@@maggielebeau4592 Yep I agree but it still hard to put all your power into your swing. When I try to put all my power into my swing I end up missing the ball.
Right now i can get massive power if i put my hips, arms, and weight into it but it gets outta control So i just use hips and some arm action for 230 off the batting tee working on controlling the full beast
2 month update: Enourmous amoutn of improvement! Swing is just getting into a v on contact but as soon as i correct that my swing will look like the peoples you just watched!
Thanks for posting this, OP. I wanted my youngest daughter to see some good slo-mo swings without commentary, just so she could take in the motion as a whole, and this is perfect.
Better get on the tee and start swinging then! Ive been swinging off the tee and trying to get better mechanics for 6 months everyday now and its working. Im trying to make highschool varsity for my third year so ya know.... Gotta bust my ass.
Pedroia's swing is fascinating. He holds his head straight up, which would normally make it harder to accurately track and target the ball. He also drops his hands below his shoulders and assumes the hammering position with the back hand very, very early as well. It is difficult to replicate what he does, but that swing in this clip is a thing of beauty for how long the bat remains in the path of the ball. It's quite remarkable.
thanks for the excellent slow-mo clips. what i see is that most great hitters are able to keep their EYES very still (quie eyes period) as they enter the final hitting zone period.
I just want to say, nowadays, pros in the mlb only try to swing up. The only thing scouts recruit for are hitters that can hit the ball hard and hit home runs. For example, in the video look at both Jose Bautista and Bryce Harper’s swings. Both of them have a big dip in their swings. When you swing up, you only have a chance to hit the ball on the tip of the bat. It’s easier to understand if I showed you in real life with a bat and a ball. But then, look at both Robinson Cano’s swing. I know you can’t really tell from that angle, but his swing is level, and it doesn’t dip down at all. If you swing level or EVEN swing down, you have a better chance of hitting the ball. If you swing level, the ball could hit the bat on any place on the bat. Again, it’s hard to understand to explain this on a comment of a CZcams video, but I tried to make it as clear as I can to you. So this is why people should stop swinging up and dipping in their swings, and swing level or even down. You could even try it by just going to a park with a parent and ask them to pitch to you and just try swinging level or down. Have a good day
Getting the bat “on plane.” Sound advice, I agree 1000%. Your margin for error becomes greater the longer your bat is on the same plane as the baseball coming in
Thanks for this! I am a high school freshman and I'm trying to figure out my swing before tryouts. I've always tried to get under the ball, but i will for sure keep this in mind. You said you could explain better in person.... Any chance you could do a CZcams demo?
Not trying to criticize you but I can see we’re your coming from. When I was growing up I always would try to either dip or keep it even. Now I’ve learned to go at the angle the ball is pitched at especially fastball. You might not want to do this against and off speed pitch especially when the pitcher has a lot of drop on the ball.
Almost all mlb hitters let their back foot come up on the tip to shift their weight to their stiff front leg and rotate around it.No squishing the bug.Then they settle down on the ball of the foot for a split second,AFTER contact.The back arm slots to the side supporting the hands and the top elbow works up to keep the bat in the zone.All you got to do is look at the slow mo,there is no throwing the hands or staying 'level"with the shoulders.They do not swing down at a ball that's going down either.
You are absolutely right, I just had this argument with my son's high school coach. It's pretty hard to argue the video but he keeps saying he has 19 yrs experience. Good thing his hitting coach teaches rotational hitting and not swinging down on the ball.
Never swing down or level. Swing at the angle between the strike zone and the pitchers head. Homerun dirby swings are different from game situation swings also. Getting way out in front on a gimmy pitch will fly a long way, but you won't get any of those in a game. The transfer of the actual weight gets carried through to the front as the bat gets through the front. It is weird to explain when you see a back foot with no weight on it, but the body weight is still behind the front knee and moving forward towards impact. If all your weight is out front before the bat gets there you are an easy strikeout, unless you are playing slow pitch softball.
HR derby swings are not the best examples because they lunge towards the pitcher more than they do in a game, and they swing harder than they do normally. They do show how to keep hands inside the ball and follow through with extension. That Gonzalez swing is a thing of beauty.
