Ohtani’s batting practice today was not for the regular season but for the Home Run Derby! Today's performance gave me hope that he would surely set a terrific new record for the Derby this summer.

Ohtani's swing is not by arms, it is by the upper body's flexibility, and with his head unmoved straight, waiting for a ball coming into his "batting zone" and once it comes into it, he can hit the ball at the axis of the bat. What is the most impressive about Ohtani's batting is that there is no "dead zone" so that any pitcher can't find a "good" spot to strike him out.

Ohtani's hitting method is completely different from that of most major league players who swing with the power of their arms. His hitting method is to catch the optimal sweet spot of the incoming pitch at the moment and hit it just right. Therefore, he does not swing with arm strength, and his swing appears to be light and smooth. This is probably supported by the strength of his legs and hips, with no swaying of the axis of his torso, and his natural good dynamic vision. He trains his lower body intensively, so his legs and back, core, and axis are stable and unshakeable when he swings. This is because of the strength of his trained legs and back muscles. The roots appear to be an extension of the "meat hitting" method used in Japanese high school baseball to teach students who are still weak and skinny. It also has something in common with the long-hitting swing theory of golf. In his case, however, this may have been possible because he was a pitcher from a young age. In order to reduce the burden on their overworked arms and shoulders, pitchers focus on strengthening their lower body, including their legs and hips for core and axis stability. If his training methods as a pitcher for more than a decade since his boyhood have had a positive effect on his hitting, it may be because he is both a pitcher and a hitter. In addition, if you look at his practice swings, you will see that he does not have a swing that is just swinging around. In every at-bat, he try to deliberately aims to hit just the right pitch at the right time. It looks like he is practising his timing to increase that just-meet probability. He appears to be hitting every practice at bat with image training in his head for the game. And in every swing, his body axis is stable and his body rotates smoothly around his hips without any swaying.　 It is a very lean swing with high efficiency in transferring power to the ball. It is completely different from players who use their arm muscles to swing with force. What's interesting is that other players who were just swinging at first are gradually challenging Ohtani's swinging style. (lol)

I love watching Ohtani and Outman chat it up while doing arm circles, looking like elementary school kids out there having a good time in PE

welcome to the Ohtani show....and some other guys in Dodgers uniforms.

Love Shohei 🦄💙🤴💥😍🔥

Los DODGERS son los #1 le pese a quien le pese

Great compilation!!!

Exciting. 😁😁😁

👍👍🙌🙌💪💪💙💙

Dam I actually feel like Shawn Green's record will finally come to an end. Ohtani is definitely going to hit more than 49 homeruns.

U have any exit velos on those bombs and how long each hr was?

I'd sure hate to bat after Shohei in the lineup. There'd be no runners left on base.

Shohei is going to have a 50/50 season. I don't think anyone has done it in MLB history, so it's fitting that Shohei be the first.

otani mania and yamamania NL WESTCHAMPS AND ALL THE WAY

YAMAMANIA

who ever playing a day to remember give that mf a raise !!!!

Hard to understand how hitting a baseball with such force is a good thing on a surgically repaired elbow?

Why are you harping on batting practice? So what Ohtani hits more HRs in BP?

I Love Ohtani to me he’s Our Modern day Babe Ruth

大谷はまだ30％くらいの力で打っている

I don’t understand how Ohtani doesn’t speak any Spanish at all. He’s been in Southern California for almost 8 years now. Time to learn the language 😂

メジャーリーグは、日本の怪物をモンスターにアップデートしたんだよね⁉️笑😁