Learning the Baseball Bat Trick

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

Anyone who wants to learn this. Go and get a plastic whiffle bat and learn the motion properly first then it’s an easy transition to a real slugger once you have a fluid motion. So much easier developing that when your not worried about gaffing your fingers with a spinning slab of wood or aluminium Seriously I got this down in an hour

[@subormypotatowillbesad7555]

Ok nice now get a wooden bat lol

[@BuffTip]

@@subormypotatowillbesad7555 did you even read what they said?

[@lachlanross1]

@@subormypotatowillbesad7555 can you read

[@RvB_Fan_since_8]

Thanks for the tip!

[@dangerousnigga7023]

Stfu

[@itsatalex3059]

I wonder what was going through Mike's head when he was like "You know what would be a great idea? Swinging an aluminum bat indoors with 0 practice at all"

[@gedpictures2487]

Im just here screaming go outside 😭😭😁

[@AxxLAfriku]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that I get bullied because my classmates think my videos are the worst. Please don't agree, dear its

[@BoBarrison]

“Gloves? We don’t need those”

[@anaverageuser_4267]

@@AxxLAfriku I agree with your classmates

[@seigeengine]

@@BoBarrison Unless your gloves came from a suit of armor, not going to help much. Would definitely make it harder for him to use his hands though.

[@terragloc7180]

An important detail you might've missed is the initial swing before the spin. When the bat gains speed from the swing then gets spun from the handle the sum of the forces from its top and its bottom cancel out to make it spin right around its center which makes it a lot easier to catch since it will roughly be in the same place where you let go of it.

[@elibainum1173]

This is the best explanation I've seen so far.

[@Fleetato]

yeah he kinda skipped the step of learning how to swing a bat properly that’s where the proper momentum is stored

[@owenbutler8516]

That’s is exactly what I was thinking like swing a little more

[@imcontemptwithlife4155]

Shutup

[@4204x]

lmao shit like this that is so obvi to anyone who grew up with baseball in their country... or anyone who knows anything ab physics

[@mastikipathsala1729]

Hey Mike, the only challenge you started and didn't finish was learning the backflip. Time to give it another chance!!

[@eddiecrosby2566]

You never played!!

[@Tomer_Zaitsev]

Its funny because i subbed after the backflip video, the first one i watched Have been waiting all those years...

[@sunrayyourmom]

@@Tomer_Zaitsev It will be a monumental moment when he does

[@Tan12]

I think he just needs to go to a gymnastics gym and learn it with an experienced spotter and proper crash pad.

[@jamesha175]

@@sunrayyourmom that is commonly referred to as "momentous"

[@chriskaprys]

Still one of the most inspiring channels out here. Watching you "fall 7 times and stand up 8" as the saying goes. Anyone willing to keep learning new things is a hero to me.

[@imightbebiased9311]

I think you mean, "Fall 7 times, get up 7 times." You can't get up more times than you fall.

[@chriskaprys]

@@imightbebiased9311 fair point. I thought it included the first step, the time you stood up to get started.

[@shoujahatsumetsu]

@@imightbebiased9311 No, the expression is actually fall 7 times, stand up 8 times. It's an old Japanese proverb.

[@imightbebiased9311]

@@shoujahatsumetsu Yes, it's an old expression, and my point was that the expression is stupid. It's something that sounds insightful, yet, when scrutinized is utter nonsense. You cannot recover or "get up" from failures more times than you fail.

[@skie6282]

Alternative title: man break all his fingers repeatedly, reached the world record for broken fingers

[@ASP4wesome]

Wouldn't Deku own that record?

[@db1rtc857]

@@ASP4wesome yeah probably

[@gdenjoyr]

Looks super painful

[@db1rtc857]

@@gdenjoyr yeah, must be

[@JimsRavioli]

That's not a very catchy title

[@azehnder1]

It’s cool you nailed the spin, but It still looks like you’ve never actually swung a bat

[@jookie4207]

He ain’t a baseball player, okay 😂

[@brandon.d]

Nice

[@TechSupportDave]

I mean, he's not a baseball player. cut him some slack. It would have been amazing to see him go the extra mile, and learn how to properly swing a bat, but I think he already learned the trick itself, so the swing technique itself is a bit irrelevant.

