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April 25, 2018

Strength & Conditioning

Bobby Tewksbary

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      • Jim Thome: Feel vs Real
      • Jonathan Schoop
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      • Jose Altuve
      • Didi Gregorius Swings Over Time
        • Revisiting Didi Gregorious
      • Justin Turner Plays the Hero
      • George Springer
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      • Adam Machado or Manny Jones?
      • Ozzie Albies Switch Strengths
      • Ronald Guzman Revisited
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      • What Happened To Chris Davis?
      • Jesús Aguilar
      • Ronald Acuña and Short Swings
      • Khris Davis
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      • Did Yasiel Puig Make A Swing Adjustment?
      • Freddie Freeman’s Front Shoulder Move and Eye Action
      • Austin Riley
      • Yordan Alvarez
    • Takes
      • Force Takes to Assess Load
      • Takes Pt. 1 (Pujols, Cabrera)
      • Atlanta Braves [Team Takes]
      • Rear View Hip Action – Takes
      • MiLB Game Takes
      • Pujols Take Discussion
      • An Old Ted Williams Take
    • Swing Plane [Characteristic]
      • Adjusting Swing Plane with Hank Aaron
      • Rangers/Red Sox Game Video – Plane Change
      • Mike Trout: Low Ball Hitting & Swing Plane
      • Use Data To Optimize Your Attack Angle
      • Launch Angle Power Band & Consistency
      • Swing Plane Cause & Effect
    • Swing Style: Stride Patterns
      • How To: Get Your Foot Down Early [Maikel Franco]
      • Anthony Rizzo Stride Variations
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      • Do You Need To Land Open?
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      • Albert Pujols Hip Actions
      • Balancing Movements
      • Behind the Front Side Feels
      • COG Drop, Rear Arm Sync
      • Does Anybody Speak Japanese?
      • Does Nolan Arenado Cast?
      • Does Your Elbow Go To Your Side?
      • Follow-Up: Example of Poor Sequence
      • Good or Great… What Is Your Choice?
      • Hit the Ball Where?
      • How Do You Turn?
      • Is Bryce Harper’s 2-Strike Approach Good?
      • Is External Rotation Bad?
      • Jose Bautista Home Run Analysis
      • Knowing Your Numbers
      • Lead Arm, Lead Elbow Positioning
      • Piecing Together a Line Drive Swing
      • Positions vs Positioning
      • Swing Sequence Ramblings
      • Timing of the Load
      • Toy Propellers and Rotation Feels
      • Video Playback Speed, Making GIFs
      • Visual For Shoulder Movement & Bat Path
      • What Are Scissor Swings?
      • Where Do the Hands Go?
      • You Have To Hit Line Drives
      • Buster Posey Goes Oppo
      • Should there be HEAD MOVEMENT in the swing?
      • Swing Down on the Ball or Aim for the Top of the Ball?
      • Take (and Finish) One Swing at a Time!
      • High Pitch Reactions
      • What Does Failure Look Like?
      • Rear View Hip Action
      • Pitchers Who Can Hit
      • Learning from Pre-Swing Routines
      • Low Effort Batting Practice Swings
      • Bottom Hand/Lead Wrist Examples
      • Pitch Height Adjustment & Swing Variations
      • Rear Foot Variations
      • Research Possibilities
      • What Tip Direction is Best?
      • Intended Point of Contact?
      • Should You Get On Top of the Ball?
      • Stacking Direction of Rotation
      • Random Hitting GIFs – Part 1
      • Random Hitting GIFs – Part 2
      • Random Hitting GIFs – Part 3
      • Carlos Beltran vs Miguel Cabrera Style Comparison
      • Batting Cage Swing Thoughts
      • Do Not Use Extension to Swing
      • Batting Cage Launch Angles
      • Miguel Cabrera – Another Look at Extension
      • Random Hitting GIFs – Part 4
      • Shoulder Slope Data
      • Rear Arm Focus
      • Checkpoints of the Elite Swing Pattern
      • Elite Swing Pattern – Missing Checkpoints
      • Torso Turning
      • Early Barrel Release?
      • Rear Knee Trigger Cue
      • Posture Gather Styles
      • Rear View Spacing
      • Feel: Back Hip Toward Home Plate
      • Back vs Rear Arm Timing, Sync
      • An Example of Poor Sequence
      • What do you feel in the front shoulder?
