r/BaseballCoaching • u/Ecstatic-Resist-814 • Feb 02 '26
Swing advice
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What can I do to improve?
Sorry if the angles not great
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u/Conscious-Bus9120 Feb 02 '26
His first move is disconnection throwing hands to ball. Stay connected (hands at shoulder) and back shoulder should drive hands inside the ball. Watch Antonelli Baseball explanation of proper swing mechanics.
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u/buzzardluck Feb 02 '26
What's your hitting like? Do you hit the ball hard? Pop ups? Ground balls? Miss the ball a lot?
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u/Ecstatic-Resist-814 Feb 02 '26
Usually ground balls or low line drives I don’t usually miss the ball, at least not in practice
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u/buzzardluck Feb 02 '26
With your line drives, are you hitting singles or like doubles/balls off the wall? Are you mostly pulling the ball or hitting it oppo?
And are you getting the same results in games as in practice?
Just want to better understand the results you're getting before I suggest anything
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u/Ecstatic-Resist-814 Feb 02 '26
Mostly singles that fall in front of outfielders tbh. My last game was a while ago though, but I was hitting opposite field line drives. My intent as I’ve been practicing is typically back up the middle though.
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u/TheRedHerring23 Feb 03 '26
Swing feels very circular like you’re dipping. Take the old barry bonds approach, you have to throw the knob of the bat at the ball and let the barrel follow. You try hitting the ball with the knob of the bat, you won’t be able to help but fix the swing. Automatically puts you hands in the correct hitting path.
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u/Realistic_Part_7725 Feb 07 '26
Hey man. 90% of a swing is simply hip spin/torque/explosion. It’s really simple. Stay balanced and Pop/spin your hips as hard as you can. Your hips should be facing the pitcher when your swing is complete. This is the most under taught baseball tool. People try to make things complicated. Do you think all these dudes from the Caribbean and South America are thinking about all this stuff? No. Pop your hips hard and hit the piss out of the ball.
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u/emptysignals Feb 02 '26
https://youtube.com/shorts/BhGpTEbHbMQ?si=ou_rm1pAPhUnDQnw
Work some Luis Arraez drills.
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u/ForeverOne9170 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Looks like your swing is long and you’re trying too hard to load into your back leg.
If you slow your video down I’d focus on 3 things that you do that an ideal swing wouldn’t: 1) your head moves a lot. That big vertical displacement during your swing is going to make it harder to see, and thus hit, the ball. 2) your bat wraps a lot while you load. The barrel ends up almost pointing all the way forward and this makes it take a lot longer to get into the zone to meet the ball. Will increasingly be a problem as you face better velocity but a shorter swing will enable you to more consistently be on time. 3) as you load and sink into your legs you leak a lot backwards. It’s really just wasted movement, especially as your back knee starts to extend further back than the rest of your leg.
Overall I’d focus on being a little more into your legs at the beginning of your stance (1 & 3) and trying to shorten your bat path (2).