HOW TO HIT HOME RUNS | TIPS FOR THE BEST APPROACH AT THE PLATE
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- How to hit home runs? Tips for the best approach at the plate.
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This video makes me want to practice my batting technique...even though I have never played baseball in my entire life
lol dude me too!
Same lmao
MANCHESTER UNITED there are 7 billion people on this earth, and I don’t think one of them ever asked
This video makes me want to vomit. Rodriguez is full of bovine excrement.
Manchester United, all you do it kick a ball, baseball is so much harder. You have to hit a moving ball and you have to field a moving ball, soooo much harder
I'm a Sox fan but it's great to see A-Rod being more interactive and sharing his knowledge. 693 home runs don't happen by accident. Respect.
@John Watson not at all. Everyone makes mistakes and need a fact check from time to time. Regardless of his off field controversies, no one can take away from what he accomplished as a player. I would have loved to see him reach 700 before calling it a career. I've been impressed with him as an analyst but even more impressed with his channel so far. His outreach to fans show another side of A-Rod that many probably didn't know about. Would love to see him put out some videos on defense and stealing. That would be good. Maybe stretches, drills, and personal conditioning routines.
What he is talking about is all approach. If you watch videos of his swings he swings up. It’s like mike trout talking about how he swings down but that’s just what he feels. He is actually swinging up
Same thoughts exactly! As a Red Sox fan
CHman712 yeah it does
CHman712 hes wrong on this philosophy. If you chop down the ball goes into the ground
Lets do a home run derby!!
Lol
Holy shit it’s the goat
You disappoint me goat
I'm glad ARod is sharing some of the tips I taught him all those years back and hope it helps some young players of today with their hitting!
Bro my niggah arod loves edits lmfaooo
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My 7 year old son said: he uses A LOT of effects lol
LMAO! Like when you find something new & cool and start over-using it 😂
And steroids
Jesus christ I thought that shit too lol
A Rod! I just watched your getting ready for the Oscar's and Q&A with your daughters! You are such a kind and generous soul, please never stop being you!!
I agree with your comment. He is a great role model and he continues to inspire greatness to the masses. Many blessings to him and his family forevermore keep up the great work A Rod 🙏
@@stephendre2902 you're disgusting and you just got reported!!
Ms. Ms aw, sorry to inform you this, but the reporting system doesn’t work, and even if it did, what he said is relatively ok in youtube terms
Ms. Ms why would you report him, he just gave his opinion, why try to get people banned? ARod ADMITTED he was a cheater, steroids, slapping the ball out of the pitchers hand, yellin “mine” to cause a dropped ball...... just a really really shady dude during his career.... not saying he hasn’t changed, cause I think he has, but you gotta admit your past if you want to be respected in the present.
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I just discovered your channel and I'm so excited about it. I've been a fan since 94. My most prized possession is your 94 SP rookie card. I have a huge A-Rod collection. I went through all your videos and watched them, you're doing great things. Now all we need to do is get you into the HOF. Thanks for all the great memories during your career. You're without doubt one of the greatest players of all time. Again thanks and love you brother.
Go watch A-Rod’s swing and now this, completely different. His feel is swing down but he clearly swings slightly up. He was a great hitter, but like most great players they don’t understand what their feel is which is why most great players don’t become good coaches
THANK YOU! This killed me because I remember watching the interview with him and JD Martinez talking about his new swing since he was with Detroit. Told A-Rod to his face that he studied guys who got their bat path started in the back of the zone and didn't even faze A-Rod. Swinging down aint it. Unless you want to hit high choppers every single time.
Completely agree!!! It just makes more sense to have barrel in zone longer, which simply cannot be achieved w a chopping motion
@@darylperlman9558 Couldn't agree more.
You’re misunderstanding. It’s not about what you’re actually doing, but what you’re feeling. What you feel in your swing is what changes. Swinging down on the ball doesn’t literally mean chopping, it means it should kinda feel like you are. It means instead of raising the bat to the ball to achieve the angle, follow through to that angle
Chipper Jones made a similar video explaining the down swing at the ball, then he demo it and yeah slight upwards swing. Not a big loop, but upwards to the ball. Just like Ted Williams explains in his book.
Can we all start a petition making Alex Rodriguez the Yankee manager. P.s still my favorite player
Lol I wanted A-Rod as manager from the beginning
Apsalootly right we need him but please check out my vlogs from yankee stadium every game I live Stream batting practice an talk Yankees baseball check it out on my channel #bxbomber2011
Born and raised in the PNW so I was a huge a rod fan growing up...until he left for the fucking Rangers. And then he goes to the Yankees?! I held a grudge for years I swear lol now as an adult I'm a huge fan of a rod. He's a wonderful father and role model
After watching this video it makes to much sense. Would love a more 90s style Yankees approach over analytics and living by the homerun and not making consistent contact.
