https://www.englishbeyhitting.com/what-is-the-current-state-of-hitting-instruction/ The Most Sought After Hitting Instruction On The Planet Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.englishbeyhitting.com/what-is-the-current-state-of-hitting-instruction/#comment-2 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:38:41 +0000 http://www.englishbeyhitting.com/?p=1701#comment-2 “…this is known as the action-perception gap.”
Steve,
Never was this issue more apparent than when I was watching an interview with Nelson Cruz. He was explaining to the interviewer that he swung down on the ball to create ‘backspin’ and that was how he was able to hit so many home runs. (paraphrasing). In the game that had just ended he had hit two. I was astonished by his comments, so I rewound the game and analyzed his two home run swings. Both were typical rotational swings where the bat path was actually moving upward to the ball not down towards it.
It is truly amazing that a player at the MLB level has this kind of misconception of what his swing is actually doing. But, it proves your point dramatically.

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