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Maybe we can sell T shirts at the clinics that says......Lemmings love makin bacon
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I need a XXXL i'm a lil fellow
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Witz: Read late swing on the Coaches section. Most of this is discussed but in more detail. Plus attack mode was discussed in the hitting section in detail. Tim I got a chuckle since this isn't the first time this was discussed, read the prior posts . Search function sure works , if you want to find a topic.
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Hammy most probably the reason Dan gave it to me is the explanation involves name dropping to give credit to those who helped me understand it...several years ago I thought I had come up with a new drill as I had not seen it in any books or articles so I called Don Slaught and explained it to him and ask him for his opinion. He said where did you see that drill as I have not heard anyone talk about it in quite a while? I said I thought I had come up with it as a way to check to see if the hitter was in a position to attack the ball IE, momentum forward by seeing flex in front knee and the weight distribution at about 50/50 and being at toe touch with the hands separated. I was looking to see or check for any additional movement IE, replanting the lead foot, turning in or rolling the shoulder in, taking the hands back further or up or down or swaying of the hips. What I wanted to see is if they were ready to swing when I said swing! In my opinion if they were indeed ready to swing no additional movements would be required other than the slotting or lowering of the back elbow and the lead elbow making a good first move of about two to four inches forward. Don said I will have someone call you who knows all about this drill and you will have fun talking with him. Jim Levferber called and ask where I had seen this drill and I told him I thought I came up with it....he told me Merv Retman had come up with the drill years ago and he too had never seen it in any hitting books and he called it the flatfoot drill. Greg Walker with the White Sox's also uses it and then he ask if I kept the back foot heel up or down and I said both and he said you can not have it both ways. I expalined to him if you are balanced correctly by bending at the waist first and softening the knees next the shoe will be on the ground however the heel of your foot will be off the sole of the shoe. Since we were on the phone I asked him what kind of shoes he had on and he said sandels so I ask him to stand in front of a mirror and he did and said you are correct my sandels are on the ground however the heel of my foot is off the sandel! He said that Don wanted me to hear it from you as to the balance issue.
We still call it the attack mode....
My belief on two strikes is from the attack mode we have seen a lot of success using it and boulders daughter is only one of them.
We teach our hitters that it is their job to call balls and strikes and for them to determine what they can hit....we only want the umpire to call safe or out. We do not move them up or back in the box however we will bait the pitchers in certain situations to get a pitch we want.
Hope this helps clarify Dan wanting me to help as the name dropping rubs people the wrong way even though others deserve the credit for our knowledge and we have shared it freely. I take that kind of heat and **** all the time and really could care less what some people have to say in that regards.
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I for one LOVE it when hitter explains all...
I use these tips to help my players and myself...
Thank You
I use these tips to help my players and myself...
Thank You
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lemmings - R - us.... we use this too!
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Back on thread! When I mention a 2-strike approach to my players, I want them thinking more of driving the ball through the middle of the field. I'm looking for hard bat-to-ball contact and don't want them being tentative or swinging half-heartedly. It may not be much different from the way they approach other counts, but it seems to help many of them focus on the job at hand.
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Lemmings must be vegetarians because they're "hatin hammy" right now :lmao::lmao::lmao:
...except when it comes to bacon because everyone in the free world knows that bacon is the world's most perfect food!
Len
I loves me some bacon!
...except when it comes to bacon because everyone in the free world knows that bacon is the world's most perfect food!
Len
I loves me some bacon!
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Let me think, Bacon....Tofu? Bacon....Tofu?
Do they make Bacon flavored Ice Cream?
Do they make Bacon flavored Ice Cream?
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Lemmings love bacon !!!!! and ice cream and two strike hits from attack mode.
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Klumpy loves her some bacon too!!! Couldn't agree more with Hitter, love the attack mode.
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The best approach is don't get two strikes. Hit the first good pitch. Don't miss it. Don't foul it off. If you do get two strikes, the "anything close" approach is dumb. A ball is a ball. Get a pitch you can handle and drive it. If it's out of the zone and you can handle it, drive it. If it's out of the zone and you can't drive it, then don't be afraid to take it. It's not good to swing at a pitch in the dirt out of fear of getting called out.
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Yeah, but glove, umpires in the past several tournaments have had strike zones which force you to swing at "ANYTHING" close, whether you can handle it or now. Sometimes a good eye at the plate is a hitter worst enemy. I do agree with you though, that you should find that pitch which you can handle and smash it, no matter the count.
Pete Rose was famous for working the count in early game at-bats to see what a pitcher had (that day) - some hitters are cerebral, some just need to bring their club up there and be an animal.
Pete Rose was famous for working the count in early game at-bats to see what a pitcher had (that day) - some hitters are cerebral, some just need to bring their club up there and be an animal.
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This was written by Don Slaught for the NFCA published in May 09 this is just part of the article.....