@@idontwantone132 hes a great guy off the field
Home run video Alex. Though a Royals' fan, greatly admire all your efforts to help the next generation of baseball players. Keep the line moving Alex with these high quality batting tips. Bravooo!!!
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Thank you! I have so many cousins growing up playing (we are a baseball family) and I coach them from time to time and they are always trying to hit home runs and swing with that launch angle because those big hits impress the coaches and they forgive all of the mistakes in between. A great player doesn't often have INSANE plays/hits because they don't need to. We need to expect more from our coaches. Great video.
A Rod you are the man and always will be I followed you for years and if you keep making these videos I will continue to follow you I coach my kids team and I use your training videos great job buddy keep it up and stay safe!
this man threw in a chuck knoblach reference...props
That seemed like a pretty charitable reference to me
Too bad it didn’t make any sense
Well, chuck did make contact with the ball often, even lead the league one year in hits.... Hit by pitch lmao
Never heard you say ichiro and he’s the best contact hitter of all time
He said those guys are anomalies
Pete rose
Ty cobb is the best
No he isn’t. Gwynn was much better. Never struck out more than 40 times, many seasons below 20! Ichiro struck out more in his first 7 seasons than Gwynn did in his entire career. And Gwynn’s hits were actual hits, not beat the throw slaps and choppers.
Tony Gwynn never hit above .400 and his lifetime batting AVG is lower than Cobb. Plus Cobb has 1,000 more hits in only 2,000 more AB’s. Also, Cobb is second on the all time hit list and would have more than Rose if Cobb had 14,000 at bats
One of the best videos and explanations out there for young baseball players. My son is a high school player and the school coaches and many travel ball coaches believe in this launch angle swing. All it did was ruin my son’s hitting approach. Takes a while to get him out of that mentality but now he’s showing signs of being back on track and hitting the baseball hard, creating backspin, and getting the line drives.
Thank you Alex. This info will never get old and you are right when you say it’s the way to win. 👍
Awesome!! I wish I had this information when I played baseball. Nonetheless I can pass it along. Thanks ARod!
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Please don’t. And do yourself a favor and watch slomo film of Arod+any mlb hitter. Their barrel works backwards and down then up through the zone. That’s how you generate bat speed and get on plane with the pitch that’s coming downward at you. Seriously. Don’t teach this. Watch Matt antonellis video on this.
noted Kevin @@UncleBob2121
@@UncleBob2121 It doesnt matter what is happening in slomo or if what Arod is saying is technically right or not. What matters is one of the greatest hitters of all time is telling us, and more importantly he says he's talking to kids, what he tried to do and feel to be one of the best hitters ever!!!! Feel is almost never real but that doesnt mean it's bad advice.
El mejor Alex Rodríguez mi pelotero favorito
Finally....thank u.....line drive contact hitting creates champions....period! Thank u Alex for setting it straight.
Thx for this arod I been having trouble with my hitting and now this is going to help me
The pitches usually come like downward from a slope to the plate, coming from higher elevation; the mound and pitchers height. If you swing down, more likely you hit a ground ball; unless you hit the lower half ofvthe ball, this creates back spin for a gapper; good luck on that.
The fact is that MLB players don't get paid for hitting grounders, but hitting head high line drives for gappers (doubles, triples) or home runs.
So in order to do that is by matching the incoming plane of the incoming baseball; that is swinging slightly upward the slope; controlling legs, hips, arms and bate. But not like swinging a golf club.
Most of the current MLB players hit like that; slightly upward. Including Jose Altuve, just watch his slow motion hitting videos during the game and practice.
-Cheers
Sergio Molina No MLB player swings down. They all are swinging slightly up and getting their bat in the zone quick and leaving it their for a long time. Good points though. Just watch the Studio 42 video of Josh Donaldson who was an AL MVP.
