Developing a Power Swing with Carlos Pena

From Studio 42, Carlos Pena describes how to develop a power swing using a basketball.

[MLFlagg]

He practiced in my hometown of Haverhill MA. The gym he trained in was the YMCA him and his brothers were there every day

[gturcott]

I want Hatte at first, Peña on the bench.

[JoseyRivera]

when i did that, i hit the basketball it bounced back and hit me in the face really hard.I broke my nose.

[ryanpellegrini]

My dad hung a tire in out back yard. I spent hours hitting that thing each week. He told me thats what Mickey Mantle use to do to train. (Cant confirm that as being true lol) but it sounded cool at the time. I really think it help strengthen your core swing muscles

[cricoteo]

Hit tires and semi flat basketballs is still part of batting training is very common in the caribbean islands. Remember playing carrusso with is broom stick pieces we will cut them about 2" long and trying to hit with another broom stick. Helps for accuracy and keep eyes on the ball for contact when playing regular baseball.

[maximilianschmidt]

Is it smart to do this with an exercise ball?

[Riedie]

They failed to tell people that the ball should not be fully pumped. It should be a little flat to make it harder to go through.

[btraremylifejm]

i thought he was carlos pena from BTR hahaha (scuse for my english, I'm italian)

[EditSupreme]

When I was in 5th grade a kid hit a basketball with a bat and the bat bounced back so hard off the ball that it recoiled into his head. Totally smashed his eyebrow up good. Don't really think this is a good drill

[ongoo-mu]

Carlos Pena should have focused more on contact. He ranks #40 all time in strikeouts and retired with a career .232 batting average.

[Mrgood]

Dont take hitting advice from Carlos Pena