Tweet
A PERFECT Barrel Path match.
Sorry, but the clip you posted....the kid has improper weight distribution and swings with his arms.....and pushes the barrel out front. He has no corner from which to whip around. You took him from a lead arm pull to a rear arm push. NEITHER is high level.
You are in over your head pal.
I dare you to post animated gifs which I can make side by side videos with.
Double Dare.
Double Dog Dare.
OH MY
When you don't even know the elements of a high level swing.....HOW THE EF CAN YOU THINK YOU CREATED ONE?
Are you coming here or not, Rampage? It would much easier for both of us if you'd post here. Easier on those interested in learning also.
I will take your clip offering as an offer to learn. I will remain civil unless you do what everyone before you has done. And that is get to the brink of enlightenment.....come to an understand that what you believed was right is actually wrong....and then quit swinging because you know the end result will prove HI.com has been right all along.
So....I'll proceed.
Compare your weight distribution to these guys.....
http://www.hittingillustrated.com/library/Manny26.gif http://www.hittingillustrated.com/library/Bonds4.gif http://www.hittingillustrated.com/library/Arod7.gif http://www.hittingillustrated.com/li...Gonzalez14.gif
Each of them REMAIN IN/OVER/AROUND their rear leg....even as they move out? Their weight stays back until launch. THEN it goes forward. Your weight goes forward....THEN you launch. Which means....whatever benefit weight shift provides....IS GONE in your swing. You shift....THEN swing. The weight shift benefit does not go into your swing. You've bled it dry....then you swing. All that's left is the momentum of your weight shift....and your arms. There is no drive train. Your transmission is in neutral. Your legs have been cut off. They are not providing any DRIVE to the swing. They provided momentum....but no DRIVE. Your gears are not engaged. You're in neutral.
And the culprit is what you perceive to be the actual launch. You perceive it to be a 'hammering' action with your hands/arms....when in fact it should be a swiveling action. Until you learn to get the hand action right you will not match video. Only when the hand action is right will the body then align and contribute to unloading the hands in the way they need to be unloaded. As long as your goal is to 'hammer'....your body will help you hammer. But that is not what high level hitters do. They swivel. And when you learn to swivel, your body gets a whole new set of instructions. Your body will then align to help you unload the swivel. Notice below....how Manny's hand swivel.....AUTOMATICALLY....forces his rear hip/leg to swivel/pivot. His two pivot points....are working simultaneously. He has TWO engines working....DRIVING....engaged.....working on his barrel. Not one, like you do.
So.....this is what you need to learn to duplicate....
http://www.hittingillustrated.com/im...nnyOutFrom.gif
WHAT is Manny doing? He is swiveling his top hand, turning the barrel rearward....AS....the hands remain at their intial position. Yes, the clip plays a bit past just the swivel....but not much. Notice that his rear forearm does not extend forward until after the swiveling action has begun. Notice his hands remain at his shoulder tip for a long duration as the barrel is turned. Most of his forward hand movement is TORSO TURNING....not independent arm movement....until he's turned the corner. Notice his top hand swiveling....not hammering. He is creating a FOREARM AXLE....rear forearm axle....around which the barrel turns.
Please duplicate just what you see Manny doing here. A half swing....a stop swing....launch to contact and stop. No follow through.
http://hittingillustrated.com/images/BarrelTurn.gif
It is a PERFECT match. Manny is actually hitting...in the batters box and hitting....not doing a drill....he's adjusting also....attempting to hit a ball....so he looks a bit different. But the 'under the hood' action of turning the barrel is IDENTICAL. If I were hitting a ball I would look a bit different also. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WOULD NOT BE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT IS SHOWN. It would simply mean I am also doing other things at the same time. We're not interested in those other things until you learn to do the underlying movement correctly. Do it right....then we'll move on.
Waiting on a video of you duplicating Manny.