Batting slump for the Splendid Splinter meant he was only batting .315
@awakentotruthmichaelsmith46984 ай бұрын
They are not hitting with their hands and wrist 😂 They are rotating into the ball with their hands very much following the power and momentum of their hip rotation. You also see that they(the best hitters) overwhelming drive with their bottom hand and do not push their top hand through the zone
@jimcox47284 ай бұрын
One of the greatest fighter pilots in WW-II and Korean War fighter piloits.
@BrianBoese-im8jm5 ай бұрын
Goat
@BrianBoese-im8jm5 ай бұрын
The Swing
@doublenickel10007 ай бұрын
Great video. I was 11 in 1960 when he played his last game. Williams was one of my heroes. We could never get enough batting practice because of the logistical problems of pitching and htting a baseball, so we worked out a good training system. We'd take a wiffle bat and ball and pitch at full speed from 25-30 feet. If you've got a good arm the ball comes in pretty fast at that distance. And the ball does crazy things being full of holes and so light. We'd do that until it got easy and then switch to a wooden bat. It developed quick reactions, wrist speed and power, and the ability to track the ball very quickly. if you got so you could hit the ball consistently with the wood bat, the biggest problem when you got in a game was waiting on the pitch. The ball seemed to take forever to get to you from 60 feet.
@jamesm.39679 ай бұрын
Rules for life. 😉
@MapleSyrupPoet11 ай бұрын
He was quite the physical specimen ...built for pro ball ...all around American hero ⚾️🏆👨✈️
@karend440611 ай бұрын
Best advice to hitters is just relax
@karend440611 ай бұрын
When Baseball was Baseball! ❤
@keithortman7645 Жыл бұрын
My 6 yo became obsessed with hitting a couple weeks ago, when he connected on sweet spot with wiffle ball bat. So Loaded up on used baseballs and tennis balls , and he’s been at about an hour a day . Try not coach him much because want it to stay fun, and he’s got good natural mechanics , but showed him this video today , and likely will about 25 times more this year . It’s basically all you need to know about hitting a baseball .
@jase042086 Жыл бұрын
San Diego born and raised baby! Go Ted aka The Kid. Interesting fact his Mexican-American uncle who played semi pro ball showed him as a young child. ⚾️💪🏻 🇺🇸🇲🇽
@andrewschneeweiss1162 Жыл бұрын
So cool.
@j5555785 Жыл бұрын
Calling all cars. Calling all cars.
@jpkaneshida242 Жыл бұрын
Williams sets the record at .406, one of sports' all time greatest records, still standing after over 80 years😳, right up there with Wilt's 100 and Pistol's averaging 44 at LSU. Just INCREDIBLE human achievements. But here's a bit of trivia; SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER SETTING THE RECORD at .406, Williams bats .388 to come in FOURTH after himself. Just unreal, and never talked about
@berndtherrenvolk1951 Жыл бұрын
Ted's .406 in 1941 is not the highest single-season batting average ever. Or even close. It's just the LAST time a major leaguer hit .400 or higher. (The last time previous was Bill Terry at 401 in 1930, ten years before Ted did it.) Rogers Hornsby hit .424 in 1924, .403 in 1925, and .401 in 1922. George Sisler hit .420 in 1922 and .407 in 1920. Ty Cobb hit .409 in 1911, .419 in 1912 and .401 in 1922. There were numerous others in the 1900s and others still in the 1880s and 1890s. If you bring in the Negro Leagues, there are even more.
@Diggerdog2nd Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the 1970's & Baseball was my life, I wish I had the advantage of watching videos like this. Our little league & Babe Ruth coaches were always somebody's Dad who knew a little & usually was involve because his kid was on the team, so we didn't get the best coaching. My way of hitting was trying to copy my heroes like how Reggie Jackson looked like when hitting although I was moderately successful, I never knew the fine points broken down like in this video.
@teller1290 Жыл бұрын
Yeh, I coulda been someone with that kind of coaching.
@resurection96 Жыл бұрын
🐐
@essessessesq Жыл бұрын
as a Cleveland Indians fan, i've always like Ted Williams' answer whenever a reporter asked him "Who were the best pitchers and the toughest to hit pitchers you ever faced in your long career?" Ted Williams mlways answered "That's easy. The answer to BOTH questions is BOB FELLER."
