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Baseball Rotational Hitting Mechanics
"An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple."
-- Jay Abraham
Five Key Principles to Great Baseball Hitting Mechanics
Have you ever really looked at what is happening in the swing process of the best players in the game. Do you know what Ted Williams meant when when he was talking about "Ideal Impact Zone" or what it means to lead with your hips and leveling of the bat? Do you think weight transfer is a hitting technique, or just good mechanics? What about extension or having a long swing? What is the Power "V" and why is it important? All of these questions and more are answered in the following pages within our website. What took me a major part of my coaching career to learn is all right here in writing for every coach, parent and player interested in learning the best swing mechanics in the game.
Principle #One - Weight Transfer
First of all, we believe that weight transfer is an essential element of great hitting mechanics. We do not believe it is a hitting technique, but rather an element of great hitting, and a major one at that. There has to be back to front movement in a players swing process in order to hit with any kind of consistency and power. Sitting, squishing the bug is simply poor mechanics.
Watch the back foot - players are either on the tip of their back foot, or the foot is completely off the ground at contact. This is what good weight transfer looks like and there has to be back to front motion in the swing. There is no sitting, there is no squishing.