The only real problem I see in the video (and it may just be the angle we're seeing it) is that it looks like his weight is moving backwards at contact and just after. Take a look at his back foot--he's up on the toe (meaning he's moved his weight forward), and at the end of the swing, he's back to the ball of his foot.
JJ GRAVITY a batter who hits without getting his weight to his front foot at impact will always be late and pop everything up. He will have the feeling that fastballs are jumping on him and his bat will feel like it weighs 10 pounds. The mechanics of hitting a baseball, tennis ball or golf ball or throwing a ball or a punch are all the same. You must transfer weight from the back foot to the front foot and then turn your hips.
King exactly I totally agree that the back foot off the ground is a sign of a guy who really uses his hips but ur not gonna hit the ball 100 feet farther by thinking about taking your foot off the ground.
Greatest all time: Ken Griffey Jr. Best Current: Robinson Cano Most badass swing all time: Juan Uribe. Currently: Harper/ Bautista Raw power of all time: Bonds (even without roids) Current raw power: Giancarlo Stanton
Hanley swing is my favorite all time... Watch how he can stride that far and still drive his front knee through the ground to get crazy bat speed...1:24
Several of the swings are not in game situations, they are transferring the weight too soon to the front foot because they are just swinging for homeruns. The game situation swings for most players keeps the weight behind the front knee until the swing makes contact even though it looks like all the weight is on the front foot. The swing carries the momentum and weight beyond the front knee as the swing gets beyond the front knee. The "homerun" swings get you way out in front of breaking and off speed pitches, you won't be able to hold up. It works if you can guess right, and sometimes guessing is the thing to do according to Ted Williams.
When I plant my front foot and load into the ball, I turn my back foot but everyone in this video lifts there's up, I guess i'll lift mine from now on.
Here’s another thing to thing about if you still haven’t had your “aha” moment about Teacherman and Antonelli being right. How many of the best hitters through the years “wrapped their bat” before they swung? Most of them. Try making the “hands to ball” traditional bad hitting move with even a slightly wrapped bat. You’ll hit yourself in the back of the head. Yet, these guys begin their swing there. They don’t hit themselves in the head because their bat path is not straight to the ball. They go back and down before coming up through the ball. Just think about it.
The only problem with this video is everyone of the players are trying to hit a home run. There is a big chance they will miss. You just happen to have played the ones they hit. Homerun hitting contests are exactly what they are named. Its the ones that are trying to hit line drives that are the best swings.
No, I'm focusing on targeting as well. His ER forces him to make a decision sooner. He can't wait as long. His swing plane sucks because he has to use his arms.
I never realized that they actually swing their entire body into the swing. Gives me a whole new perspective on how they get their power
Using your legs and hips is really the key to power
Rotational hitting is body bringing hands ,,it is where 500 foot home runs come from
@@maggielebeau4592 Yep I agree but it still hard to put all your power into your swing. When I try to put all my power into my swing I end up missing the ball.
Right now i can get massive power if i put my hips, arms, and weight into it but it gets outta control
So i just use hips and some arm action for 230 off the batting tee
working on controlling the full beast
2 month update:
Enourmous amoutn of improvement!
Swing is just getting into a v on contact
but as soon as i correct that my swing will look like the peoples you just watched!
Robinson Cano has the most legit swing i've ever seen!
No.
You be right
Man, look how still Cano's head stays while his entire body twists. That's called keeping your eye on the ball.
yep he looks like a bobblehead on a hanger.
He is like a owl
Wheres his helmet
Dylan Tauscheck it’s a hr derby
@@Eeeemomo @noshithserlock
Ken Griffey Jr was so enjoyable to watch.
Why would people not like this video?? It shows key components at what makes a good hitter.....
***** No Griffey Jr
+Matt R. Garrett Because there's no Ken Griffey Jr. and it's missing a lot of players with even better swings.
