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Wherever I can play or wherever I can coach, the one thing I can help is bat speed. And bat speed is power.
That's what I want to teach: the importance of the correct swing angle and how it affects bat speed.
When I played, my swing was ferocious. I never necessarily tried to hit home runs, but I did try to demolish the baseball as hard as I possibly could with the fastest swing I possibly could. When I think of current guys who play like that, I think of Prince Fielder—he has the purest aggressive swing but he does so with great bat speed and power.
I think, in baseball, one of the biggest challenges is how to channel the power and use it correctly. In my day, I think that Mark McGwire had the most powerful swing in baseball. I mean, when we hit baseballs, we could just demolish them.
Now, guys like Fielder who are so aggressive and so big—I mean, he's a big kid and swings with an uppercut—are entertainers. They put up huge numbers and are quite the showmen.
Jose Canseco Breaks Down Major League Baseball's Greatest Showmen | Bleacher Report
That's what I want to teach: the importance of the correct swing angle and how it affects bat speed.
When I played, my swing was ferocious. I never necessarily tried to hit home runs, but I did try to demolish the baseball as hard as I possibly could with the fastest swing I possibly could. When I think of current guys who play like that, I think of Prince Fielder—he has the purest aggressive swing but he does so with great bat speed and power.
I think, in baseball, one of the biggest challenges is how to channel the power and use it correctly. In my day, I think that Mark McGwire had the most powerful swing in baseball. I mean, when we hit baseballs, we could just demolish them.
Now, guys like Fielder who are so aggressive and so big—I mean, he's a big kid and swings with an uppercut—are entertainers. They put up huge numbers and are quite the showmen.
Jose Canseco Breaks Down Major League Baseball's Greatest Showmen | Bleacher Report
