I go with an open stance but this year I shifted my weight more on my back leg and stayed cooked ready to explode forward towards the ball to generate extra speed and power on the hit...it really helped by using a lot more weight to transfer to the ball as opposed to just hip rotation and upper body strength...now I use all 3 for my benefit
Nice! Glad to hear you had the similar experience. Seems like not a big deal of a switch but was exciting to see over the course of the season that it actually helped throughout.
hahahaha. Thanks for watching! I'll see what I can do. I still haven't gotten to figuring out exactly what I'll be focusing on this winter. It reminds me I should get that figured out soon.
I also stand with my feet close together. Coming from a baseball background I have tried many different stances over the years for slowpitch and I have found that I also like the feet close together stance, and I have added a big leg kick to help really "throw" my front hip out there with more "authority". I think it personally helps me because I have a fast bat speed, and for whatever reason it allows me to still have the same bat speed without getting to far ahead of it.
thanks for sharing! Glad to hear you are having success with the feet close together also. It felt strange at first. Like how was I going to get any power into the ball. But that was why I think it helped, forcing me to make movements toward getting power.
Definitely a great point that I didn't give enough credit to until the last couple years when I've tried to be more picky with pitches. A simple yet significant element to work on for sure.
Great stuff as always Dan. Have you watched any of the old Ray DeMarini videos? Pretty similar concepts to what you’re working on. He was way ahead of his time.
I appreciate the tip. I hope this helps me get my hips through, which I'm having trouble doing for some mental block reason. I think I'm doing it but after recording my swing I'm not getting them through at all which severely limits power in the swing. Any tip you can give me on solving getting the hips through would be great. Thx!
A great channel to check out with a lot of hitting tips would be swing makeover. Hopefully some helpful hints might be on there. Sorry I don't have the expertise you can find on there.
What about your hands? Do you feel one hand is more dominant through the swing? Also, when seeing the ball as it is pitched… are you looking at the inside part of the ball? Bottom half? Or middle? Just carious. I love watching your videos.
thanks for watching! For hands, since I do the full drop-down overlap grip, my bottom hand is the only one on the bat. The top hand is wrapped around the bottom hand and just pressed up against the handle (without crossing the thumb and pointer finger). So in this case my bottom hand is much more dominant. As far as what I look at I'm not too sure haha. Years ago in baseball I worked to look at the bottom half of the ball. So I'm assuming I do that, but I haven't given thought to that for since back in college probably...over 20 years ago now :). Sorry I don't have anything helpful on that.
I haven't yet. I'm currently 45 and my understanding is the 45 range isn't universally senior ball yet?? Anyhow, I'm planning to start reviewing some senior bats so that, Lord willing, when 50 hits, I am ready to go on which bats fit my swing haha. Thanks for watching and for your kind words.
thanks for watching! I've been liking it more and more. The other day I would have said I'd probably choose that over the Smith, and that it could have a chance to chase down the Sinister. But then I got back out and saw the Smith 25.5oz take charge. Both are very exciting bats!
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I tried this stance and form after watching this video, and I hit my first HR over a 300 ft fence. Thanks for the tip!
Great to hear! Thanks for sharing the update
I go with an open stance but this year I shifted my weight more on my back leg and stayed cooked ready to explode forward towards the ball to generate extra speed and power on the hit...it really helped by using a lot more weight to transfer to the ball as opposed to just hip rotation and upper body strength...now I use all 3 for my benefit
Nice! So do you mean you start with most of your weight on your back leg?
I like how this makes you load your core like a spring before you explode with your hips. Great thing to work on in BP.
Thanks for watching! Speaking of BP, its looking like some nicer weather next week. Meet up halfway???
I started standing with my feet together about 2 years ago. I'll have to try the pigeon toe thing, feet together helped me alot. Great video
Nice! Glad to hear you had the similar experience. Seems like not a big deal of a switch but was exciting to see over the course of the season that it actually helped throughout.