Matt R. Garrett this is a derby this is not their game swings
It’s the home run derby
0:43 Bryce Harper looks like he's on his high school baseball team
buccaneer Photographer probably just a spring training game
I thought that it might've been the juco world series, but the jerseys in the back say otherwise
3:20 Cano minimizing head movement to PERFECTION.
Yeah
i seen ur comment and went straight to his swing, it almost looks fake how still his head is
Seems to me that if you hit the ball out in front you don't have to move your head as much to keep eye on ball since it's in front.
Thanks for posting this, OP. I wanted my youngest daughter to see some good slo-mo swings without commentary, just so she could take in the motion as a whole, and this is perfect.
Manny’s swing is one of the all time best
I want more slow motion swings like these...
Better get on the tee and start swinging then!
Ive been swinging off the tee and trying to get better mechanics for 6 months everyday now and its working.
Im trying to make highschool varsity for my third year so ya know.... Gotta bust my ass.
might happen
Mike Piazza's Swing was awesome.
Pedroia's swing is fascinating. He holds his head straight up, which would normally make it harder to accurately track and target the ball. He also drops his hands below his shoulders and assumes the hammering position with the back hand very, very early as well. It is difficult to replicate what he does, but that swing in this clip is a thing of beauty for how long the bat remains in the path of the ball. It's quite remarkable.
david wright's chin-to-chin is just textbook perfect. that's how he finds the gap so often. what a gorgeous swing.
The song is called "300 violin Orchestra" by Jorge Quintero
Thanks!
np
thanks for the excellent slow-mo clips. what i see is that most great hitters are able to keep their EYES very still (quie eyes period) as they enter the final hitting zone period.
It is actually awesome. Really it is.
Albert Pujols has a beautiful swing, very aggressive.
who says that thy donz like the mlb swings in slo mo, u just cant beat it.
Love this video! Would definitely be interested in more hitters and even pitchers in slow motion
I just want to say, nowadays, pros in the mlb only try to swing up. The only thing scouts recruit for are hitters that can hit the ball hard and hit home runs. For example, in the video look at both Jose Bautista and Bryce Harper’s swings. Both of them have a big dip in their swings. When you swing up, you only have a chance to hit the ball on the tip of the bat. It’s easier to understand if I showed you in real life with a bat and a ball. But then, look at both Robinson Cano’s swing. I know you can’t really tell from that angle, but his swing is level, and it doesn’t dip down at all. If you swing level or EVEN swing down, you have a better chance of hitting the ball. If you swing level, the ball could hit the bat on any place on the bat. Again, it’s hard to understand to explain this on a comment of a CZcams video, but I tried to make it as clear as I can to you. So this is why people should stop swinging up and dipping in their swings, and swing level or even down. You could even try it by just going to a park with a parent and ask them to pitch to you and just try swinging level or down. Have a good day
Getting the bat “on plane.” Sound advice, I agree 1000%. Your margin for error becomes greater the longer your bat is on the same plane as the baseball coming in
Thanks for this! I am a high school freshman and I'm trying to figure out my swing before tryouts. I've always tried to get under the ball, but i will for sure keep this in mind. You said you could explain better in person.... Any chance you could do a CZcams demo?
Not trying to criticize you but I can see we’re your coming from. When I was growing up I always would try to either dip or keep it even. Now I’ve learned to go at the angle the ball is pitched at especially fastball. You might not want to do this against and off speed pitch especially when the pitcher has a lot of drop on the ball.
300 violin orchestra🤩
Love them or hate them Barry Bonds and A-Rod had some of the best looking swings ever
I love Fielder, Bonds and Josh Donaldson's swing but Arod's swing is definitely good looking
And Darryl strawberry
They all sit back, cool
Pujols or Cano have the best swings. So smooth
Come man no ken Griffey jr he's got the best swing if not one of the best swings!!!
sorry i couldnt find any on him
Dude this is ok stop complaining
Missing Griffey, but Cano probably has the prettiest swing in this video
Vice Sloths its crazy how his head doesnt move at all
Cano definitely has the only swing that isn’t up too
Just you wait, I'll be in one of these highlight clips
Supper helpful, thanks!
I like prince fielders swing. He puts so much of his body into the swing, he's about to fall over
Robinson Cano has the best swing of all time.
