All-Star Josh Donaldson delivers a baseball swing lesson via Twitter
Allow Josh Donaldson to show you how to swing
Sometimes, particularly during the offseason, your baseball skills get rusty and you can lose your swing groove. So, how can you get that groove back (besides enlisting the help of Taye Diggs)?
You can follow All-Star Josh Donaldson on Twitter. The A's third baseman gave a how-to on the art of swinging a baseball bat. Check it out below:
First, do not listen to this guy:
http://t.co/BMYDhkrnhk via @youtube should be called 6 steps of a bad swing.
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Or this guy:
http://t.co/szFjaCIaRL via @youtube this is the worst thing I've ever heard. It's comical.
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Seriously, that guy in the second video has no idea what he's talking about:
Last video very common misnomer you do not take your hands back and then stride at same time to start the swing.
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Do not start your swing like this:
Second when you fire back hip hands do not go straight down like this. pic.twitter.com/x0oaCcnouF
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Start it like this:
They actually fall behind back shoulder. pic.twitter.com/ljTjRGWnnG
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
And make contact like this:
This is his step 4 contact which he went to contact all wrong that's another chapter. This is contact. pic.twitter.com/wHrV13P46i
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Make sure you extend:
Extension. 2nd thing extension comes from is the back shoulder turning through the baseball. You do not see Bautista pic.twitter.com/uoOD8VKvLu
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
And follow through:
Step seven follow through. Personally I never think about this step it's pointless to me. If all the other steps are done properly. Cont
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Finally, strike a pose:
The follow through is natural. Rule of thumb if you can't showtime his steps 1-6 something went wrong! Viewers beware pic.twitter.com/oNubL8SDy0
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 22, 2014
Congratulations. You can now hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs in Major League Baseball.