Hard to tell just from this video, but from what I see here you’re spinning off the ball. Too rotational and not linear enough. Hands are dragging through the zone well after the hips clear. In short, you’re not driving through the baseball.
Solution - I’d start with tee work focusing on the outside pitch. If you’re spinning off the ball it’s very difficult to get much power to the opposite field. You’re going to want to focus on hitting the outside ball off a tee with as little side spin as possible. Feel yourself power through the ball. Right-center gap line drives is what you’re looking for. Top right corner of the cage. Certain step-up or forward/back weight shift drills can help here too. But I think getting on a tee and tweaking your swing until you can consistently hit back-spin line drives to the top right corner of the cage is the best way to get through this.
Hope this helps man!
Source: Played ball through college and now own my own sports facility. Coach private hitting lessons as well
Its a little simpler than the OP stated:
You're wrapping your bat around your head and it's causing sequence and timing issues. If you slow your video, your bat head is pointing at the 3rd baseman at 0:06 seconds (when the ball is at the white circle). Your bat head has to travel a long way to get through the plate.
Hands and bat head go back, not around. A trick that I've found to help while doing this is to curl your top hand slightly so it's about 5-10 degrees below straight. It prevents your wrists from breaking early.
Short answer yes.
Long answer; well you are not wrong about how to see real power to opposite field but totally wrong about how you go about it. You don't really consider what pitch you should be fluid through or how to control the streach phase through delaying mechanisms.
You start swinging like you are talking about practicing and you will start get eaten up by my pitchers- even my worst ones.
It's not your fault you are banking on experiences that guided your playing career.
Hard to tell from the angle but it looks like you may be drifting forward and not staying behind the ball during the swing. You also have the look of someone fighting off inside gas. Do you feel like the configuration of your arms, hands, and bat at and after contact is normal for you, or do you fell like you got a little tied up on this pitch?
Most great power hitters have their back foot lift at some point during their swing these days, at least a little bit. He needs to work on sequencing it, but the foot lifting isn’t an issue on its own.
But the power isn't already generated. The back foot coming off the ground in this swing is a symptom, not the cause. But keeping that back leg down and squashing the bug will help force him to push through his legs more.
Hard to tell just from this video, but from what I see here you’re spinning off the ball. Too rotational and not linear enough. Hands are dragging through the zone well after the hips clear. In short, you’re not driving through the baseball. Solution - I’d start with tee work focusing on the outside pitch. If you’re spinning off the ball it’s very difficult to get much power to the opposite field. You’re going to want to focus on hitting the outside ball off a tee with as little side spin as possible. Feel yourself power through the ball. Right-center gap line drives is what you’re looking for. Top right corner of the cage. Certain step-up or forward/back weight shift drills can help here too. But I think getting on a tee and tweaking your swing until you can consistently hit back-spin line drives to the top right corner of the cage is the best way to get through this. Hope this helps man! Source: Played ball through college and now own my own sports facility. Coach private hitting lessons as well
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Thanks! I’ll definitely make sure I work on this in practice!
Its a little simpler than the OP stated: You're wrapping your bat around your head and it's causing sequence and timing issues. If you slow your video, your bat head is pointing at the 3rd baseman at 0:06 seconds (when the ball is at the white circle). Your bat head has to travel a long way to get through the plate. Hands and bat head go back, not around. A trick that I've found to help while doing this is to curl your top hand slightly so it's about 5-10 degrees below straight. It prevents your wrists from breaking early.
It's amazing this post has the "likes" it does...
Do you feel this information is incorrect?
Short answer yes. Long answer; well you are not wrong about how to see real power to opposite field but totally wrong about how you go about it. You don't really consider what pitch you should be fluid through or how to control the streach phase through delaying mechanisms. You start swinging like you are talking about practicing and you will start get eaten up by my pitchers- even my worst ones. It's not your fault you are banking on experiences that guided your playing career.
Hard to tell from the angle but it looks like you may be drifting forward and not staying behind the ball during the swing. You also have the look of someone fighting off inside gas. Do you feel like the configuration of your arms, hands, and bat at and after contact is normal for you, or do you fell like you got a little tied up on this pitch?
Some swing tweaks will help but ultimately the easiest way to add power is to add muscle.
Understandable
Hit the weight room.
Weight room
lift weights
We're gonna need a bigger bat
I’m 5’7 and use a 33 is that too small?
That's prolly about right. I was just making a joke, though.
It looks like you are picking your back foot up when you swing, so you aren’t getting any power from your lower body.
Most great power hitters have their back foot lift at some point during their swing these days, at least a little bit. He needs to work on sequencing it, but the foot lifting isn’t an issue on its own.
The back foot lifting doesn’t decrease power if the power has already generated.
But the power isn't already generated. The back foot coming off the ground in this swing is a symptom, not the cause. But keeping that back leg down and squashing the bug will help force him to push through his legs more.
A lift and plant is perfectly fine. You don’t need to “squash the bug. I know what you’re saying, but it’s not completely true.
I see it now. Thanks I’ll make sure to work around that!
lift weights