It's amazing how smooth his swing is
You must have never watched Griffey Jr. play. That guy has the smoothest swing of all time.
You sir, are very wise. Griffey had the sweetest most effortless stroke I have ever seen.
I just love how his head doesn't move at all, making it much easier to keep his eye on the ball
Josh Ken Griffey jr pulled the ball like most lefties, Robinson canó somehow manages to hit the ball like a righty, it's smooth
Harper has the best swing
Almost all mlb hitters let their back foot come up on the tip to shift their weight to their stiff front leg and rotate around it.No squishing the bug.Then they settle down on the ball of the foot for a split second,AFTER contact.The back arm slots to the side supporting the hands and the top elbow works up to keep the bat in the zone.All you got to do is look at the slow mo,there is no throwing the hands or staying 'level"with the shoulders.They do not swing down at a ball that's going down either.
You are absolutely right, I just had this argument with my son's high school coach. It's pretty hard to argue the video but he keeps saying he has 19 yrs experience. Good thing his hitting coach teaches rotational hitting and not swinging down on the ball.
Note none of them are swinging downward or level because it's the HR DERBY.
Never swing down or level. Swing at the angle between the strike zone and the pitchers head. Homerun dirby swings are different from game situation swings also. Getting way out in front on a gimmy pitch will fly a long way, but you won't get any of those in a game. The transfer of the actual weight gets carried through to the front as the bat gets through the front. It is weird to explain when you see a back foot with no weight on it, but the body weight is still behind the front knee and moving forward towards impact. If all your weight is out front before the bat gets there you are an easy strikeout, unless you are playing slow pitch softball.
You shouldn't squish the big you should drive straight through the ball
prince fielder, what a tank!!!
Your missing the best swing in history. KEN GRIFFY JR. All swings fail in comparison.
lol
SO TRUE!! He was one of a kind
Ted Williams
Robbie Cano has the best, most effortless swing in history
Right now I think Carlos Gonzalez has one of the cleanest swings. Not effortless, but awesome to see.
HR derby swings are not the best examples because they lunge towards the pitcher more than they do in a game, and they swing harder than they do normally. They do show how to keep hands inside the ball and follow through with extension. That Gonzalez swing is a thing of beauty.
i really wish i had harpers swing. Its so smooth and fast
Its good enough to get him into the majors
Cano has the sexiest swing. So smooth.
i would definitely take a good look at mark trumbo, that guys swing is outrageous
this was a very good video
Thankyou
wow this really helped
Fielder swings so hard and fast that you cant even see the bat in slow-mo.
I hate when people say fielders swing is bad. He has great hands and his hand-knee connection is where he gets his power; not his brute strength
The only real problem I see in the video (and it may just be the angle we're seeing it) is that it looks like his weight is moving backwards at contact and just after. Take a look at his back foot--he's up on the toe (meaning he's moved his weight forward), and at the end of the swing, he's back to the ball of his foot.
Jim made that bat look like it was made out of rubber
Manny has the best swing.
For all you squish the bug lovers take this that back foot off the ground is POWERR
I've been trying to tell people this for years!
JJ GRAVITY every good hitter hits off his front foot. Telling a hitter to "stay back" is the worst advice you can give.
Elaine Davis don't think about moving your back foot it's just a indicator of power
JJ GRAVITY a batter who hits without getting his weight to his front foot at impact will always be late and pop everything up. He will have the feeling that fastballs are jumping on him and his bat will feel like it weighs 10 pounds. The mechanics of hitting a baseball, tennis ball or golf ball or throwing a ball or a punch are all the same. You must transfer weight from the back foot to the front foot and then turn your hips.
King exactly I totally agree that the back foot off the ground is a sign of a guy who really uses his hips but ur not gonna hit the ball 100 feet farther by thinking about taking your foot off the ground.
