Could you please do a breakdown of Ken Griffey Jr’s swing? I’m real curious what he did right and wrong (if anything). It’s known as the sweetest swing ever in baseball.

@mbrum3230

Күн бұрын

Griffreys swing was great. Shifted weight to front foot. Flattened the bat and pulled thru strike zone. Back foot usually off the ground. Dont listen to this dope.

@gporr7004

8 сағат бұрын

This guys swing BS is a joke. Why release the barrel so quick? How will you possibly hold up in an off speed pitch or breaking ball? Unless you know for sure a fastball is coming why commit so quickly? And the best hitters ARE NOT doing this at all. Altuve, Trout, etc do not swing like this. They have old school swing mechanics and they all hit for power and average. This is a slap swing if anything

@petercampbell3159

5 сағат бұрын

@@gporr7004then why does Aaron judge hit 5 times farther than you

@petercampbell3159

5 сағат бұрын

⁠@@gporr7004 all you do is yap about how bad it is but the only reason you do is because your so sad you couldn’t make it on the high school team stop saying how bad it is and actually try it

Behind your head - there could be a cable connection between your barrel and your front hip. Barrel pulls the body turn

Just so good ! That’s coaching ! Thanks Richard !

@gporr7004

8 сағат бұрын

Lol

Richard - Can you give me any advice on how to prevent my backside collapsing through this swing? What drill can I use to prevent excessive back knee bend through my swing. The ball is launching slightly too steep 39-44 degrees. I think because my back side is collapsing too hard. Thanks teach. You’re the man!!

Would you recommend your swing for slow pitch softball? Seems it's optimized for quickness and power, quickness not being as important in slowpitch. Thank you!

@checkie7168

16 күн бұрын

I’ve recently started watching his videos. a few weeks ago before the slow pitch season. It has made my swing more consistent.

@gporr7004

8 сағат бұрын

Don’t use this crap in baseball and especially in slow pitch. I’ve played both and now only slow pitch. Drive off your back leg and use your body like hitters have been doing for decades. Stop buying into this new school garbage that these “ gurus “ teach to get views and make money. Every time he demonstrates this “swing” he falls off balance.

Is there a batting coach in stl that teaches high level pattern?

Where can I find that rubber bat coach? Because of you my son only playing 8 mos is playing in AAA tournaments!!!

@petercampbell3159

25 күн бұрын

It’s called the Primed Fast Hands training bat. Dick’s Sporting Goods sells it.

@gporr7004

8 сағат бұрын

Next to the rubbers in Expressions adult stores. This nonsense is just as useful. My God people buy into anything even after watching players for decades. What dopes!

@mattyounglive

7 сағат бұрын

@@gporr7004 hey bro you can call it dumb but my son has been playing 10 mos and plays AAA baseball now and hits over .500 every tournament since using this technique. Learn to shut your mouth unless you have something nice to say. You’re an example of what’s wrong with people these days…terrible

@mattyounglive

7 сағат бұрын

@@petercampbell3159 thank you so much! It’s helped soooo much!

@mattyounglive

7 сағат бұрын

@@gporr7004 results don’t lie…keep your mouth shut unless you’ve seen your 9 year old who’s only played 10 mos now compete at AAA level and hitting over .500…you’re the type of person that represents what’s wrong with this world smh. Looking on KZread to bash people… get a life bro

How do you go about teaching this to younger players. I have a 10u team but the it’s hard to teach these concepts to them.

@brandonrager8919

28 күн бұрын

I’ve got a 7 year old and I just start with this step 1. Simply work on the wrist flip and bending over. Get a tee in front of them and have them repeat repeat repeat. I start every hitting practice with the tee to get him thinking about the wrist flip to start the body. His front foot is barely on the ground, just a toe to keep the weight on the back leg.

@brandonrager8919

28 күн бұрын

Teacher man has like10-14 videos that outline his whole teaching progression.

@wesleyturner1979

27 күн бұрын

It’s hard to tech anything to 10u’s 😂. You just have to get them 1 on one and do different drills with them on the tee and flips to try and coax the concepts out of them. It’s hard to explain the concepts and then have them execute. It’s kind of a just do this sort of thing that eventually gets them there… this is from working with my own 10us currently.

@nynole1

22 күн бұрын

You'll need to get buy in fro your parents because this method goes against what most coaches/parents have been taught for many years.

@brandonrager8919

22 күн бұрын

Agree. Toughest challenge isn’t teaching my son, it’s every coach or bystander telling him to swing flat to hit the ball.

1:10 - anatomically/bio mechanically correct? It depends on what you are trying to do. If you want weak, rotary motion, around the top hand forearm, this move could be useful. Or, if you want to have a check swing and inhibit top hand pronation (which all the greats have), this move is for you. Lastly, if you are seeking to eliminate the significant barrel acceleration that comes with top hand pronation, this move might be useful. Look at any great hitter….none do this, including Judge. Unless you are looking for perpetual, weak, check swings.