      • What is the ideal lead arm angle?
      • Get Inside the Arc
      • Capture the Transition
      • Video Review: Capture the Transition
      • Japanese Hitting Style
      • Swing Down, Stay Back – Chipper Jones Edition
      • Turning From the Inside
      • Can You Maintain Your Barrel Line?
      • What Happened to Greg Bird?
      • What does it mean to stay back?
      • What’s Up With Trevor Story?
      • Triple-A Hitter Clips
        • Triple-A Hitting Clip Comments
      • Kyle Schwarber Is Hitting .184
      • Swing Thought To Open the Hips
      • Close The Hips In the Forward Move
      • Swing Sequencing Like 1-2-3
      • Shoulder Alignment for Sequence
      • Looking at the “Push Back” Barrel Move
      • An Example of Transition
      • Giancarlo Stanton Has Made An Adjustment
      • Mike Piazza’s Curious Hip Actions
      • Sammy Sosa HRD Interview
      • What did Joey Votto change?
      • Shoulder Leverage and Hand Direction
      • Continued Med Ball Throw Discussion
      • Swing Direction & Getting Inside the Ball
      • 90 + 90
      • The Barrel Goes Back, But How Far?
      • Intent with the Hands
      • Discussing Judge’s Body Positioning
      • Reverse Your Swing
      • Maintain Your Spine Angle?
      • More Swinging “Right”
      • Being Closed, Yet Open
      • Rear Leg Positioning
      • 3 Really Cool Barry Bonds Swing Details
      • One Sign of a True Power Hitter?
      • Leave the Knee Behind – Ted Williams
      • A Healthy Greg Bird
      • Does Weight Actually Shift?
      • Launch Angle for 12u Hitters
      • Lessons from 1953
      • Approach Angle Examples
      • Pushing Forward Into Downward Swing
      • Controlled Gather Back with Rotation
      • 3 Real Examples of Launch Angle Analysis
      • Stool Swings & Ground Force
      • No Feet and Back Foot Only – Stool Swings
      • Training Timing In BP
      • Swing Thought for Pushers
      • Rear Leg Move To Control Your Gather
      • Don’t Swing Yourself Bad
      • How My Golf Swing Helps My Baseball Swing
      • The JD Martinez Key
      • Trick To Fix Failure Faster
      • Soft to Hard Focus
      • The Language of Pitch Recognition
      • Pitch Recognition Speed Demonstration
      • Bigger Moves Are More Fragile
      • Inner Third… Hit it the other way???
      • My First Day At “Camp Jobless”
      • Joey Votto’s Interview Was Awesome
      • So I watched college baseball games anddddd…
      • Steep Swing Plane Example
      • Coaches: At Practice, Practice Hitting
      • Changing Your Stride
      • The Pendulum Swings
      • Switch Hitting: 101
      • In-Season #Process
      • Early or Earlier?
      • What Does It Mean To Release The Barrel?
      • Miguel Cabrera Isn’t a Believer in Launch Angle???
      • Back Shoulder Drops?
      • Turning V’s Into L’s
      • Out to In, Back to Front… High to Low?
      • What’s Up With Bryce Harper’s Season?
      • The Hands Are Only Back…
      • Stride to Swing
      • Joey Gallo vs Aaron Judge
      • Getting the Rear Leg Forward
      • Balance Point In Hitting?
      • Barry Bonds – Isolated Look
      • Swing From “Back”
      • Creating An Angled Front Shin
      • Trevor Story Hits Bomb, Falls…
      • Barry Bonds, Swinging Forward vs Swinging Across
      • Why Launch Angle Is Still A Thing
      • What’s Your Favorite?
      • When Does the Load Stop?
      • How Long Are You Swinging For?
      • Cage Chatter on Approach, Swing Direction
      • Pitch Recognition Discussion with Youth Players
      • Look Maa, No Hands
      • Whoa: Hands First on K Motion
      • Bregman Breaks Down Bregman
      • Launch Angle Visuals for BP & Games
      • Projecting the Lead Shoulder
      • Tumbleweed Using His Shoulders
      • Do You Know What Being On Time Means?
      • What’s Happening In Baseball?
      • Did Bryce Harper Change His Swing?
