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"A Game of Failure"
THE BASICS OF HITTING
Tyler Small
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The Mechanics of the Swing
Wide, comfortable stance
Knees slightly bent Hands up near ear Balanced
Step 1: Stance
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The Mechanics of the Swing
Shift you weight back on back foot
Bring your hands back
Load when the pitcher begins his motion to pitch
Very important for timing
Generates power
Step 2: Load
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The Mechanics of the SwingStep 3: The Swing
Timing is the most important
To start the swing from the load position, step forward, rotate your hips, and bring your hands through to where the ball will be in one fast movement Me
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Want to hit the ball where it is pitched
Inside pitch vs. outside pitch
Inside pitch Need to bring your hands in
and turn on the ball to make good contact and hit it to left field
Outside pitch Need to extend your hands
and wait a split second longer to make good contact and hit it to right field
Step 4: Inside/Outside
Inside pitch
Outside Pitch
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Fastball vs. Off-speed pitches
Fastball Most thrown pitch You should always
prepare for fastball and then react to any other pitch thrown
Off-speed Includes anything that
is not a fast ball like curveball, slider, changeup, knuckleball
React to the off-speed by noticing a difference in the pitcher’s motion and how he throws the ball
Knuckleball Grip
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Power vs. Contact
Some of the current power hitters
Some of the current contact hitters
Power Home Runs and Runs
Batted In
Contact Batting Average
Carlos PenaAlbert Pujols
Ichiro Suzuki Joe Mauer
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A Game of Failure Hitting a baseball is
known as one of the hardest things to do in all of sports
A high batting average is .300, meaning that you get a hit 3 out of every 10 at bats, and you fail 7 out of 10 times
Player Career Batting Average
Albert Pujols .334
Alex Rodriguez .305
Derek Jeter .317
Ken Griffey, Jr. .285
Ryan Howard .279
Ryan Braun .308
Hanley Ramirez .316
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Power Hitters
Albert
Pujols
Prince
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Ryan
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Adrian
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36
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40
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46
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Home Runs in 2009
Home Runs in 2009
More MLB stats: MLB Baseball Statistics and League Leaders
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I used a chart for the first time in PowerPoint 2007. I liked how Microsoft Excel opened up to make more user-friendly chart.
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