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
I also helped that Williams had amazing eyesight. He could tell exactly where on the baseball he made contact. Once he did an experiment where he coated the barrel of his bat with pine tar. Then he would call the spot he made contact with, and it was compared to the mark on the ball. He would say things like, right across the seam...half inch below the seam...hit on top of the ball, etc. And the mark on the ball would confirm exactly what he said on each pitch. Williams also claimed that he could see the ball deform when he was making contact. Ted Williams was probably the most intense student of the game that ever lived. Williams was proof that if you, as a batter, become fundamentally sound, things like "launch angle" and "exit velocity" will take care of themselves.
@gregshirley-jeffersonboule62584 ай бұрын
Student of hitting. He didn't seem to care much about the rest of the game, especially as a manger.
@elbrianoboesito96322 жыл бұрын
32 33 bat speed
@elbrianoboesito96322 жыл бұрын
It's quick hands barrel to the ball. Then the hips ,leg power follow through look good..!!!!
@MCKevin2892 жыл бұрын
I’m a former baseball player and now I play an ancient Irish sport called hurling. To score I have to self pitch the ball to myself and I’ve been watching his advice to improve my swing. It’s been really helpful actually. Especially when he talks about cutting up when you swing and how to chose the right bat. A hurling stick is made of ash and it’s about the size and weight of a baseball bat.
@danielhoward4566 Жыл бұрын
I used to hurl when I drank too much beer. I didn't think of it as a sport though.
@brucefranklin13172 жыл бұрын
No helmets in the day...
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
Back then the average fastball was only about 60 mph
@brucefranklin13172 жыл бұрын
@@TwoPyramid morn 60
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
@@brucefranklin1317 lol, true
@roscoefoofoo2 жыл бұрын
Full clip is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdmKqceGldWRl4E.html
@jakeamberson32392 жыл бұрын
Sounds like John Wayne
@stevelavalette68982 жыл бұрын
As a baseball coach I couldn't possibly agree more with all the tips in this video
@chisatofan47692 жыл бұрын
Amazing how modern his hitting was. Decades above everyone else.
@flelite39942 жыл бұрын
*Babe Ruth was better*
@The-F.R.E.E.-J.2 жыл бұрын
What year?
@TrayDyer382 жыл бұрын
The bats they used back then weighed like a thousand pounds and the handles were thick as trees.
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
It is no lie that Roberto Clemente used a bigger and heavier bat than Aaron Judge uses right now....Clemente's bat was not quite maximum legal length, but it was max weight. When I was growing up, one of my friends was a Forbes Field one night when the Pirates were taking batting practice. Clemente cracked on of his bats, and as he was going back to the dugout to get a new bat, my buddy asked him if he could have the cracked bat (of course, this was back in the day before every piece of sports memorabilia had a price tag on it.) Clemente said he could, but to let the equipment guy nail the crack. Clemente finished his turn in the batting cage, walked into the dugout and came back out with the bat and handed to my buddy. We never used it when we were playing because it was cracked and nailed, but more importantly, we were only about 10 or 11, and none of us could swing it. We called it the "Dinosaur Club." Clemente was not a big man, but that bat was freakin' huge.
@steelydan55013 жыл бұрын
He held his bat straight up at the plate he said it felt lighter in his book.He mentioned standing back from the plate which he never did? When you stand up on the plate it allows you to cover the whole plate keeping your hands in gives you the control and power to cover the whole plate, once you start reaching or casting your bat you lose your power. I just read his book from 1970 good tips from still the last hitter to bat .400!
@TheBatugan772 жыл бұрын
He said he backed off the plate on the advice of Paul Waner, in order to beat the shift.
@wilburallenbilly3 жыл бұрын
He went 6 for 8 in the last doubleheader on the last day of the season in 1941. He raised his average from .3999 to .406. He won two triples crowns. He would murder the bullpen pitchers of today.
@ZDiddy77773 жыл бұрын
Too bad he didn't have all the amazing steroids we have today...his day, they only had speed and booze and booze is counterproductive when it come to hitting
@peace-yv4qd3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading the sports section of the local paper when Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at bat before he retired. I was 15. I wish I had kept the article.
@rarpcgaming3 жыл бұрын
His head barely moves, It's like it's frozen.
