SOOO GOOD video. Talked to him about out from, SnF, hip socket etc etc. He did pretty good....but not until we threw the bat....yes, we literally threw the bat into a net....did he come to understand launch and spend.
The first time he threw the bat, he was standing about 5' from the Jugs net....he cut loose....missed the net....and the bat was on course for the neighbors bay window....when it fell about 2-3 ft short. Whew.
HE MISSED THE NET
He did real good with the spend part.....he spent. But he did very poorly with the launch part.
HE DID NOT UPTICK FOR LAUNCH.
He pushed/pulled forward THEN launched. It was still pretty sudden. But not the real deal. He was using his arms. How do I know he was using his arms?
BECAUSE HE MISSED THE NET THAT WAS 5' IN FRONT OF HIM.
The swing direction could only happen as a result of a pulling lead arm...with late release. IF he was using his hands.....early....the bat has to go into the net.
AND....it should go end over end vertically....or very near vertically. His first throw took off spinning horizontally. His later throws were vertical/diagonal into the net.
After a talk....he used his hands....and for the first time in his life he learned what hands/forearms ONLY means....and he learned what sudden is.
Folks, the greatest challenge hitters have is catching up to good pitching speed. Yet, hitters continually try to use batspeed instead of swing quickness to catch up.
YOU MUST COMMIT TO SWING QUICKNESS
FLICK THAT BARREL.........NOW
Anyway....my main point is this....to swing out from.....you've got to flick it. You've got to throw it....without throwing it. You've got to get it over before you're getting it over now. You must sell out to quickness....not speed. It must be hands only. The arms will take you 'around'. Only the hands can take the bat out from. Only UPTICK can take the bat out from.
Finally....what is the end of the swing....from an energy production standpoint? The end of the swing is the 90 degrees or so that you turn the barrel from it's launch point to flat.
The swing is over here....
You can whine all you want.
The taking of the bat from tip to flat....is the complete swing.....from a 'what you do' perspective.
Of course, you do that from a SnF position....so more is going on AT THE SAME TIME. But THAT.....the uptick.....is all you do.
That is exactly what Kemp is doing.
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