The #1 move I talk to hitters the most about (and 1 good way to train it👇🏼) They start on time but never actually get loaded to GO. They think they’re ready. They’re not. So they start earlier next time. Same problem. —— This is a conversation I have with almost every hitter. When is the right time for you? - Based on your load style - Based on how long your load takes - Based on the pitcher’s velo, windup, or slide step —— If that’s you, try a “loaded at release” type load. Bobby Witt. Judge. Get your hip and elbow loaded early. Then stride with it ready to fire. “The pitcher is up there for 20 seconds telling you to get ready. Shame on you if you’re not ready to swing.” ____ If I have you in the cage, what I’ll do is have you get into a no stride position, get ready to swing and I stand there for 1-4 seconds… Holding my hand out over the plate ready to snap my fingers. When I snap, you swing. Do that 4-5x. You get the quickness, readiness feeling. Then we go back to stride with moving ball and you’re trying to time up that same GO move with the ball With your foot up in the air and the GO will make the foot go down. Not foot down then swing. That typically kills quickness. This works 95% of the time I’d say! —— > Send this to a hitter who need better load timing > And make sure you’re following, I help hitters hit better in game

It’s a lot like strike one. Strike one is overrated compared to what’s truly important which is getting 2 of the first 3. Idk if it’s still the same but 15 years ago college P’s threw a lot more first pitch strikes than MLB P’s.

I honestly never fact checked this but had a friend ask me decades ago, “what leads to more big innings, a leadoff homer or a leadoff walk?” Naturally people guess the BB. It’s HR by a landslide.

This smooth slide by Roman Anthony 😮‍💨

This is why it is advantageous to intentionally drop an infield fly(Especially if it is going to hit on the grass). Remember, if a runner runs, he must be tagged out. Here we see Nico Hoerner with high HWA(How to win awareness) Good help from 1B Michael Busch.

Watch Rickey's last step before the headfirst dive. Every stride lands under his hips — except this one, planted wide. It's a takeoff step, right out of long-jump science: the plant lowers his center of mass and launches him. A sprint, turned into a dive.