Greatest all time: Ken Griffey Jr. Best Current: Robinson Cano
Most badass swing all time: Juan Uribe. Currently: Harper/ Bautista
Raw power of all time: Bonds (even without roids) Current raw power: Giancarlo Stanton
A Ron just put Ken Griffey jr in all your categories.
harpers swing is great
my top five sweetest looking swings
1) Will Clark
2) Ken Griff
3) Justin Upton
4) Don Mattingly
5) Manny Ramirez
Came to video read first comment, commented, left,
Hanley swing is my favorite all time... Watch how he can stride that far and still drive his front knee through the ground to get crazy bat speed...1:24
Nice
Idk know why I am saying that
He has the power. and the accuracy. but that will only carry him for so long
Darryl Strawberry. I want to see a slo-mo of that.
Frame rate, or speed reduction ratio?
Several of the swings are not in game situations, they are transferring the weight too soon to the front foot because they are just swinging for homeruns. The game situation swings for most players keeps the weight behind the front knee until the swing makes contact even though it looks like all the weight is on the front foot. The swing carries the momentum and weight beyond the front knee as the swing gets beyond the front knee. The "homerun" swings get you way out in front of breaking and off speed pitches, you won't be able to hold up. It works if you can guess right, and sometimes guessing is the thing to do according to Ted Williams.
you r so right
Hence the reason he's currently batting .388 with 5 dingers
Hands and Hips Baby!
gotta learn to swing like them
the song was rlly good and the bryce harper swing
J.D. Drew has a pretty solid swing. When he isn't on the DL :D
nice
When I plant my front foot and load into the ball, I turn my back foot but everyone in this video lifts there's up, I guess i'll lift mine from now on.
It is letting it go,not spinning on it,weight gets to front leg to rotate around it then contact and settle back on back ball of foot then run.
what is the music that is Used in this video
I use these images for my golf swing. Just swing low like it's a grounder
I was never a brewers fan but prince fielder is amazing
jaydenWilliams
Man, I watched this because it said there would be Griffey. I want my money back.
watch canos head throughout his swing. Insane how little it moves
Jim "Edmunds" lolol
You're hilarious.
Great video. Show maybe major league throws in slo mo. Just elite in fielders. Maybe even outfielders hosing players. In slo mo. Thanks
But really helpful though!!!
If you are committed like that.Fooled by breaking or of speed ?
no they did hes just too fast for the slow mode hes a beast
My trouble was, I swung that slow in actual games.
These are the players that has the most power in their strength, by far not the best swings.
No Big Mac? Greatest swing in MLB in this era when this video was made.
Hanley has by far the best swing in this video, hands down
robby cano has the smoothest stroke in baseball
Brycey has some real bat speed and the best swing since JD Drew, except he actually likes the sport of baseball... Lol #34 where it's at
GOOD BATTERS DONT MOVE THEIR HEAD WHEN SWINGING. THATS WHY ITS SO HARD TO BE A RALLY GOOD PLAYER IN BASEBALL. I LOVE BASEBALL
what song is this
What song is this
Whats the music called?
what is song used in the video? there is no credit given to the music used in this video in either the video or in the description
Carlos Gonzales' wing is beautiful
What song is this?
When people talk about a "5 tool ballplayer" they're talking about Griffey huh?
David Wright FTW
Josh donaldsons swing tops all of those
Here’s another thing to thing about if you still haven’t had your “aha” moment about Teacherman and Antonelli being right. How many of the best hitters through the years “wrapped their bat” before they swung? Most of them. Try making the “hands to ball” traditional bad hitting move with even a slightly wrapped bat. You’ll hit yourself in the back of the head. Yet, these guys begin their swing there. They don’t hit themselves in the head because their bat path is not straight to the ball. They go back and down before coming up through the ball. Just think about it.
The only problem with this video is everyone of the players are trying to hit a home run. There is a big chance they will miss. You just happen to have played the ones they hit. Homerun hitting contests are exactly what they are named. Its the ones that are trying to hit line drives that are the best swings.
Snap of the wrists
I really like Gattis' swing
What is this song called?
whats the title of the song?
Posey?
No, I'm focusing on targeting as well. His ER forces him to make a decision sooner. He can't wait as long. His swing plane sucks because he has to use his arms.
Cano's is the prettiest because its the cleanest. It's simple