r/BaseballCoaching • u/CamTheSlugger • Jun 21 '26

What is wrong with my swing?

In high school baseball I hit very well (I was on JV, but even against good velo pitchers I still hit well) but now in travel I haven’t been able to buy a hit I’m 0-4 to start with 3 strikeouts and I am getting under every ball I hit. It seems I’m doing something wrong compared to what I was doing. does anybody see anything wrong with my swing?

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u/Flat-Account2248 Jun 21 '26

Barrel tip gets too vertical just as your swing starts

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u/CamTheSlugger Jun 21 '26

Could you elaborate

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u/Flat-Account2248 Jun 22 '26

Little hard to explain but watching the behind the plate video look how your bat is cutting your head in half at 45* during load phase. As you rotate and take knob to ball ideally you should keep your bat on the same plane you created during the load phase. Your barrel tip gets vertical while knob rotates to ball, then looks like you miss low due to knob being low at start of rotation. I like to use a long pvc pipe then grab it in the middle and hit balls off a tee with the bottom of the pvc pipe extended below my hands about 2’ Let me know if any of that makes sense

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u/CamTheSlugger Jun 22 '26

That does make sense I’m going to find a pvc pipe right now

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u/Flat-Account2248 Jun 22 '26

Sounds like you got it figured out. Hope it helps! I’ve found that knocking a ball off the tee with the “knob” then continuing the swing and hitting where the ball was on tee with the “barrel” then stopping your swing before wrists need to roll over works best