Thank you for replaying that swing over and over again. I never get tired of watching Bonds. The best I ever saw.

@buffetline2605

2 жыл бұрын

Never saw Bonds play. But got spoiled by Griffey Jr.’s swing growing up. Completely different styles. But same results. Power vs. Finesse.

@sirmang9032

2 жыл бұрын

Still think ManRam had the sweetest swing of any player I got to actually watch.

@mitchelvalentino1569

2 жыл бұрын

@You ever eat a hotdog nicca indeed. I’m forever grateful he took them.

Yep. His sequencing is pretty amazing. Bat path perfect too.

Definitely one of the top five swings ever.

He gained a lot of power when he switched to whole milk.

@tinypoolmodelshipyard

2 жыл бұрын

He had a lot of power before he switched. He was the player of the 90s before roid McGuire and Sosa stole the show. So i dont agree with him roiding up but i understand his position. He became the best, and got no shine, so he evened the playing field and showed he was always better than Mark, Sammy, etc. He had 400 home runs before he ever started juicing. It did extend his career and allowed him to break the record but the record shouldnt have been 70 anyway. Bonds is a modern baseball tragedy, because all he achieved wound up being for not. He would have already been in the hall if he never juiced. The same cant be said for Mark or Sosa

@sirmang9032

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinypoolmodelshipyard Mac had more power than Bonds pre-PEDs. McGwire hit 49 homers as a skinny rookie. Bonds was a 30-30 guy pre-PEDs.

@angrybanana6223

2 жыл бұрын

Was a 40-40 guy before the balanced breakfast and was over twice as good as the average hitter league, after. Played in the same MLB as Giambi and A-Rod with the same chemical resources and was still better.

Not a Bonds fan but love your break downs. Thank you for sharing all your videos!! Always looking forward to your next one!

I saw him hit 676 at Camden and had never heard a ball sound like that off the bat before. Next closest thing is I saw Andrew Jones right before he got called up to Atlanta hit a line drive into the parking lot at the Diamond in Richmond Virginia.

Best swing I have ever seen. I love how quick and short his upper body is and how powerful his lower body is. I show my 10 yo son Barry Bonds videos and show him what the best swing looks like. Most people think Griffey, Jr.'s swing is perfect. To me it looks pretty but it is to.long and loopy. People can say what they want about Bonds but to me his swing was perfect.

I saw bonds live against phili while Sosa and maguire were huge and in the hr race and bonds was still skinny. He gets up to bat and hits a laser of a line drive that hits the wall and looked like it never got more than 20 ft off the ground. I didn’t know anything about baseball at the time but I knew one thing… that guy was different than anybody else that put a bat on the ball that day. I later saw maguire hit 50 and 51 in a double header but that line drive from Barry really stands out.

Another great video… I really enjoy your analysis. I’m still waiting on somebody to point out that one of bonds’ advantages was how he choked up on the bat. What that did was create an automatic fulcrum that allowed the physics and bio mechanics to optimize… He had better control and more speed because of choking up. It’s amazing that no one really talks about this… But I really believe it was a key to his incredibly efficient, and optimized swing. Take care Matt

@abegtz9963

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, choking up creates better control and bat speed. No one talks about Bonds swing. Why?

THE KING

Love your vlogs sir. More power to your channel

When I would watch him hit I always remembered him crowding the plate a bit. He had one spot that he was looking at and when it was there it was time to eat. Such a smart hitter, definition of YES, YES, YES approach. The other thing that's noticeable is the tilt to be able to hit this pitch, which is a little out. If a hitter is standing in a normal spot in the box, this would not be a bad pitch. But to elite hitters with elite approaches makes for an interesting battle! Nice breakdown as always Matt!

Great video

Great video! Thank you.

He does the complete opposite of chop down at the ball. There’s a wrist snap and barrel turn circle motion but still brings the bat a long way through the zone without upper cutting. His barrel angle at impact is fascinating to me because you would think it would pop up but he still makes contact on the fat part of the bat with most of the ball, not clipping. The wrist snap is where the blur comes from but still controls the barrel

What I learned is correct swing technique produces more bat speed than having a strong body does. You can be as big and strong as you can get but if your swing is slow because your technique is flawed all of those big muscles will be bark with no bite. What made Bonds superhuman level dangerous at the plate after he got juiced was he now had spot on swing mechanics with He-Man strength.

Nah you nailed it Matt. It seems like he’s coiling in his sequence and not transferring weight. His balance is exact despite all of the movement with the hands. Amazing swing by one of the greats. Matt have you ever seen the clip with Willians and bonds side by side? I would love for you to break that down one day

What a great breakdown. Fundamentally, his swing is nearly perfect. I was never a Bonds fan ever, but the guy could play. baseball, with or without steroids

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@intermediaryfossil7163

Жыл бұрын

@@AntonelliBaseball Great analysis! Love your passion for baseball. Have you ever done a video on the firing of the wrists during the swing, where (if you're battng righty) both hands twist as fast as possible, counterclockwise, simultaneously, the right pushing the handle and the left pulliing it, like a superfast lever? I found that doing this gives me increased bat speed. Also a powerful hip/body thrust into contact. You do great videos, thank you very much.

