Hitting Video Clips and
Swing Analyses
1/22/2010
In an effort to better understand what a good major league
swing looks like, I have spent a significant amount of time
collecting video clips and analyzing the swings and hitting
mechanics of the best major league baseball and fast
pitch softball players.
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Rotational Hitting 101 DVD Now Available
My new Rotational Hitting 101 DVD, which explains
how to teach the swings you see on this page to baseball
and fast pitch softball players,
is now available for
purchase.
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Flipbook Swing Analyses
For a number of reasons that I explain in more detail
here, my flipbook
swing analyses are only available to people who have purchased
my Rotational
Hitting 101 DVD. If you are unfamiliar with my hitting
flipbook swing analyses, here are some examples of what they look
like.
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Joe Thurston Flipbook Swing Analysis
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Albert Pujols Flipbook Swing Analysis (Home Run)

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Fast Pitch Softball Flipbook Swing Analysis

High Definition Baseball & Softball Hitting Video Clips & swing Analyses
I have in my video clip library a large number of high
definition, 60 Frame Per Second (FPS) video clips like the video clip that I use to
explain the anatomy of Albert Pujols' swing
and the clip below of Joe Thurston.
Joe Thurston
I have made a few, generally 20FPS, versions of these high definition hitting
video clips available to my non-clients for instructional and
other purposes.
Baseball HD Swing Analyses
These baseball hitting clips show different swings from
different angles.
- David Wright
Baseball HD Hitting Clips
These baseball hitting clips show different swings from
different angles.
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Ryan Ludwick
 - Albert Pujols
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1B View of HR to LCF
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Joe Thurston

Softball HD Hitting Clips & Swing Analyses
These baseball hitting clips show different swings from
different angles.
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Megan Bush HR to LF
(1B View)
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Lindsay Walker S to LF (C View)

Comparison HD Baseball Hitting Clips & Swing Analyses
These video clips compare different swings and different
aspects of the swing.
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Albert Pujols and Megan Bush (HR Swings)

Other Baseball Hitting Video Clips and Swing Analyses
Below are links to analyses of some of my favorite video clips of major league baseball
and other swings. In each case,
I go through the swing and stop the video clip at certain key frames.
In some cases I also comment on what's going on in certain frames.
Baseball Hitting Clips & Swing Analyses (Active Players)
The swing analyses below use standard definition video clips of the swings of professional baseball hitters
who are still actively playing the game.
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Rick Ankiel CF
and 3B Views of Double
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Rocco Baldelli CF View of HR to LF (Inside Pitch)
- Jim
Edmonds 3B View of HR to RF
- Ken Griffey Jr.
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CF View (HR Derby)
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3B
View (SSMO)
- Josh
Hamilton 1B View
of HR Derby Swing (SSMO)
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Chipper Jones CF
View of 1B to CF
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Ryan Ludwick 1B
View of HR to RCF
- Joe Mauer (3B
View)
- David Ortiz
SB
View of HR
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Evan Longoria 1B
View of HR
Derby Swing (SSMO)
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Dustin Pedroia Singles to LF, CF,
and RF
- Albert Pujols
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1B View of HR
to LF (SSMO)
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1B View of HR
to LF
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1B View of HR
to LCF
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1B View #1
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1B View #2
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1B View #3
- Colby
Rasmus CF View
of HR to RF
- Manny Ramirez
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1B
and CF View of HR to
LCF (Tilt)
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1B View of HR to
RCF
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1B and CF Views of HR to LCF (SSMO)
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1B View of Single to CF (SSMO)
Baseball Hitting Clips & Swing Analyses (Retired Players)
The swing analyses below use video clips of the swings of professional baseball hitters
who have retired from the game.
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George Brett (High 3B View) -
Tony Gwynn (3B View)

- Greg
Luzinski (1B
View)
- Stan Musial
- C View
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3B View of HR to RF
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3B High View
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1B View
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1B High View
- Pete Rose
- Third Base View (LH)
Youth Baseball Swing Analyses
These are other analyses of the swings of youth baseball
players.
- Youth Hitter Analyses
Other RESOURCES
I have just put together an
analysis of a home run
swing of Albert Pujols. I have collected
a number of
my favorite examples of great hitters like
Albert Pujols. All of my
analyses are done from the perspective of
Rotational Hitting. |