@@thomaswhittington5677 Mike, you are nicely explaining and complementing what I am referring to in paragraphs 3rd and 4th of my comment. I did not elaborate, however, on the bate entering early in the zone and staying there for a long period of time with slight upward angle, thus maximizing the chances to hit the ball by having multiple points of contact in such hitting zone. Your statement is exactly what I meant and confirmed in such video references. Thanks for your observation and contribution. Best wishes for your 2019 season ⚾
Sorry but both of you are wrong. You just don’t rlly know what you’re talking about. Yes when watching a video it appears that they may be swinging flat or up to the ball. But they are still trying to hit a ground ball to the pitcher. In order to hit home runs you must first be able to control low line drives and have a downward bat path. Mike trout hits home runs that the shortstops can jump up and make a play on. Home runs are just line drives with clean backspin. In order to achieve back spin you must have a downwards angle
Yeah they all swing slightly upward including Alex Rodriguez. He might feel his hands doing this downward trajectory but he’s not actually doing this in his swing.
Hey Alex Rodriguez with the tips that you show me I need more tips from you so I can be great just like you thank you
Those were bad tips
@@Codyescobedo2004 not bad tips, just explained very poorly.
Avery Fabian no they were very poor
Maybe he can give you some tips on using illegal steroids. Then you can be a cheater just like him
Guys even with steroids you still need to hit the ball the right way and that’s why A-Rod should be a hall of famer
He will
Thank you A-Rod. I think that the Yankees getting DJLM this off season and his success with exactly that approach has encouraged others on the team to hit to contact. They are now much stronger with RISP.
Arod is the GOAT 🔥
A-Rod is great!!!!!!! One of the best minds in baseball
Say what you will. Alex is brilliant. He's been doing this for a very long minute.
Say what you want about ARod, but one things for sure, he’s charismatic asf. He’d make a great coach. Straight to the point and convincing 💯
He makes a good point, and this is somewhat of a shot at the Yankees. With guys like Stanton, Judge, Sanchez.. that's why they can't hit in the playoffs. Home run or strikeout is never a recipe for winning.
Vic 34 judge rakes in the playoffs, Stanton has only played like 5 playoff games
Watch Antonellis breakdown please do yourself a favor
I didn't know a rod had a CZcams channel, subscribed
Great insight from one of the best hitters in the history of baseball
This is BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD ADVICE!
He never swung the bat like he’s teaching in this video!
Great hitters get on plane around the back hip and drive through the ball!
I wish I had these information twenty years ago. Thanks ARod!
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0-50 damn.... davis was in a epic slump lol
love this video! please make more of these!
I use everything you are talking about to train my guys. I have plenty of success and don’t even have the time to work with all the request I receive. Wish more people would follow your advice my friend. I played Minor leagues and your swing was the one I always try to emulate. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏
L man, A rod doesn’t even know his own swing. This video is shit
Alex has came a long way. I low how much he loves baseball after the fact. Keep going hard Arod
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Very knowledge man , very impressed with his words of wisdom
Mr Alex Rodriguez one of the best of the game I think he play from the late 90's till 2017 my favorite player
A-Rod, the "barrel up" or "swing down" swing that you are demonstrating fascinates me because of the career hitting success you had. How does that swing relate to specific pitch heights and pitch placements for example: the low, belt high, chest high, inside, middle, and outside pitches. If you could demonstrate what the "down swing" looks like on the various pitches throughout the zone as opposed to just a fastball right down the middle, I think many people would benefit! Thanks for making these videos.
Waiting for the day that you will be announce as the yankees manager, LETS GO AROD
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Looks like you’ll be waiting a long time because it won’t happen
fantastic point about analytics
Thank you for that video it will help me with my swing and my hitting coach coached the Yankees double a
Love all the tips great videos alex
"That's not you" love it
hehe
Love what you're doing with these videos Alex. Wish I had these four years ago when I was a freshman in high school! Keep putting out the great content!
What he’s saying is bull shit
Thanks A rod your one of the greatest
Fantastic video! I spent two hours tonight with my son going over this exact thing.
More of these types of videos. Can you talk about what your eyes see at the plate when the ball is coming in so fast and how you approached hitting when it comes to pitches to hit?
How can you have so many hits but no idea how you accomplished it ? Watch your videos alex.. and post all of your hits that you swung down on .. we will be waiting .....................................
Bart fox if you’re not gonna take hitting advice from guy that hit 600+ home runs then by all means tell us who we should listen to 😂😂😂
Joe Cahill Band not arod. This is not what is done in actual games. Even the examples he shows of players that make a lot of contact do not swing the barrel down to the ball. The hands go down to the ball, but not the barrel. This teaches people the incorrect way the bat should come through the zone to create contact.
@@joecahill1994 ...I'd listen to the people that study hitting by watching tons of film,such as baseball rebellion
@@joecahill1994 Good player does not necessarily mean a good coach. Baseball is being changed and its true that his theory is old. He also did slight up swing when he was a pro player because down swing physically cannot make homers.