"Note that it is your mental approach that should change or adjust from pitch to pitch, not your mechanics. We should adjust mentally after each pitch to what we just saw and felt, (we say see it, feel it and fix it) but we do not want to start messing with our computer by physically changing our mechanics. Remember any changes to your stance, length of stride, choking up, or moving in the box will affect not only your mechanics but also your data base. Changing or adding variables to the equation is not the answer when you are in a pressure situation. If you move a couple of inches closer to the plate on any particular pitch, your data base that you have built for years will also move a couple inches closer to the plate. The same goes for moving forward or backwards in the box: you've seen thousands of pitches from one spot in the box, so why change now? This doesn't even take into consideration that the catcher can see these changes. (also whoever is calling pitches for the catcher) These physical adjustments are very difficult to make and really take a lot of training to be successful. If a physical adjustment feels better, then it should be done all the time. A perfect example is Barry Bonds; he began choking up with two strikes and had great success and decided to do it for the next 17 years."
We say we are creating our swing DNA and Don uses computer or data base however it is what the hitter sees as to where to hit the ball every time they see a pitch. I call it a window of opportunity and have defined it as being about 12.5 inches front to back on the plate. We use the back corner of home plate to measure off from and the back of the window from there is about the width of a shoe forward and 12.5 inches from there or about the length of a shoe toe to heel plus 2 to 3 inches seems to work for most hitters. IF we decide to move forward in the box we teach them to take the mental picture of the window with them so they have a reference and we also do the Barry Bonds drill so we practice doing this. Most coaches who order a hitter to move up or back in the box have not practiced it so they are changing the hitters swing DNA without consideration of the hitters ability to perform it. We also teach our hitters to call balls and strikes as THEY must determine what they can hit not the umpire. We have demonstrated we can hit a ball that is 11 inches off the plate by the way we measure off from the plate however we only want them to hit it 5 to 8 inches off the plate and adjust mentally in the count to what we think we can hit. I do not use the phrase with two strikes protect the plate...hit what you feel is hittable when you want to hit it!
Some of our kids have hit home runs, tripples and doubles off intentional walks as the catcher never set up far enough off the plate and the coach knows them well enough to give them the green light to determine what they hit.
"Note that it is your mental approach that should change or adjust from pitch to pitch, not your mechanics. We should adjust mentally after each pitch to what we just saw and felt, (we say see it, feel it and fix it) but we do not want to start messing with our computer by physically changing our mechanics. Remember any changes to your stance, length of stride, choking up, or moving in the box will affect not only your mechanics but also your data base. Changing or adding variables to the equation is not the answer when you are in a pressure situation. If you move a couple of inches closer to the plate on any particular pitch, your data base that you have built for years will also move a couple inches closer to the plate. The same goes for moving forward or backwards in the box: you've seen thousands of pitches from one spot in the box, so why change now? This doesn't even take into consideration that the catcher can see these changes. (also whoever is calling pitches for the catcher) These physical adjustments are very difficult to make and really take a lot of training to be successful. If a physical adjustment feels better, then it should be done all the time. A perfect example is Barry Bonds; he began choking up with two strikes and had great success and decided to do it for the next 17 years."
We say we are creating our swing DNA and Don uses computer or data base however it is what the hitter sees as to where to hit the ball every time they see a pitch. I call it a window of opportunity and have defined it as being about 12.5 inches front to back on the plate. We use the back corner of home plate to measure off from and the back of the window from there is about the width of a shoe forward and 12.5 inches from there or about the length of a shoe toe to heel plus 2 to 3 inches seems to work for most hitters. IF we decide to move forward in the box we teach them to take the mental picture of the window with them so they have a reference and we also do the Barry Bonds drill so we practice doing this. Most coaches who order a hitter to move up or back in the box have not practiced it so they are changing the hitters swing DNA without consideration of the hitters ability to perform it. We also teach our hitters to call balls and strikes as THEY must determine what they can hit not the umpire. We have demonstrated we can hit a ball that is 11 inches off the plate by the way we measure off from the plate however we only want them to hit it 5 to 8 inches off the plate and adjust mentally in the count to what we think we can hit. I do not use the phrase with two strikes protect the plate...hit what you feel is hittable when you want to hit it!
Some of our kids have hit home runs, tripples and doubles off intentional walks as the catcher never set up far enough off the plate and the coach knows them well enough to give them the green light to determine what they hit.
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My dd pitched a game this week. She is fast for her age in our local high school summer league. The coach had all his kids move back in the batters box against her. She has a good drop ball. Guess what she did the rest of the game. Last year my high school pitcher is very good . We faced a team that had all the kids in the top of the batters box. This pitcher had 13K's and threw 80% rise balls . Coaches why do you move kids back and forth. I see it all the time in travel ball and I enjoy calling pitches agaist these teams.
http://www.windpitch.com/PitcherCatcherChart.html If you show a weakness the pitcher will exploit it!
http://www.windpitch.com/PitcherCatcherChart.html If you show a weakness the pitcher will exploit it!