You're a pro to me! Can you do an upcoming video on your off-season drills?
hahahaha. Thanks for watching! I'll see what I can do. I still haven't gotten to figuring out exactly what I'll be focusing on this winter. It reminds me I should get that figured out soon.
I also stand with my feet close together. Coming from a baseball background I have tried many different stances over the years for slowpitch and I have found that I also like the feet close together stance, and I have added a big leg kick to help really "throw" my front hip out there with more "authority".
I think it personally helps me because I have a fast bat speed, and for whatever reason it allows me to still have the same bat speed without getting to far ahead of it.
thanks for sharing! Glad to hear you are having success with the feet close together also. It felt strange at first. Like how was I going to get any power into the ball. But that was why I think it helped, forcing me to make movements toward getting power.
Excellent video. Your new stance clearly promotes maximum weight transfer. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for watching! If you ever give it a try let us know how it goes.
I just watched you swings from the fall of 2022 and you can see your feet were about 1ft apart. In this video they are about 2 inches apart.
@@ronscarborough899 Yeah that is about right. I was around 1.5' - 2' apart previously.
This is very helpful, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! If you give it a try at all let us know how it goes if you think of it.
Big keys for me are pitch selection and positioning yourself in the box to maximize where you hit strikes the best
Definitely a great point that I didn't give enough credit to until the last couple years when I've tried to be more picky with pitches. A simple yet significant element to work on for sure.
Great stuff as always Dan. Have you watched any of the old Ray DeMarini videos? Pretty similar concepts to what you’re working on. He was way ahead of his time.
thanks for watching! I've seen some of his videos quite a while ago. I probably had it floating in my memory.
I appreciate the tip. I hope this helps me get my hips through, which I'm having trouble doing for some mental block reason. I think I'm doing it but after recording my swing I'm not getting them through at all which severely limits power in the swing. Any tip you can give me on solving getting the hips through would be great. Thx!
A great channel to check out with a lot of hitting tips would be swing makeover. Hopefully some helpful hints might be on there. Sorry I don't have the expertise you can find on there.
What about your hands? Do you feel one hand is more dominant through the swing? Also, when seeing the ball as it is pitched… are you looking at the inside part of the ball? Bottom half? Or middle? Just carious. I love watching your videos.
thanks for watching! For hands, since I do the full drop-down overlap grip, my bottom hand is the only one on the bat. The top hand is wrapped around the bottom hand and just pressed up against the handle (without crossing the thumb and pointer finger). So in this case my bottom hand is much more dominant. As far as what I look at I'm not too sure haha. Years ago in baseball I worked to look at the bottom half of the ball. So I'm assuming I do that, but I haven't given thought to that for since back in college probably...over 20 years ago now :). Sorry I don't have anything helpful on that.
Have you played any senior ball yet? You are definitely good enough to get on a high level tournament team
I haven't yet. I'm currently 45 and my understanding is the 45 range isn't universally senior ball yet?? Anyhow, I'm planning to start reviewing some senior bats so that, Lord willing, when 50 hits, I am ready to go on which bats fit my swing haha. Thanks for watching and for your kind words.
@@bathound here in California seniors start at 40, then at 50 the divisions start going by 5 years. 55's, 60's ect
@@davidliskey3553 I can definitely say that those games / leagues and the weather sounds fantastic!
The pigeon toe concept for the back foot is explained in the latest Bob O'Brien and Alan Tanner hitting video.
Oh thanks! I will need to check that out.
Great video. Hows the Butter working?
thanks for watching! I've been liking it more and more. The other day I would have said I'd probably choose that over the Smith, and that it could have a chance to chase down the Sinister. But then I got back out and saw the Smith 25.5oz take charge. Both are very exciting bats!
where did you get that self pitching machine?
You can get them here: 21stcenturybattingtees.com/product/green-pitching-machine/
I have an affiliate code that will save you $8, which is, "LIVEBP", in case you are interested.
That pitchers pitch in your fall game swing pitched an illegal pitch. Thats above max arc
yeah some of the umps let that ball get up there. Around here it is generally 6' - 12' in theory...
@@bathound it's supposed to be 6-10 now for ASA