Ted Williams' Secret to the Major League Baseball Rotational Hitting Swing – What You Need To Know

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So you want to learn the secrets of the Major League swing?

I completely understand. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the Major League swing, so I searched, and I soon found out that the great Ted Williams spilled the beans about his scientific approach to hitting a baseball, so I picked up his book, The Science of Hitting to learn more.

I soon discovered that Ted Williams was ahead of his time when he wrote his classic book, The Science of Hitting, back in 1970. What he was really onto was what is now known as, Rotational Hitting.

In fact, rotational hitting is a technique utilized by 95% of all Major League Baseball, Hall of Fame, sluggers.

I improved my players hitting mechanics and gave them the edge at the plate, and you can too

Consider this if you would. Most coaches out there teach the same old stale drills, year after year. Yes, their intentions are good; they're well meaning, but doing repetition, after repetition, with the wrong mechanics just enforces sloppy, weak form. Can you see how this is true?

So instead, let's talk about three rotational hitting secrets.

Hips – The hips are what will actually create the torque that will generate power into the swing. Hips should lead the hands during the swing.
Bat Plane – Ted Williams stated that, The swing is not level, and it's not down. You need to get the bat traveling in the same plane as the pitch in order to increase your contact area.
Hands – You have to make contact with your hands inside of the ball.

These three secrets are important, and they are the three movements that the greatest baseball sluggers in the game all have in common. You must keep them in mind when instructing your players, or if you're learning the rotational hitting swing yourself.

Warning If you ignore these secrets, you risk not reaching your potential as a hitter.