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Hello, my name is John Torres, I’m a Venezuelan student and baseball player for Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, I write you guys to ask you for a favor:
The Situation in my country is terribly crazy nowadays, and I know I shouldn’t be doing this and I know that this probably is something frown upon but I don’t have the money to buy what I need to continue playing the sport I love, My batting gloves are a mess, my metal cleats and running shoes are about to die too. I just want to write this because maybe a person in this webpage has some extra batting gloves or metal cleats or running shoes that does not longer use. I am size Large in Batting Gloves and size 9 in metal cleats and shoes.
If you think you can help me with this, please contact me, my e-mail is rogergxd@gmail.com or you could also try to contact me via this web or by Facebook, Twitter, instagram with the user rogergxd
Sorry if this is very inappropriate, I never meant to annoy anyone at any level, thanks in advance.
John Torres
Caracas, Venezuela.
I listened to an opposing coach in a 9U game say over and over to his hitters, "pop the hip and squish that bug".
Needless to say, they didn't the the ball well today.
rod, from your responses to me, it appears you make many assumptions.
and unsubstantiated at that.
if I am understanding what you've stated, you have somehow concluded or assumed I was talking about swing power after contact has been made.
if I have that correct, I have no idea what you read in my comments to lead you to that conclusion.
another problem I have with your comments is your contradictory statements.
you stated that golfers and loggers don't open their hips. then you state you didn't state this.
you need to reread your posts.
and maybe the problem is you've left out a few key and necessary words.
either way, I presented what you stated that was in conflict with your earlier comments and you just ignored it.
it's hard to have an intelligent, meaningful dialogue if one or more parties doesn't express exactly what they mean.
at the present time, in absence of any other information, all you've done is contradict yourself with respect to your comments to me.
and this includes you stating that I presented something I didn't.
Rich,
I don't know what time zone you're in ,but if you're in the same one I'm in..
......DON'T YOU SLEEP ?????
E-mail @ midnight ........(you didn't wait for reply I hope )
I knew you couldn't resist.
One word reply........RIGHT !
Because of what you said about encountering argumentative people,I
need you to understand I don't believe there is a right way or wrong way to
train a young player to hit.
There are different ways that produce different results.
I will love to speak with you on the phone,but I believe our phone
conversation will be much more productive if we have a good
understanding of each others mind set.
To lessen the burden of our e-mails,(and let you get some sleep)
let's take one topic at a time.
And let me appear to be cute and insincere, and ask you if you
agree that we want the balls' contact with the players' bat to be
with-in the sweet spot area of their bat.
Correct ??? (Bill....do you want to participate ?)
Rod
Bill............
I can only reply with what I already told you I assumed.
And that is when talking about the production of swing power....I thought
everyone would be talking about the power of a swing that is delivered to
the ball.
Not power produced after the bat to ball contact transpired.
For what ever reason I thought that would be a dumb thing to teach a
young player.
So for that assumption .......I apologize.
Rod
Okay, rod, I just couldn't leave well enough alone..
I was pretty sure I couldn't answer with just a Yes or No...ha! Yes! (I already blew my one word answer, so what the hell)
Now I have to explain: this "selection" as you call it is actually an auto-adjustment the brain makes based on the players perfect swing that he has ingrained over thousands of repetitions...we call it "adjustments on the fly" based on pitch location and type of pitch. The legs play a role as do the shoulders...
As for the hour, I was estimating...maybe I could answer your question in less than an hour. A guy can hope, right? Okay, I can see your sense of humor now. and yes, I am willing to discuss this with you if you are serious. I would also do a voiceover video with a MLB player showing you what I mean by all of this written word and send it in an email.
I actually answered this question:
I said,...in the form of a question......''How do the hips produce swing power during the swing ? - My answer was, or at least the essence was that the hips are part of the Kinetic Link and must be utilized in the correct sequence to help produce power in the swing. Technically, the hips do not alone produce power. The only way to produce power in the swing is by producing torque. Torque is produced by the separation between the hips and shoulders. Power can also be produced through ground force which is created with a weight shift.
Rod,
Yes...
Rich,
Ditto.with your positions............with one possible set of questions.
(surprised )
Talk on phone for an hour !!!.............REALLY !
One quick question......are you saying (oh boy ) that a young player
should be taught to select how they are going to swing their bat depending
on where the ball is traveling ?
Yes or no will do. ( L O L )
Rod
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