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| March 24, 2025 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Your Practice Swings, Often Foretell Your Swing Flaws Snap the Hips & Wrists from the Start of the swing, to drive the ball. Swing Makeover Show 265 If you video your practice swings, they are often easy to spot your flaws and correct. https://youtu.be/M3_DqE1Hi7Q |
| Jan. 24, 2025 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Kudos to TOC staff and athletes who attended TOC skills event Sunny with nice tournament temps for the weekend TOC will make it great for everyone.. But I was at the TOC skills competition on Thursday and wanted to express my admiration for the athletes that showed up for the Speed, Precision Hitting, Pitching and Homerun contests. It was 45 degrees and misty, but no complaints from either side and the athletes went at it hard and the turnout was pretty amazing, considering it was a bit gloomy. I helped Dave, Gail and Charles at the homerun derby and some really good hitters, great comradery and hats off to those who went just to compete. Some pretty amazing women hitters. If you have never been to a Tournament of Champions by the SSUSA, Terry, Fran, Dave and staff really set up a nice event, that has Wednesday thru Sunday full activities for you and your partner or family. Even if your team does not play well, there is a week of activities that really make it special. They had two bat compression testers afterwards, as a courtesy to athletes who wanted a compression test as well. A nice thought for those with questions on their bats these days. |
| Jan. 19, 2025 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Connection, Handpath, Rotation Major Flaws for 57 Yr. Old sm256 Shows progress and drills as 57 year old athlete improves hands back coil, hip rotation and leveling out an uppercut handpath. Swingmakeover Show by bogie and bret season 16 https://youtu.be/8hu785xG6As |
| Oct. 27, 2024 bogie | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter "Worlds" Oh Mike, you are so wise!! Dave I'v always liked the branding, and when you add in Eastern and Western National Championships playing each other in the USA National Championships, it really adds to the start of the World tournament. My team won that before we won a Worlds and it was a great feeling of accomplishment for our team who took 2nd in Worlds I think 6 times..the Washington Generals of SSUSA lol. |
| June 26, 2024 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Driving Knob and Snap off Rotation, bring 73 year old 86mph Exit Speed sm250 6'175 lbs, A great exit speed for a senior. He was jammed on his extension, and some drillng helped him develop a great rotation, driving stab of the hands and knob, flowing into a powerful wrist snap. https://youtu.be/nEoAUOGo4oM all shows free and in order at www.sportstechnique.com This is season 15 show 250 |
| June 20, 2024 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Simple Focus of Hips Throwing Bat Head into the Ball, gives 44 year old 400 Foot Power. SM246 A very simple and effective midseason way to fix slumping swings. Using a throwing motion is the strongest way a body can generate power and should be a big part of your physical focus. https://youtu.be/clor7Im__6A All shows free and easily seen off www.sportstechnique.com In order with descriptions and hot links. good luck, bogie |
| Jan. 27, 2024 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 66 year old, shows huge improvement by leveling swing off and snapping the wrists sm242 Rather than upper cutting and golfing the pitch up, Pete, leveled off the swing and snap, showing a 9 mph exit speed average increase. Also bear as a bat lawyer swing makeover 244...all shows listed free at www.sportstechnique.com https://youtu.be/xXp4gwyu9uo |
| Dec. 24, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 70 Major Plus Slugger Mike Adair's Power Swing in Slowmotion Great technique of Rotation, Launch Angle, with Hips and Wrists snapping Together at impact. Great hitter, nice guy and sexy on and off the field. https://youtu.be/9dL5aK1WNXw |
| Dec. 10, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Dan "Dirty" Sanchez 47yr old Conference Pro does a nice job explaining the softball swing ep 240 covers grip, hip rotation, wrist snap in a technical manner but easy to understand. swing makeover #240 season 15..all shows free to watch and access at www.sportstechnique.com https://youtu.be/XCpeAa2Cukc |