Alex F 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You’re the man, please more content!
Great video it helped me a lot keep it up Arod
You have to hit down on a golf ball for the ball to go up because the club you're hitting with has loft which dictates the arc of flight. Hitting down on a baseball and pushing the barrel? Not so much. Matt Antonelli has a great video on why this video is not accurate. Look at all of ARod's swings during his career and NONE OF THEM look anything like the swing down motion he's doing in this video. If you're barrel is going straight down to the ball, how can you hit a ball with any power or accuracy? The barrel would not be in the hitting zone for any length of time to insure solid contact. A six foot tall pitcher is standing on a mound and throwing to a catcher that is squatting...……..to match the plane of the downward angle of the pitch, you HAVE to swing slightly up to insure that when your bat is coming through the hitting zone, you have the biggest area of contact even if timing isn't perfect. Great player but horrible video.
wrong you are missing the point. its not about whether he's right about whether he actually hit up on the ball or not. All that matters is he felt he was hitting down on the ball to be one of the greatest hitters of all time. That's the point!!!!! Nothing else matters
al g that wasn’t the point tho. He was literally saying chop down and his demonstration of a launch angle swing was WAYYY overblown like no launch angle swing is that steep it’s more of a slight incline
Alex. I think you were one of the greatest players ever and still do. So, please don't take this the wrong way. The style of swing you are teaching in this video here is not how you actually swung when you had success in MLB. I actually saw my high school coaches teaching this approach of swinging down on the ball and it destroyed one of our best home run hitters. It completely destroyed his hitting ability. Former MLB player Matt Antonelli did this comparison video of you hitting in a game and this style you are teaching. The style that made me successful was similar to the swing you actually used in a game, not this style that everyone wants to push and teach. We still love you Alex. You're still the man. But, I wanted to share this video Matt Antonelli did to show the comparison. I wish I could meet you and talk baseball all day Alex. Here's the video. czcams.com/video/j5Ywyv81A6c/video.html
I rarely agree with A-Rod on anything, but he is 100% right on this.
Please tell a man who's hit almost 800 HRs ( I don't give a crap about roids - you still have to hit the ball) that he's wrong.
Matt Antonelli is a great guy, but there are far better and more knowledgeable instructors.
@Paras finn the video is literally titled HOW TO HIT HOME RUNS
@@MH3GL no home run hitter in the history of the game actually swings down on the ball, including Arod
I've watched Matt Antonelli before and I love how he teaches different styles of hitting. He's right on matching pitch paths or pitch plain whatever he calls it BUT Alex is right too. There are awesome hitters, HOF hitters that concentrate on driving down on the ball but the down emphasis is their HANDS, NOT THE BARREL. When they show the barrel chopping down like that it's really just their hands at the start. Every swing has a downward start and an upward finish with the hands. Launch angle is just the result of the bat contact. Launch angle really bothers the drive down guys like Arod and Puljols or a Mike Schmidt who concentrate on driving down to the ball on every pitch but every good hitter drives down to the ball and makes contact just as the swing is going back up. To say that hitters need to drive down to the ball , is a true statement. And hitters need to match the upward pitch path to ensure good contact is also a true statement. Both happen on every hard hit ball. I've got slow motion swing path break-downs on Tony Gwynn, Mike Trout, Barry Bonds, Mike Schmidt, Mark McGwire... tons of guys and all of their hands go down and make contact going back up.
I agree with 80'sfreak, Arods video shows what he though or thinks which is good, but, his swing was never like that, the proof is on the video Freak provided, Arods real swing was more level to the ball, Arods video, the bat is chopping the ball which is not a contact swing.
THANKS SO MUCH, AROD!! The baseball industry, especially the lower under collegiate levels, needed this video!! I was taught your way of hitting, but was struggling with this launch angle philosophy! In the end, who should we listen to AROD, Trout and Bonds or someone who just had a cup of coffee?? Simple answer to me!
This was beautifully put!! Inspired Sir thanks
Feel vs real.... even a rod explained that wrong... he never hit the ball that way... he had a level swing with upward plain... never take the barrel down in a chopping way to the ball... level level level
So true lol going straight to the ball looks and feels awkward
@@brandonyankees1 yea if you swing strait to the ball and square it up you will hit hard ground balls. You need a good swing path with a slightly up wards tilt. I remember someone telling me that your swing plain should look somewhat like the Nike logo, down to the zone then slightly up to the ball, if you square up a ball swinging like this you crush it.
