One thing I find confusing in your videos with all do respect because this is free!! It's the you put the do and don't do together to fast and information in between gets lost i just want it to point it out so your viewers have better experience since it's a listening and practice routing and you information is super accurate . I speak 5 leguanges I'm only saying this so people think I'm retarded it's the internet after all. And thank you for this videos.

Hit a home run today after watching this video earlier. all the advice about the vertical toe line helped a lot

Great advice! I play 12U baseball. After struggling during pool play during a tournament. I went home, relaxed. Watched some of your videos to see what you had to say, then I changed up my swing a little bit. Then the very next day, after adjusting my swing. I went 2 for 2 with two home runs! The 2nd one tied the game, which we eneded up winning. Then I crushed a double next game, going 1 for 1, with a walk. Amazing! You got me back on track! Thanks.

i used to dip my shoulder and swing hard and i hit a few like that but after my arm hurts but after i watched tbis i hit 2 in my championship and brought my team a win thanks man its poeple like you i admire because they take the time out of there day to help thanks man

thanks, I'm a travel ball player and right now I'm in a slump and not hitting as hard as I usually do I hope this helps me and my teammates.

Hey Michael! Love the vids. Ive played my whole life and never hit one out of the park. Im going into my senior year and im determined to make that change this year. Your instruction combined with my strength training is giving me serious results and high hopes. Wish me luck! Your fan - Max

Since adding your videos to my practice regiment my average and confidence at the plate have improved . Thank you for reteaching this to me, helps a lot! I have been having a problem rolling over on everything not squaring the ball up and grounding out too much , I got myself a tee ,a couple dozen baseballs .

Ortiz points his bat knob at the catcher and when the front leg lands push against the ground, you should finish with just back toes on the ground, the bat point gives the bat lag for extra whip, in fact I have noticed most MLB hitters point the bat knob at the catcher. Watch Ortiz's swing, it's a thing of beauty, he really loads up on that back leg

Michael,The bat is in good positions but you should not be trying to create backspin by approaching from a descending blow standpoint. The attack angle needs to be positive(meaning traveling up) not negative(going down) and hit the ball below center. The furthest a ball can be hit was shown on sports science and the bat path was traveling up at 30 degrees contacting the ball below center- which creates the backspin and the lift necessary for monster homeruns. Almost all video of extra base hits that are in the air show the bat traveling up into contact- and not descending as you mention.

Wow. my son always makes this mistake. when he's told to put the bat back when he loads up he turns his body. when he swings tje bat kind of dips down and then up. Definitely going to start working on that ASAP! Great video!

This is a amazing tutorial! Thanks so much for the video it helps a lot!

im an insanely streaky hitter. any suggestions to try to fix that? i know its cause im changing but any way to try to make all of this muscle memory?

I'm a pro and that helps

Im glad i discovered a video of yours using techniques on how to hit home runs. While i do think that getting backspin on the ball is important for hitting the ball over long dostances, how exactly that is achieved is where i think you are a little one dimensional in this approach presented. There is a BIG reason why Ted Williams insisted that a "slight upswing" is best. The Hips and also the Shoulders play vital roles in maintaining and establishing the slight up swing that Ted mentioned and talked about all the time. I don't see how you can establish the plane that you need to take with just the hands taking the bat to the ball I do know that Ted talked about how he felt like his hands and forearms felt like it was "100" percent energy being used but not in his "hips and shoulders" because he wanted to feel like he had something left (80-85% operating capacity) to maintain control. I like how you use the setup of the keeping the hands near the shoulders to establish the swing going towards the ball, but i feel by just having them Only it that position limits a batter on other more advantageous positions that a batter can use for hitting the ball for power if done properly. For example, Ted talked about in "The Science of Hitting" about how he used to hold The bat perpendicular to the ground to "help get the ball in the air better." His hands at setup were just below shoulder level for the most part. He mentioned that the hands were a matter of feel and that if you gave five farm boys five axes you'd probably get five different hand postiions, but as long as the position allows you to hit anything naturally within the strike you were alright. He said also mentioned how he was "always trying to hit like Foxx or Greenburg or somebody else and then going back to his own way." I dont mean to criticize what youre doing he i just feel like you're leaving out key components that one of the best batters to ever play the game and the 1st one in my mind who broke down scientifically what happens in the batters box.

