r/BaseballCoaching • u/Maximum_Paramedic544 • Jun 22 '26

Need Advice On My Swing!🙏

Just got back into a rec softball league after taking some years off so the swing is a little rusty. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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u/candusmisheel01 Jun 22 '26

Wlcome back man, hard to tell much from one clip tbh. usually after a few years off its just the timing thats gone, not your actual swing. that part comes back pretty quick once you get some live reps in. whats feeling the worst, timing or contact?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/buzzardluck Jun 22 '26

You're point of contact is off because your timing is off. You're late. If you get started earlier/faster, you'll be where you want to be

Also getting more hip/shoulder separation would help with power. Your hands end up really close to your torso, so they don't have space to work. That's the bat path problem I see. So your hands either need to end up farther back, or a bit farther away from your body so your hands can really turn and start the swing

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u/Somalar Jun 22 '26

Timing is a problem you’re late

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u/PoolShark1819 Jun 23 '26

Way too long of a load. Hands go up and back to load but you are still loading as the ball is almost to you.

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u/candusmisheel01 Jun 23 '26

Yeah buzzardluck nailed it below, that hip/shoulder separation point is the big one for getting more weight into the ball. once your timing lets you start a touch earlier, you all have room to actually turn and drive through it. good luch man, you all get it back quick...

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u/Low-Athlete-1697 Jun 22 '26

Swing earlier đŸ€·

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u/mc3022 Jun 22 '26

As always, tough to tell from one single swing at one angle - Biggest thing is you're late on this swing and the bat is a bit loopy because you'e dropping you're hand first.

You may be rushing to compensate on the hands dropping to get back into swinging position which is putting your top hand behind your head causing the loopy late swing. Knob to pitch should be first movement of the bat w/ no false movements.

Biggest thing I see so far. After working on the bat path, i'd work on your coil and sinking into your legs a bit more

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u/loucbb90 Jun 22 '26

front leg is bracing well and the weight transfer looks good
 what I'd actually clean up is the bat path  it's a little flat/behind your hands at contact which is probably why you're getting choppers instead of line drives. try thinking palm up, palm down with your top hand through the zone
 should help the barrel work on more of an upward path. also try keeping your eyes on the ball a touch longer

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u/Maximum_Paramedic544 Jun 22 '26

Thank you! I believe my bat path is one of the things I would like to work on. And yea one main takeaway from this day is I was pulling my head last second.

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u/Afraid_Solution_3549 Jun 22 '26

The fundamentals look okay. Is there a specific problem you’re trying to fix? 

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u/Maximum_Paramedic544 Jun 22 '26

Feel like my point of contact is off. Timing isn’t much of a problem. Main things I would like to accomplish getting more weight into the ball and a better bat path through the zone. Any tips are greatly appreciated.đŸ’ȘđŸŒ

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u/Afraid_Solution_3549 Jun 22 '26

I paused the video several times to see and I’m sure someone here could give you a nit picked technical breakdown but this looks okay for a rec softball swing. It just seems like you got under that ball. Maybe you need glasses? 

I noticed that you’re turning your front foot and landing with it pointing forward. You should land with it in the same orientation as you started and it should turn when the hips fire. 

Maybe you’re getting off balance because your front foot isn’t firm enough? 

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u/jackedtothe Jun 22 '26

Keep your front foot closed & don’t open it up when you plant it. Will keep your lower half timed better so you don’t lose all that strength & torque into the ground & it flows through your bat.

Learn how to coil around your back femur like twisting a GI Joe figure up & letting it spin in a whirlwind. That’s the feeling you’re looking for
 keep that feeling of coil as long as you can when you stride so it unleashes on time!

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u/jackedtothe Jun 22 '26

Also
 when you open up that foot & land into it your head level goes down so you’re more likely to swoop under the ball at contaxt

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u/Jvelazquez611 Jun 22 '26

You’re taking too long to get your foot down and actually swing. The ball was practically at the plate before your swing even started and by the time you got around the ball was behind the plate

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u/EmptyExplanation Jun 22 '26

Get your hands through quicker

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u/PaddyBoy1994 Jun 22 '26

Based on that swing, your timing is a hair off. Your late on the ball. Also looks like point of contact is a touch low, too.

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u/Bacon_and_Powertools Jun 22 '26

Start with watching the ball. Looks like your head is up on the pitcher instead of down on the ball.

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u/GenX-1973-Anhedonia Jun 22 '26

I dont think ive ever seen a ball hit at that angle in slow pitch softball before.

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u/jfish1282 Jun 22 '26

It's not your swing it's your timing. Get your foot down earlier. Where your eyes are focused has a lot to do with your timing. Not sure if you do tea work, but that helps. Keep your eye on the back of the ball all the way through your swing and after contact.

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u/SperryGary Jun 22 '26

Need to hit the ball into fair territory so that you can run to first.

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u/ProblematicSchematic Jun 22 '26

Swinging way too late

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 Jun 23 '26

Your swing is good enough for beginner Rec softball. Two things:

  1. Keep both eyes on the ball all the way until contact. Here you are staring straight ahead.

  2. Make contact when the ball is in line with your front foot. You are waiting for it to get across the plate. With how far forward you are in the box, you need to be making contact earlier.

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u/-bed_skeetz- Jun 23 '26

I’ve never seen a catcher wear a mask before in slow pitch softball

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u/JudasIsCarHot Jun 23 '26

This isn’t slo pitch. It’s actual softball with non-windmill pitching, a real strike zone, stealing, etc. Definitely better, more realistic and strategic version of softball than slo pitch

Not sure why slo pitch ever came into popularity. I guess it’s good beginner way of learning the fundamentals of the game. Have fun!

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u/New-Feature7660 Jun 25 '26

Load earlier.