| Sept. 11, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Early Wrist Roll Over will Ruin a Good Swing. with Steve Imlay and Bogie DRills and teaching to separate the axe snap from wrist rollover. Just the point of contact, being too far ahead will make us rollover into the ball with mostly top spin ground balls and no exit speed. Swing makeover and sliacademy joint work https://youtu.be/j-c4LWbuUkc |
| Aug. 13, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: BAT HEAD SPEED I measured Harvey at 121 mph..fastest ive checked |
| Aug. 13, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: BAT HEAD SPEED Gary knowing you i would guess it should be higher. I would try to find someone with a pocket radar and check it. The knob I think can be subjective and perhaps not as accurate as true radar... |
| Aug. 9, 2023 bogie | Topic: Bats Discussion: Vietnam Platoon Leader Finds a Longer Stride helps him Develop More Rotational Hip Power 74 year old Dan, like most seniors, started to shorten the stride and overall lose hip rotation and explosion. Dan did a nice job of improving his exit speed from 63 average to 75 average...not perfect but vastly improved..swing makeover 278 https://youtu.be/Iti1JsUtThg |
| Aug. 7, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: BAT HEAD SPEED Bruce has a good range Id guess. Weve done a few at Woodlawn Hitting Club and within that range. Mostly likely Gary, people are testing ball exit speed off the bat. Almost everyone I know is testing exit speed vs bat head speed....What have you found for speeds? |
| July 15, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Hip Torque and Rotation, should be the Main Focus of your Swing. sm 274 Especially as we age, what was once a natural part of our swing, the explosive hip torque leading the upper body and hands, can become lazy and slow. We end up just swinging with the arms and upper body. I think for most, it can be relearned, but it takes a mental change of focus to again make it the main part of the swing. https://youtu.be/nJyXp9WyCEQ |
| June 12, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: POINT of CONTACT drills helps Level OFF and UPPERCUT SWING Helps visualize attacking where the ball WILL be vs where its coming from..Give a more level cut than the path of the pitch. Many have troubles swinging the wrong way.. up into the path of the pitch. sm #273 all shows listed free at www.sportstechnique.com https://youtu.be/mEccRxGZ8vE |
| April 4, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Technique Can Increase Line Drive Speed & Homerun Distance at Any AGE! 77yr old Ed Rose, a veteran of 57 years of top level softball, is typical of seniors as we age. With Ed,and Steve Imlay, we took a look at his recent swings. While still a top hitter in the 75s, Ed is leaving 5-10 mph of Exit speed and 20-30 feet of distance on line drives and long balls, due to a slowing of hip and body rotation and a lack of a great whipping bat head snap. Something that is common in all us seniors as we age, BUT something we can improve with better rotation and letting bat head whip thru the ball more completely. Age and injury slow us but a stronger focus and effort on the swing can bring impressive results. Swing Makeover #267 www.sportstechnique.com https://youtu.be/7cD5Y40Mpdk |
| Jan. 21, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: An Explosive Whipping Wrist Snap, Gives 160 lber 50 years old, Homerun Power..E229 Shows importance of speed and whiplike snap of wrists, bringing a more level cutting swing and bat head contact into the ball. Small 50 year old, 150lb, hit 3 of 4 out in a row, with 4th being off the fence. Homeruns are not the main emphasis but rather learning that this also increased line drive exit speed for gap extra base hits. https://youtu.be/TrZlCCPHmIM |
| Jan. 11, 2023 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Golfing Inside Out Swing, Fixed by Driving and Snapping Wrists from start of Rotation. #222 From lag to snap is 1/30th of a second, so it makes sense to rotate, extend, and snap in one instant, one motion. Sequence has to be in order, but basically its one swing thought. https://youtu.be/rXeWwoqLkto |
| Dec. 14, 2022 bogie | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Athlete with Uppercut Golfing Swing, using Tee to develop Handpath Correctly and a Cutting Swing. USAF Pilot, 70 with a bad golfing uppercut, developed a more level cutting swing by using some tee techniques to radically alter handpath and swing. https://youtu.be/KCwXlaTCoKA swing makeover shows free and easy to access at www.sportstechnique.com under swing makeover show tab |
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