Being a better Baseball Player

First off the bat, swinging a baseball bat and hitting the ball is the hardest motion to master in all of sports. Swinging the bat on the right plane, with the exact bat speed, force and exertion; while tracking a 90 mph pitch than breaks 5-10 feet away from you, is why major leaguers get paid 30 million dollars each year. Reading a Sports Illustrated published book, I knew I would learn a lot in the process. Before I started following what the book told me to do, I grabbed the necessary equipment. In this case it was simply a baseball bat. Then I got to work. Before I show you my steps my question here folks is, Have you every swung a baseball bat, and how far do you think you could hit a ball?

I started in my initial stance, with my knees inside my toes and head forward, with my weight stacked over my back leg

Next, I immediately started to put force into my swing by pushing in my back leg to allow my bat to get around even quicker. As you can see, from my waist up my upper body didn't move at all. According to Sports Illustrator "Dustin Pedroia uses this drill particularly to allow him to advance the rest of his body more directly towards the pitch that is coming." (Illustrated 13)

After Pushing in my back leg I quickly put the barrel to the ball. Pushing my back elbow into my side and pushing my hands to the shortstop, it allowed me to stamp the barrel on the ball, making contact at the sweet spot.

after making contact one of the most important parts of the swing is the finish. If I was too quick swinging at contact, the ball would barely make it to the infield but by exerting force all the way through the pitch it projects the ball flight as well as maximizes its distance

 





lastly I finished my swing with a simple one handed finish. your finish doesn't matter too much as in a game nobody will see it because you are going to be running towards first base