Great video. Would love to see a breakdown of Gwynn's swing to compare to Barry's since both were the best hitters of that generation.

This is like a bob ross swing analysis. I like your voice, if you did more of these I would watch them to sleep, do some pitchers or fielding mechanics!

He was already a HOFer even without the roids. It's a damn shame he's not in.

WOW!

All great tips! The separation! The quick swing! The clicks! But I also notice his front elbow rises to the level of the pitch and stays on the ball as it travels all the way to the hitting zone, (it is something I never noticed before, nor ever heard), so he is able to pull the trigger on path with the ball by throwing the knob straight to the ball. (Which you hear all the time) But it’s easier to follow the pitch in with your elbow then it is to get that knob on the ball with your hands behind you. I’m going to work it to see if it adds any value but thanks for slowing the clip down to see it.

The key is the angular momentum created by the waggle of the bat and the circular hand path. Bottom hand back toward catcher’s mask, bottom hand is now done working and is now along for the ride. Top hand index and middle fingers bowstring the bat, now the top hand is done working and is now also along for the ride. Refrain from pushing OR pulling the bat head through the hitting area. Hips unload at 70% force, hands finish high. Jack Mankin taught me that although Ted Williams insisted that he pushed his hands hard and straight to the ball, Jack’s analysis shows that Ted waggled the bat and took a circular hand path to the ball. This technique quickly creates next-level bat speed AND barrel accuracy. I coached AAU, Babe Ruth, and 4A-5A high schoolers for 34 years and this is the single most helpful hitting trope I ever employed no contest, absolutely transformative. Keep It Simple, leave the Stupid out.

@cwj9202

2 жыл бұрын

The "waggle of the bat" (if I understand you correctly) plays no part of angular momentum. Angular momentum comes into play once the bat head is in forward motion in a circular path.

The amount of torque is amazing.

Its like a spring uncoiling

A couple things stand out; there’s no extra movement. His movement is efficient and clean. His head is still and his bat gets through the zone ridiculously fast and his balance perfect.

So much talent. Even the best bat speed wouldn't matter if he wasn't blessed with excellent vision and excellent hand-eye coordination. Then all that wouldn't matter if he didn't work extremely hard. Being a kind, friendly man of integrity is just a bonus! 😄 💉

His hip rotation is very explosive.

Deserves a spot in Cooperstown

Matt,do a video on Sadahara Oh

Barry always started with a great scalp load.

Hi Matt great video I hardly ever comment on your videos but I watch them all. I wad wondering if you still sign TTM I sent you some rookie cards about a year ago. Thanks again four the great videos

Come on bro, we know why, at least late career. But yes Bond's did have a lightning fast level bat speed w/ excellent balance. Bonds & Clemens should have been HOFers 9 yrs ago and I hope they get it.

I think we all know how he did it....

@BillyRamirez

2 жыл бұрын

Tell us you didn’t watch the video without telling us you didn’t watch the video

Barry Bonds puts an emphasis on choking up on the bat and utilizing the top hand. He gave Jennie Finch a BP listen how he'll execute his swings.

Matt, you really have to react on Jose Canseco‘s Homer with the Yankees. He looks legit like a Videogame character with a tooth pick at bat and Clubs the shit out of the ball. This was straight up out of a Warner Brothers cartoon….

@ryanthompsonthompson820

2 жыл бұрын

Remember that homerun Jose hit in Toronto?

People saying “Get off me ball” think they look like this in their head. No true tho. 😂

No secrets here, Barry just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. He eventually moved into a Holiday Inn Express for prolonged performance benefits toward the end of his career.

can you do a video on spring training In az vs florida

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

what video editing do you use to break down bonds swing?

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Coaches Eye

Let's admire the great athletes from East Germany eh?

Do ken Griffey jr.

0:57 He could do everything on a baseball field except throw out friggin’ Sid Bream.

How Bonds hit like that? It begins with a "ster" and ends in "iods"

Where Is Road To 90MPH Series Brother Where It's Is Now ?

This video where bonds hits the purple line at coors field in batting practice was pretty cool, not sure if there's enough footage for a breakdown persay, but it basically gives a zoomed in slightly different angle of him essentially swinging as hard as he possibly can I imagine. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4aI3LCDqdieoso.html

The correlation between his head increasing in size and his bat speed should be studied.

People can say what they want about "steroid/supplements" use. But no amount of steroids/supplements can make your hand eye coordination and mechanics better. Bonds always had superb mechanics and superb hand eye coordination.

Also, the world’s strongest men aren’t hitting 500ft homers… otherwise the MLB would have a lot of Scandinavian players. Steroids or not, *mechanics* are what puts a ball over the fence. Barry’s swing was like watching a horse run through an open field. Raw, focused, easy power.

@DAatDA

2 жыл бұрын

Steroids turned many flyballs into homers. Barry was on the HOF track before the juice, but he wanted to be the GOAT.