@kennethgarcia4847

27 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 You gotta realize how stupid you sound right now he’s literally judges swing Coach! Why say things like that?

@mattyounglive

27 күн бұрын

Not only does this work but it works for every hitter at every level. If you don’t have something nice to say maybe don’t say it?

@historyrepeated4239

26 күн бұрын

@@mattyoungliveWhat is the goal, here? To not be offended or discuss swing mechanics? This year, Aaron Judge strikes out 3 times out of 10. Supposedly, he is a disciple of HLP/Teacherman. Is this what you mean by the swing working at every level? Is it not important to discuss the good and the bad of swing instruction, so we can produce the best results from youth to higher level baseball? If that’s the goal, shouldn’t we analyze what the greatest hitters of all time have done? Bonds, Griffey Jr., Pujols, Aaron, Ruth, Williams, etc. None of them had a herky jerky snap or rotary bat dump. Isn’t this important to recognize? Teacherman does identify some things that are important….avoiding merry go round swings, lunging to front foot, not swing/chop down, etc. But I don’t believe these are epidemic swing issues. And to market a rotary snap as the movement a hitter should be doing everyday (and how 99% of the rest of the swing teachers get it wrong) is a highly questionable “red flag”.

0:20 AGAIN. That wrist pivot you do there has you backhanding the ball with the backwards part of your bat as your palm is facing towards you instead of facing palm up. This is OBJECTIVELY wrong.

That snap doesnt happen as this guy claims. The hands go forward into contact. It might look like your snapping the bat back but it doesnt happen like that at all. This guy is a scam.

@ging3rbr34dm4n

28 күн бұрын

the snap move in the video is isolated from the rest of the swing. the snap move will obviously look different when paired with the rest of the mechanics in a full swing.

@baseball-xt3uj

28 күн бұрын

@@ging3rbr34dm4n this richard scam says that you should not put force into contact wich is the worst advise to give because hitters definitely are putting force into contact. This guy makes us think that he knows everything about becoming a great hitter. He doesnt. To become a great hitter you need more than just mechanics. You need bat speed and you get that by getting higgrr stronger and more flexible and having a good hitting program. Hitting program. Not snaping the barrel back. I cant believe that there are people who fall for this richard scam. If he found some secret mlb teams will be coming to grt this guy. Dont fall for this scam

@baseball-xt3uj

27 күн бұрын

@@ging3rbr34dm4nno it doesnt happen like that understand that dont be ignorant. Hitters apply force into contact.

@gporr7004

8 сағат бұрын

@@ging3rbr34dm4nYea so what he is teaching is bullshit. You need to drive into the ball and the wrist snap happens automatically. You don’t just drop the barrel back and snap and spin off your back leg like he teaches. Now other young dope “ coaches” are teaching this slap happy crap when the original swing has been done for a hundred years and always worked. And no, they don’t throw that much harder today as they lead you to believe. They make it seem like they threw 80 mph years ago. They DIDNT!

I appreciate that he really believes in his method, but he's absolutely wrong. Good luck

@codyvredegoor7993

24 күн бұрын

😂😂 you better tell Aaron Judge his hitting coach is teaching him the wrong way to do it. Especially after the historic May Judge had hitting. Keyboard clowns always have something to say 😂

@BAINES03

20 күн бұрын

The thing is though Aaron judge doesn’t swing like this. If you watch any super slow motion of Judge’s swing his hands/wrist doesn’t do this movement until the moment before contact. He loads, then his front foot touches, then his hips open, then his wrists pull the barrel forward. Maybe Hitterman is just emphasizing this move for effect… but it doesn’t seem natural and judge doesn’t do this.

@Cpatriot

11 күн бұрын

​@@BAINES03Exactly! It's not natural

@Cpatriot

11 күн бұрын

​@codyvredegoor7993 No good hitter starts the swing with the wrists. Now ask mommy to give you your glass of milk, go to your room and take a closer look at Judge. Cody😅😅😅😅

You seem to be teaching squish the bug? Something every other batting coach says not to do.

@TeachermanHitting

28 күн бұрын

No squish the bug teaching in this video, or in any video on this channel

@bmyersphotography

28 күн бұрын

@@TeachermanHitting Weight on your back leg, while you load and launch your hands. How does the bug not get squished?

@Keliiyamashita

28 күн бұрын

@@bmyersphotographyI think the when coaches teach to squish the bug, they want the player to actively squish with their foot. I think what Richard teaches looks like squish the bug, but it’s the hips turning the foot.

@brandonrager8919

28 күн бұрын

He teaches to flip the wrist and then generate power with hips to finish. No bugs were mentioned or hurt during this video.

@Navs126

28 күн бұрын

Seems like you’re new to his systems. Just keep watching his stuff. It’ll click in no time