      • SwingScore Explained: Head Positioning
      • Front Shoulder Action
    • Case Studies
      • Brock Stassi – Big Leaguer
      • Case Study: Jeremy Hazelbaker
      • Jose Iglesias 2015 vs 2016
      • Eduardo Nunez Case Study
      • The Ups & Downs of Giancarlo Stanton
      • Jake Lamb
      • Brad Miller 2015 vs 2016
      • Eric Thames
      • Michael Conforto
      • Aaron Judge vs Giancarlo Stanton
      • Randal Grichuk’s “Shorter” Swing
      • Justin Upton Swing Changes
      • Yuri Gurriel vs Julio Franco
      • Marwin Gonzalez (Lefty)
      • Lesson 1:My Personal Transformation To A Better Swing
      • Is Stanton’s Adjustment Broken?
      • Christian Villanueva Analysis
      • Jarrod Dyson Case Study
      • Luke Voit vs Trevor Story
    • Mental Game & Approach
      • Hitting A Sinker
      • Slumps Aren’t Real
      • Pitch Type Charts
      • Max Scherzer 20 K’s – Pitch Type Chart
      • Improve How You See the Ball
      • Work Through Failure
      • Joey Votto Approach Variations
      • In-Game Focus
      • Dealing with 0 for’s…
      • What Is Hitting .300?
      • Is a ground ball ever ok?
      • Lesson 1:Being On Time
      • Pitch Recognition and Predicting Outcomes
      • Escaping Monkey Mind
      • Striking Out Is Not OK
      • Gathering Information – Pitchers Shaking Off Signs
      • Lesson 2:Max Effort vs Max Control
      • Pivetta’s 13 Ks & Predicting Pitches
      • When You Are Missing Barrels…
      • What Are You Telling the Pitcher?
      • Biggest Strikeout Changes of 2018
      • Batting Practice: Timing, Rhythm & Balance
      • Commit To Your Swing Speed
      • Should a Hitter “Sit On Pitches?”
      • Get On Top & Find Deep FIRST
      • Post Session Rant v1
      • School Coaches Forcing Swing Changes
      • The Biggest Trend In Professional Hitting
      • Understanding Tension In The Swing
      • You Don’t Have To Pull The Inside Pitch
      • You Don’t Have It…
      • How Long Does Pitch Recognition Take?
      • Just read the board…
      • Pitch Recognition with Grant Lavigne
      • Nine Against One
      • Was I Being Too Mean?
      • Lesson 3:What Is Your Off-Speed Plan?
      • How Do You Lay Off High Fastballs??
      • How Long Until You Find Timing At Spring Training?
      • Establishing Tunnels, Pitch Recognition, Shapes
      • Fastball vs Curveball Overlay at 600 Frames per Second
      • Takeaways From 1,000+ High School Pitches
      • Summer League Mental Game
      • How to Deal With Bad BP
    • Loading Process
      • Gather (Chicago Cubs Edition)
      • Hit By Pitch
      • Rear View Gather
      • A Look at Gather
      • Gather Forward To Set Up Sequence
    • Game & Event Video
      • 2008 Home Run Derby
      • Red Sox vs Rays – April 13, 2012
      • 2016 Home Run Derby Recap
      • Can the Twins Beat the Yankees Tonight?
      • Wild Card #2: Rockies at Diamondbacks
      • Dodgers Hitters & Finding Your Unique Style
      • Calgary Hitting Presentation
    • Timing
      • Slide Step Timing [David Ortiz Edition]
      • How Much Time Do You Have?
      • MLB vs High School Timing
      • Home Runs on Fastball vs Breaking Ball
      • Weight Shift Rhythm
      • Quickness and Your Brain
      • Fred Lynn & Keeping the Hands Back
    • Drills
      • Dealing with Growth Spurts
      • Drill: How Fast Does Your Body Turn Under Your Hands?
      • How do I make my lead arm go up?