@angrybanana6223

2 жыл бұрын

How many guys in pro-ball look like Adonis or have a lot of mass and don't make it? Plenty. You're totally right. Fundamentals + mechanics + game knowledge = greatness

Grew up swinging like Griffey then switched to barry

Yes peds could add but bonds had less slumps and I believe better pitch selection when he did the toe tap thing I think it put into a more compressive stance a smaller zone to pitch to and enabled him to do what your just described very similar to babe Ruth and Ted Williams toe tap Stan Musial did that but people booed him when he tried to explain that was he the greatest t say no because no one is aside from ped should look at the work he had to put in to achieve that swing and guess what so did all of the so called greatest of all times

Bat speed came when he started his "supplements".

It’s true, you can’t swing a whiffle ball bat that fast. Pretty crazy.

He was not Juicier. Prior to that era baseball players lift weights. In fact most Athletes outside of defensive lineman lifted. Compare Micheal Jordan with Oscar Robinson or Julius Irving. No one accused MJ of Juicing. He was much bigger with Chicago than UNC.

Love him, hate him or ambivalent about him, juicing won’t produce a swing like that. You and I can juice until the cows come home but we can’t hit a baseball like that!

The only man who can be punished for crimes he was found innocent in. Regardless of roids (and it's not hard to get that big naturally.) He still had to hit the ball.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. He was a stud. But was definitely on juice lol

@bjornulv3366

Жыл бұрын

@@AntonelliBaseball till convicted he is innocent though lol 🤣 but yeah I wanna teach my kids bat speed because of Barry.

Not just test, HGH. Look at that head!

Barry Bonds is the best player ever. Most dominant GOAT of all time . Hall of famer and best player in the league without steroids . His sequencing is still probably the best ever . Has nothing to do with steroids 💯

Steroids or not, how many players had as smooth a swing as Barry Bonds ?

7 mvps.. 500+ stolen bases. He is the g.o.a.t

With steroids

You have to be able to hit the ball, steroids can’t do it for you.

How? Steroids and HGH. Bonds was already a good hitter with a solid swing but the PEDs made his strength even stronger and his bat speed even faster. He probably would have been a HOFer without the PEDs and a solid 30-30 guy until late in his career when obviously he wouldn't have been running anymore because, well, getting old sucks.

Juiced Baseballs and roids?

you cannot look at anything he did with the sf giants. the was completely on steroids. pittsburgh is where he is the normal player. it is easy to tell who was on steroids. look at who hit over 50 home runs since 1966 to 1989. george foster 1977 52 and cecil fielder 1990 51. check who hit over 50 and 60 after the steroid test they were not where close. that includes ken griffey jr, his body fell apart after he stopped taking steroids. you cannot use any of these players from thee steroid era to judge hitting

Do you think babe Ruth really hit a ball over 600 feet?

Focusing on mechanics to increase performance is a waste of time. Mechanics is the result of how your body completes a movement. You cant see a lot of things that are more important. You cant know if a player is tired or rested. Or if hes been awake all day. You cant measure bat speed or exit velocity. You cant measure flexibility or how much maximum strength he has. People tend to focus too much on mechanics and then they wonder why they dont improve. Bonds mechanics before ped are the same as after. So if mechanics are the same why he has more power after ped? Because he increased his musclemass, maximum strength, mantained flexibility and he increased the speed of his body as he makes his swing. Thats why he hit better. You have to be very dumb to think that mechanics is what makes you hit better. Stop wasting your time and start increasing muscle mass, increase flexibility, maximum and relative strength and have a good hitting program. Mechanics will come along the way.

Barry Bonds was juiced to the gills! My problem is why he was never brought up on the steroid issue. It's because he's "BLACK"!

Everything but a throwing arm.

Freaking steroids!! That’s how

@floridasportsoutdoors4475

2 жыл бұрын

I will agree the steroids gave him more strength but I believe he took them to be able to play longer. It wasn't to improve his performance even though they're called PED's. Let's say he wasn't on the juice..his hr's go what 30-50 ft shorter? He would still be the HR king. Best player of our generation either way

@michaelwilson6742

2 жыл бұрын

@mike smith well no shit… I get the point of the video. It’s a fuckin joke! Imagine that?

@sirmang9032

2 жыл бұрын

Steroids is absolutely the reason why he was hitting 500 foot bomb after 500 bomb.

@michaelwilson6742

2 жыл бұрын

@mike smith sorry I didn’t text it right to your liking…. Fuck bonds, and the steroids. The game is hard enough to let cheaters ruin other kids dreams. Yeah he could hit, sure. But there’s no doubt that steroids helped him. 100% he doesn’t beat 755 without the roids.

@sirmang9032

2 жыл бұрын

@mike smith I do not. Bonds was already a good hitter with a good swing prior to PEDs. The PEDs gave him a lot more strength, you can see in his body transformation from skinny rookie to muscle bound freak, which in turn led to his homers going farther. Fact of the matter was Bonds was a 30-30 guy before PEDs. After PEDs we're watching him 50+ every year.

Nobody listens to Barry Bonds lol I don’t care if he shows up late every day/misses games/is difficult to deal with/blahblahblah, I would pay him TOP DOLLAR to coach hitting.

Can you say HgH . . . The guy was a POS!