I hear a lot about hitting the ball squarely, is this something I should be teaching my 9 yr old? Would it be a good idea to make some type of mark on the lower half of the ball to teach him to get more back spin? We watched your video today on "Bat Lag",he was very uncomfortable carrying out what he learned from the video,Is there any way/words I can convey to him to help him better understand? I tried telling him he's not gonna get it on the 1st day but you know kids they wanna impress dad,by that's not important to me,what's important to me is correct fundamentals! Thanks for your videos!

very informative Thank you so much.

great information !!! I will have my son try this

Ok, I usually get hard groundouts/base hits now. I hope this makes me able to hit extra bases when I go to Delaware next week for a tournament

Would this work on slow pitch softball? I have yet to hit a homerun but came close several times.

Hey this really helped me with hitting thank u

i am a 12 yr old in 5070 ! I hit only 2 homeruns but I hate grounders ! haha off topic

When I was 8 I hit 3-4 over 150 feet and I won a home run derby last year

I like how u explained it, so far I hit one home run its pretty hard

Hi Michael. Another great video. Would your swing approach be the same if it were an inside pitch? Would you still try and hit the inside of the ball? As the videos tee is set up low middle of the plate. Thanks tt

I hit my first home run last week it was over the 380ft fence

Prospeedbaseball can you help me with my swing please strugling with hit the ball good and hard

I’m in a local baseball team hoping I will make it to LLWS

Hope this will help tomorrow...

I think he's using either a G-tee with optional base weight ( thegtee.com/ ) or a Tanner tee ( www.tannertees.com/professional-batting-tees/ ).

I'll use this tonight I'll let you know what happens lol I've been hitting but they just are grounders but I get on base and any suggestions ??

Can u do a video were u can hit it up in the air so they don't really see it

I hit 2 homeruns last year. I am now in Babe Ruth. The fences are way longer.

no disrespect, but can you tell how keeping your hands in front of the vertical toe line helps with power

Bro thank you so much I just hit another home run last night, it was 220 feet

I hope this helps when the fall league in my area starts. I made contact *once* in the spring league, and it was a routine groundball to short. I wanna be a place hitter and start hitting line drives into the gap, because I'm pretty fast and I can get around the bases pretty quickly. Any other advice, or videos you can point me to to stop hitting groundballs and start crushing doubles into the gap? (By the way, if it changes anything and any advice, my league doesn't have fences.)

Thanks I took your advice and I hit a 310ft home run

For me all I have to do to keep my hands in front of my feet is to not close my stance

Right

Is this good I am eleven years old and I hit 4 home runs in majors I am a lefty

I am 13 and had 15 homeruns last year this year on big fields have 3 currently.

luckily my main pitch is a 2 seamer not many ppl can lift it I'm a righty with left hander movement

I've had four games so far, and I'm hitting the ball extremely hard. The only problem is they have been ground balls. Two have gone to the outfield. It's early in the season, but I just want to know if I can do anything for that.

Thanks I hit my first home run last night I hit it 230 feet, I am 12 years old

Will it work I am 7yers old.

high OBP

Are you at PBA orlando?

I'm thinking about trying these videos in my game, but I always hit ground balls every at bat and it's just my speed that gets me to the base, any suggestions on this?

I have a play off game today

My teams in championship and I went 4-4 with 2 doubles and 2 singles

I went 430 the other day I'm in the pirates organization

Seems to like most elite hitter's barrel paths are up from behind, at, and past contact(Griffey swingman logo). Especially the top HR guys in the league like Harper, Bautista, Cruz, Donaldson, etc, etc. Would you not want a direct impact of the barrel and ball? Seems like the downward bat path creates more of a glancing/intersecting blow to the ball causing a huge loss in energy transferred in to the ball. What are your thoughts about this video below? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hqiDjaaepsqahY0.html

What tee do you use?

Your welcome just came home from baseball practice

I hit a home run over 250 ft and l'm only 8 years old!

What do you think about practicing front arm only swings? Here are 3 young players who have done this and their mechanics are flawless. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qM6Dd66ru7TSYYk.html

hitting the top would make a ground ball

The funny thing is that Ted Williams did the opposite of what he is teaching

4:20 voice crack

why won't the pirates call me up if just went 450 ft

Listen I hat power I hit 13 home runs out of 20 games and ya it's fun but not fun striking out I wish I had more consistency and your backspin is created in your hips not bat placement

Too sciency

Worst hitting advice ever