      • Lead Arm Leverage Drill
      • One Move Allowed Drill
      • Double Down Drill
      • Lead Arm Dumbbell Drill
      • Be More Consistent (By Training with Inconsistency)
      • The Jump Drill
        • Jump Drill Follow-Up
      • Two Keys for Productive Cage Work
      • Training Timing
      • Swing Emulation Challenge: Jose Bautista
        • Follow Up: Bautista Emulation Challenge
      • Don’t Twist Against Yourself
      • Swing Challenge: Getting Behind the Front Side
        • Follow-Up: Getting Behind the Front Side
      • Drill: Shoulder Action
      • Lesson 1:Direction Before The Barrel’s Turn
      • The 50/50 Drill
      • Getting Creative with Drills
      • Rear Arm Band Drill
      • Bottom Hand to Rear Shoulder
      • Forced Behind the Front Side
      • Votto Emulation Drill
      • The Ludacris Drill
        • Follow-Up to Ludacris Drill
      • Drill: Early Rear Leg Actions with Pitcher Timing
        • Rear Leg Drill Follow-Up
      • PVC Sync Drill
      • Point the Back Shoulder At the Pitcher
      • Absorbing Distractions
      • Uphill BP Drill for Missing Under
      • Get Your Swing Off
      • A Belt and a String
      • Lead Arm Does Nothing?
      • Over the Shoulder Med Ball Slam with Iso Hold
      • The Anti-Drill
      • The Barrel Goes Back To Go Forward
      • Pitch Selection Drill
    • Video Analysis
      • Lesson 1:Derek F – Transferring BP Timing to Game Timing
      • James B. Video Analysis
      • Spacing, Shoulder Angles and Hip Actions with Youth Hitter
      • Video Analysis – Gyllian from TX
      • Quick Looks at Frank Thomas, Agon, Hank Aaron
    • Coaching Thoughts
      • 5 Keys for the Playoff Mindset
      • Are Players Smart Enough to Learn This Stuff?
      • Dan, How Do You See Hard Contact?
      • Developing Your Ideal Routine
      • Follow Your Passion
      • Hitter Chat #1: Setting Goals, Experimenting
      • Taking Pride in Your Hitting
      • Get Yours. Play Big.
      • Sometimes, you just need to…
      • Get Ready, Be Ready
      • Ground Balls Are Boring
      • Are You Getting Mentally Prepared?
      • 2017 Pitch-a-Palooza Recap
      • Analysis of a 7-Hit Game
      • When You Need to Stop
      • Never Forget How Hard Hitting Is
      • Using Time Constraints (Video Example)
      • Pitch-a-Palooza Slides
      • Are you missing under?
      • Coach Says “Hit the Ball On the Ground”
      • What were you thinking on that swing?
      • The Real Work Isn’t Glamorous
      • Change Your Swing or Your Mindset?
      • 3 Thoughts After Watching a High School Game
      • Is Bat Control Dying?
      • The Long Road From the First Round
      • What Bothers You?
      • Slow Motion Video from Lakepoint
      • Don’t Change Your Swing, Replace It
      • How Fragile Is Your Swing?
      • 5 Simple Off-Season Tests
      • Respect Anthony Rizzo!
      • I Need You To Read This
      • Teaching Swinging vs Teaching Hitting
      • Launch Angle or Exit Velocity?
      • Lesson 1:Test Your Hitters in BP
      • Bad Hitting Days Are Important
      • Use “Flashcard Rounds” To Make Faster Changes
      • When You Need To Recalibrate Your Swing…
      • Showcase & Tryout Mentality
      • What Do Good Coaches Do?
      • Confidence Boosted
      • Hearing A Different Voice
      • Never Assume The Hitter Knows
      • A Coach’s Perspective: Coaching Hitters vs. Pitching
      • A Coach’s Perspective: Balancing Catching & Hitting
      • The Lessons I Learned
      • …And Then the Season Starts
      • Lesson 2:Batting Practice vs Hitting Practice
      • What You Say & How You Say It
      • Lesson 3:Mike Trout SHOULD NOT Get Benched
      • Defining Hard Work
      • Using BP for Game Performance
      • Methods vs Principles
      • What Makes Hitters Good?
      • When The Torso Goes Last
      • Personal Growth vs Benchmarking
      • Mechanics to Approach to Mechanics (to Approach)
      • Do You Pay Attention?
      • The Conversations Between Swings
      • How To Capture Lessons From Lessons
      • Recruiting Hitters (Not Swingers)
    • Prospect Profiles
      • Jesse Berardi – St. Johns University
      • Alex Bregman
    • Situational Hitting
      • Runner On Second, No Outs, 0-0 Count
    • Research
      • Result-Based Training: 1-Month Data
      • Testing Hip Action for High Ball Exit Speed
      • Grip Variation Testing
      • Should You Swing a Heavier Bat?