@@averyfabian9936 yea exactly, but I do agree with Arods comments on how bad the all or nothing swings are in October and how contact is king
@@brandonyankees1 100%, if you do nothing but swing for the fences you strike out way more than you should. When hitting you should be hitting for the situation, leading off an inning? Try to get a base hit or walk and trust the people behind you to keep things moving. Baseball requires physical strength, but it also is affected by mental things as well. Getting runners on base messes with the pitchers rhythm and will make him more inconsistent. This results in mistake pitches which can be driven for extra base hits and RBIs, I think this is a bigger thing they should coach in baseball instead of just going off of one dimensional hitting.
@@averyfabian9936 yea my Yankees can hit all the homers they want off of 4th and 5th starters and pedestrian relievers in the regular season but they just don't hit in the post season against everyone's aces and better relievers
I’ll tell you how to get the ball up! Take P.E.D’s like A-Roid.
C.S.R yup the lesson should start with, how to find P.E.D.s inject and cover it up. Then 4 months later, we arrive to this part of video. He can play ball but to cheat means you cheated your fans too.
Haha
Who thinks the first 10 seconds you already to
taught me something thank you
appreciate the lesson, im gonna try it!
Alex. Interview Bonds, he was my favorite player.
You mean the guy who cheated his way into a ton of records?
@@natemcnew9102 have you heard the phrase " innocent until proven guilty". Anyways, if it was true was not ilegal by that time...He doesnt deserve hate for something mln was allowing intentionally.
@@natemcnew9102 Also, He's was the best one without or with.
I’m just picturing j lol in that pool
Best video so far, I could listen to you talk baseball all day. Please focus on more of these style baseball clinics.
Maybe he can do one about his steroid use, and cheating next. He's a turd.
Awesome! Thanks Alex!
Let's be real A-Rod, the best tip you can give to young hitters on how to hit homeruns is to use PEDs like you did in your career! That will definitely make that launch angle go higher, exit velocity faster, and distance traveled farther!
Jeff Tennis damn, that was a low blow.
TRUE!
I haven't been able to find a single video of arod during his major league career when he's swinging down on the ball. Lol
There‘s a difference between what a player feels and what actually happens, trout says swing down aswell, but he doesn‘t actually do it
I was fortunate enough to have great coaching when I was younger. I was never a HR type of hitter but I can put the ball on the fence with one bounce. It came off the bat FAST. One of the main things I was taught was to have a leveled swing. Hands to the ball, head down, and make solid contact. I’m way too old to play now but occasionally I’ll take a few swings and not much has been lost. Except what was once a double is now a base hit.
Short but great batting lesson. Thank you. Fr South Korea.
Makes me want to go back to being 5 years old and playing baseball again 😢
P.S. see you at the UFC Gym!
Im only sad because he didn’t mention Tony Gwynn, great video Arod 🙏🏻
Tony Gwynn is the GOAT
@@ArmaniSbaseball naw ichiro is
@@DL-gv2es they are both great hitters , but imagine if ichiro started his career in america
Thanks Alex for giving us tips how to make better contact
Great lesson from a great hitter
Can you overlay your example of “swinging down” with a video of one of your actual at-bats? Your explanation doesn’t seem consistent with the game footage, but maybe I’m missing something. I think world class hitters sometimes think they are doing one thing when in reality they’re doing something quite different. I get that’s what you “feel”, but I don’t think the video backs it up. Surprised you used Ted Williams as an example who is well known for his “slightly up” approach. Thx 😀
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Alex thanks for all the advice and you are still jacked as hell.
Thanks Arod! Lots of pressure from high school coaches to lift the ball and hit bombs, when I'm a buck 15 and 5'5 I've been saying it a long time, line drives with backspin
Came here for the pool
I cant stop staring at the pool.....
A true baseball savant. Thanks, Alex.
Tips from one of the greatest to ever do it
@3:55 I started cracken up!! So true, hope you have more vidZ like this, appreciate it! Love you Alex!
This is a huge misconception in swinging. Go watch some video of Albert in his prime and you’ll see how long the barrel is in the hitting zone.
Watch J.D Martinez today and that’s exactly how he keeps on hitting. His bat path through the zone lasts for a long ass time, and with that compact swing through the zone he’s able to push out those inside fastballs other hitters would be jammed by
Huddah Huddah exactly, you naturally have to have a slight up angle on a downward pitch at you.
