Negative Movement vs Dead Stop Hitting

What are your opinions on which is best and why? Courtesy requested.

 

....what is negative movement or dead stop hitting?

 

Bunting?? never heard of it either.

 

Negative movement, aka trigger, load.
Dead stop, swinging from a stationary position, with no negative movement.

 

Neg. move vs. dead stop?

Sounds like Rotational versus Linear to me. Personally I think you need both.

 

Negative movement = Movement away from the pitcher; loading up.

 

thank you...

About every major leaguer does the negative movement thing. Uninformed opinion... but it seems that it is easier for muscles to react if they are already in motion and not static....

 

I'll vote against the movement......

 

Golfers?

Any of you golf?

How many of you hit the ball without drawing your club back? When you draw your club back, you also shift your weight to your backside...thus you load.

Another way to think about it is to stand in a hitting stance and imagine someone standing just in front of you where the pitcher is. Without loading, try and punch that person. Then, load and punch that person. Which punch would be more effective in knocking that person out?

Same thing in hitting. Dead stop hitting may work at younger levels when you are teaching girls to get their hips through and swing all the way, but the pitching is not nearly strong enough to dominate. The harder the pitcher throws, the more energy the hitter must use to counteract the energy in the ball. Some hot bats today may make dead stop hitters look better than they really are, but if you plan on playing at the next level, you will need more energy.

Hitting is a violent act - 2 moving forces (the ball and the bat) meet and the one with more force wins. The pitcher uses negative movement when she loads her legs and drives off the mound. Ever see a pitcher that just throws without coming off the rubber? No...you don't. Hitters must must generate greater force with their bat than the pitcher does with the ball to be successful.

 

Depends on the batter

Just like everything else, it depends on the batter.

It would not be recommended to utilize the negative motion with a batter who has slow hands, as this will likely cause them to be behind the ball.

I have seen many coaches use the static approach for players with slower hands and/or poor timing, with great success.