      • Initial Scap Discussion
      • Visit with Diamond Kinetics
      • Athos – Sequence In the Swing, Rear Glute Fire
      • K Baseball Intro
      • Point of Impact Analysis
      • Examples of X Factor
      • Point of Impact: Pro vs 12-Year Old
      • Rotation In The Load
      • Does Your Data Have Context?
      • Sitting In Negative X-Factor Stretch + Corrective Drill
      • Med Ball Throws & Slams with K Motion
      • Lesson 1:Video Analysis Is Going To Be Obsolete
      • Picking Style By Testing Stretch Shortening Cycle??
      • Video Delay Systems
      • Project TH Intro
    • Podcasts
      • Be Thrilled About Your Drill Work
      • Change Your Pattern First
      • Defining Success in the Off-Season
      • The Question I Ask All Pro Hitters
      • Vertical Accuracy & Ball Exit Speeds
      • What is a drill?
      • The Pursuit of Perfection
      • Do You Fear Striking Out?
      • When To Make Swing Changes
      • Accuracy vs Mechanics
      • Would You Rather?
      • Lesson 1:Bo Bichette – Choose Who You Want To Be
      • Call with Eugene Bleecker
      • HAVE A PLAN!!!
      • Be Good First
    • Interviews
      • Hitting Chat with Chris Colabello
    • Professional Hitter Thoughts
      • Early Season Timing
      • Pitch Sequences & Educated Guessing
      • How Do I Strikeout Less?
      • Seeing the Field & Playing the Elements
      • Breaking Down Perception
      • Remember Who’s In Charge
      • What is Mental Toughness?
      • The First Week Doesn’t Define My Season
      • Where The Pitcher Stands
      • Lesson 1:The World Around Me Keeps Telling Me I’m Not Good Enough…
      • The Grind of a Season & Establishing a Routine
      • There’s No Such Thing as a “Cheap” Hit
      • Getting Ninety Something Anywhere Hurts
      • If You’re Not Getting Enough Swings, Shame On You…
      • Manufacture A What?!?
      • Things Not Going the Way You Want? Do Something About It!
      • Talking With the Umpire
      • Is It Your Swing… or Is It the Pitch?
      • The Power of “You’re Okay”
      • That’s A Knock
      • How good am I? How good can I be? – Part 1
      • Lesson 2:How good am I? How good can I be? – Part 2
      • The Importance of Getting Your Body Ready to Play Everyday
      • How Incredible Is 10 Hits In a Row?
      • Sometimes the moves aren’t the most important thing…
      • Sleep Your Way to Better Hitting
      • Lesson 3:Go Ahead and Get Jammed Why Don’t You…
      • We Teach Adjustability
      • “Hey dad… Pump the brakes”
      • The At Bat That Could Have Changed the Series…
      • Big swing and a miss… Or is it…
      • Execution of Intent & Making Adjustments (J.D. Martinez)
      • Slowing the Game Down
      • Become a Better… Hitter
      • Not All “Swings” Are Created Equal
      • Let’s Take a Look At the Numbers
    • Strength & Conditioning
      • You Have to Move to Hit
      • The Geiger Counter – Detecting a Radioactive Hamstring (Part 1/2)
      • The Geiger Counter – Treating a Radioactive Hamstring (Part 2/2)
      • The Rest Cube
      • How to Strengthen & Mobilize the Elite Hitter
      • Hitting Through A Strength Coach’s Eyes
      • How to Strengthen and Mobilize the Elite Hitter (Exercise Edition)
      • The Balance of Baseball – The Importance of Single Leg Stability
      • Hip Hinge (and More) with Brandon Janecka
    • Travel
      • Day 1: Team Italy Trip
      • Italy Day 2: Hitting Rocks?
      • Day 3: Look For What You’re Getting
      • Day 4: International Tie-Breaker
      • Day 5 and 6: Defining Intent & Making Adjustments
      • Day 7: Do Less In Big Moments
      • Team Italy Wrap Up
    • Matchups
      • Javier Baez vs Josh Hader
      • Colabello vs Volquez – 2015 ALCS

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