@jasonk25183 жыл бұрын
Holy sh*t! I'm 43 years old and this is the greatest video I've ever seen! I literally can't believe I'm watching and listening to Ted F-ing Williams giving my 9 year old son hitting advice. I HATE technology...but it's moment like these I do appreciate it. The greatest hitter of all times still lives thanks to videos like these! Awesome great amazing unbelievable video.
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
Did you read Jim Bouton's book "Ball Four?" In the book Bouton related stories other players told him about Williams taking batting practice and all the time shouting, "I'm Ted F---ing Williams! (Crack). Jesus H. Christ Himself couldn't get me out today (Crack). And now here comes Larson and that s--t slider of his (Crack). And he thinks he's getting me out with that (Crack)."
@monicacubberly-early19013 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite all-time players who certainly has words of wisdom for batters thank you for sharing and God bless from Patrick
@johndeagle43893 жыл бұрын
Watch 2:13 to see Williams bale out. He does not stride toward the pitcher.
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
Wow, great catch. It figures that he's full of baloney and probably got by on natural ability rather than technique.
@johndeagle43892 жыл бұрын
@@TwoPyramid Williams had great eyesight. He had 20/10 vision.
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
@@johndeagle4389 yes, his success was truly based on his many physical gifts. He was also an intelligent person.
@johndeagle43892 жыл бұрын
@@TwoPyramid Saul Venzor helped Williams out as a kid.
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
@@johndeagle4389 ok, interesting, I didn't know he had an uncle who was a player.
@johndeagle43893 жыл бұрын
Ted Williams did not step toward the pitcher. Williams baled out slightly.
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@georgepiattoni60034 жыл бұрын
123 WAR / lifetime.482 OBP
@goodlookinghonkey83824 жыл бұрын
Yo, dat guy was racist and sheit
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
So what? You Social Justice Warriors use that term so much that it no longer means anything. F-ck You, Woke Warrior.
@genehollon69894 жыл бұрын
I have CLOSELY read the comments. QUESTION !!!! IF---IF TED WILLIAMS had those 'FIVE YEARS"of his PRIME YEARS PLAYING, which he spent FLYING in WORLD WAR ll and the KOREAN WAR , what would his CAREER and RECORDS be ????? BATTING AVG ? R B i 's,? HOME RUNS ? TOTAL BASES ?, M V P's ? ETC. ETC. NO ONE can even guess accurately. MANY baseball statistics and records would undergo dramatic revision.
@felixmadison57365 жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds like this guy knows what he's doing. LOL!!! The Splendid Splinter...The greatest hitter ever!!!
@johndeagle43895 жыл бұрын
Ted Williams did not step toward the pitcher. Williams bails out at 1:07.
@xavierz665 жыл бұрын
Baseball Hitting GOAT 🐐! I watched hit .563 in HS 12 dingers .. moved on to Strong 💪🏻 Beach Dirt Bags! Rest is history!
@duckamuck17565 жыл бұрын
Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn are the greatest pure hitters baseball has ever seen.
@peterorfan5233 жыл бұрын
You ever hear of Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby....😕
@dsm8643 жыл бұрын
ichiro definitely up there too
@TheBatugan772 жыл бұрын
(Cough...) BabeRuth
@TwoPyramid2 жыл бұрын
Dave Kingman
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
@@TwoPyramid Cute.
@danejurus695 жыл бұрын
Ted was an exceptional hitter for his era but if he took that swing and that bat speed up against today's big league flame throwers, he'd probably to hit .100.
@jasonparker57465 жыл бұрын
Lmao! Ted Williams would hit better than any contact player today. He would put Jeff McNeil to shame.
@danejurus694 жыл бұрын
@Steve Witte Bullshit. Today's pitchers throw harder and have better breaking balls. Get real. The avg velocity of big league pitchers is 95 mph. That type of speed wasn't no where near as common back in Ted's era as you say.
@danejurus694 жыл бұрын
@Steve Witte I have read that book and Williams was ahead of his time but put him in today's game and he wouldn't be that good. He was great for his era and that's it. The pitchers he faced are nowhere near as good as pitchers hitters from the last few decades have to face. By the way, the book is called "The Science of Hitting", NOT the "Art of Hitting". I know more about Teddy Ballgame than you do. Lol
@edwardyoung5223 жыл бұрын
If you believe that, I have some beachfront property in Phoenix to sell you...
@fenwaypark17255 жыл бұрын
It took God 6 days to create the world, on the 7th Ted showed him how to hit.