WhiteLightning exactly u already have a natural lift when u swing that’s why there’s no point in swinging upward. U don’t literally chop at it but he’s right on the swing path. Bc after ur short to the ball u will have the natural that will give u the lift.
WAYYY too many swooshes😂😂
Gotta keep the kids attention
Thank you Alex👌
Love the vibes 🥂love the vlogs🕊
5th all time in strike outs
Jared Olsen also has 696 career homeruns so
I agree you should still try to make good contact every time but you are over exaggerating the swing plane you should use.
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That's awesome. I was never taught that till i played softball. We had a guy that was a hitting coach for high school and said to swing down. Started getting backspin and my line drives started going over the fence. 💪💪
Well said arod! Incredible blog
Baseball is such a funny game. It’s crazy how arguably one of the greatest hitters of all time can be so out of touch with his own swing. There are so many flaws with this:
-launch angle is a metric, not an approach or even a swing path
-is example of a “launch angle swing” is so exaggerated, nobody actually swings like that
- he himself did not do this
- swinging down reduces chances of contact because it does not match the plane of the pitch
-swinging down reduces energy transfer to the ball because of less direct contact
-clearly does not understand the concept of angular vs linear velocity
-does not understand that the dropping is a byproduct of pelvic rotation not its own separate movement
I could keep going but this is just a quick list of thoughts. Also worth pointing out the irony of the guy with 600+ HR calling someone else an anomaly. Great players don’t always make great coaches and the best coaches I’ve ever had never made it past A ball.
Nick Monroe hmm lol you telling a guy with over 500 hrs in the majors how to hit
@@tommybrown187 He's not telling him how to hit. He's explaining that Arod doesn't understand how he actually swung vs how he thought he was swinging in his mind. Physics doesn't allow you to hit almost 700 home runs by swinging on top of the ball.
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Doesn’t really look downward too me
Hey who is fucking jlo here buddy?
Kyle Wood hmm should I go with the guy who’s done or the couch analyst? Tough one
Yo mr. AROD I know you think you know what you are talking about. But if you actually watch your swing, you realize you are not swinging down. You are a great player yet you don’t watch mlb players swings. You are just flat out wrong about the bat path of guys swings. Nobody swings straight down with the barrel ahead of the hands. If anything they are flat through the zone with the hands behind the barell.
Don’t say what you tried to do, teach what you actually did.
B Mann He’s not the only player to do this. Many great players think they know what they’re talking about but they don’t and it’s sad. Playing and coaching are 2 completely different things.
Wet x Liquid correct!
Most players have a mental approach which helps them with their swing.
A-Rod’s mental approach was to swing down and this helped him. Yet when it came down to it, he never translated his mental approach to his physical swing.
Yet most players preach their mental approach and teach people to use the mental approach as their actual physical swing.
In other words they think they are doing something which they are not.
If you watch Bergman explain his swing, he expressed that he used his mental approach to move his hands forward yet he understand he doesn’t actually do it when hitting a live ball.
@@wetxliquid1713 yeah you ever hear Pedro Martinez talking about pitching mechanics
Hahahaha so ARod doesn't know what he is talking about......ok. just tell me your history in professional baseball just to know about your experience.
B Mann you are absolutely right. This is probably the worst hitting advice you can give to a young player. Do us a favor A-Rod. No more advice on hitting.
Arod thank you your such a Inspiration
Hit it Hard somewhere!! Thanks for the videos AROD!!
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This is why I missed the majors..Too many grounders:(
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Jeez, I'm actually starting to like you again Arod. Well done!
Great video Alex
I wish Arod played until he got 700, he could still DH for the yankees with all the injuries they have
He can slug out 20hrs in today’s league as a DH
He’s in shape
But he wouldn’t get any playing time once every one comes back same with the next 5 seasons bc Yankees r stacked
Dario Perez but hes arod
I wish like mlb brings back a few players from my childhood that can still play today
Rafael palmeiro
Arod
Canseco
Julio franco lol
Like im sure these guys can still be somewhat effective
Shit, chris davis and jeurys familia have no business in the majors and they still up lol
Daily NBA You must have not seen “screwball” yet....
Dario Perez Stacked and still won’t come close to a title. Must not be that stacked then. 🤷🏼♂️
Anyone who doesnt listen to arod when it comes to swings is strait up dumb he is a in the top 5 of all time players
Top 5? LOL no.
Please make more of these type videos! Great master class! Thank you Mr. Rodriguez!👍
So glad he mentioned Daniel Murphy. He was def on my mind!! Can't believe we let him go... will haunt me for the rest of my long life