[@kevinpratt8122]

Hes in the UK not USA, only time some1 has a bat in the UK is if there getting money from the post office

[@shellbournian]

it probably would have been much easier to learn if he knew how to hold a bat first 🤷

[@mark2talk2u]

Mike’s at a pretty big disadvantage here: baseball is not a “native” sport for him. Mike’s plain old swing just isn’t there.

[@RayoAtra]

lol this. Solid work in getting the spin and taking the time, should have done a couple hours of "how to swing a bat" first. still good stuff

[@buddykroma4165]

In other words, he doesn't have the sauce.

[@rubeusignis1293]

What do you mean by ‘native’?

[@wilcooper64]

@@rubeusignis1293 He means it's not a sport of the UK that kids grow up with. The closest we get is rounders which is like a half sized baseball bat and swung one handed. Therefore, we don't ever really do the baseball swing.

[@rubeusignis1293]

@@wilcooper64 Oh right. I was going to mention rounders, but I didn't know rounders bats are smaller than baseball bats.

[@jorgebeavan4502]

Hearing that sound again “day one, hour zero” is euphoric

[@ConnorKennedy16]

I like this a lot, and it seems like you figured it out well enough in the end, but I think starting with the concept of spinning the bat was the issue here. It's about adding a spin mid-way through a regular normal practice-speed swing, not about spinning the bat the bat. It only really works when you're already moving the end of the bat at the same speed it's going to be spinning around at. You're utilizing the momentum of the bat with some creative hand motions to get it do a 360 mid-way through a swing. To the end of the bat, it's still doing the same thing it always was... just in a different trajectory

[@howardkong8927]

Although I don't play baseball, (I play badminton which is all about swings), I can clearly see that Mike wasn't swinging the bat in an optimal trajectory for maximum momentum. I imagine that this spinning would be a lot easier if the bat had enough momentum to begin with?

[@ConnorKennedy16]

@@howardkong8927 Definitely, yeah. The key to doing this trick is to just sorta kick the handle out and around in a 360 as you're swinging around. Because the end of the bat is heavy, when you sorta flick the handle backwards out of your hands as it's going forward, it just goes around in a circle around the heavy end and comes back

[@aMaZinger01]

It’s about time you learned to consistently smash a nail all the way into a bit of timber with a single swing from a hammer

[@michaeldaigle7207]

That's a great idea. Good combination of technique, accuracy, speed and power to learn. Not incredibly difficult if you've swung hammer a lot, but not easy to learn to do consistently from scratch (with your only experience with a hammer being hanging pictures or whatever)

[@oregonNYC]

Over a few weeks of building a shed/barn I was able to go from maybe 4-5 swings and the occasional bent nail to single swing driving 12 penny nails with never a bent nail. Felt good

[@spinakker14]

Hey Mike, I've got a new idea for a video. How many unbroken fingers do you have?

[@michaeldaigle7207]

@@spinakker14 Come on down bud

[@oskioskioski]

I feel like this would've been much easier if you practiced just swinging the bat first. Here you pretty much spun the bat in place, without swinging.

[@dangerousnigga7023]

Stfu

[@Magnitude7]

@@dangerousnigga7023 they’re not wrong

[@RedSquirrelHunter]

It’s easier with a good swing you don’t have to flick it back as hard just quick

[@Mecal21]

@@dangerousnigga7023 cry

[@drewinthecut4040]

You should try bouncing the bat behind your back, it’s not that hard and looks cool

[@Akira-cd8kf]

yess

[@realberserkpanda]

I agree

[@mattdeleon3127]

From dude perfect

[@drewinthecut4040]

@@mattdeleon3127 it’s not from dude perfect but they do it

[@words0fwisdom302]

I he should and if there r any others too

[@natsukidaichi4438]

This guy just proved in all his videos that with the right amount of determination, you can learn anything. I need some of that determination rn.

[@R94jax]

This is my favorite KZbin channel. I love how you push yourself for every new skill you learn. It’s very motivating!

[@RomanQrr]

I feel like you need to pull the bat even more backwards, because in the original video it stays in place, while your's is trying to fly away.

[@TheStuartstardust]

Also in original video - one hand flip most backwards - the other stationary then slowly forward to keep illusion of forward motion. Looks cool - yes 😎 (2:30)

[@vihaanpatel667]

No he’s catching it early that’s why it’s ahead

[@astarfling5908]

Why are there only 2 (now 3) comments

[@master_ot6004]

@@astarfling5908 what is the point of this comment?

[@astarfling5908]

@@master_ot6004 what’s the point of your comment? I

[@darsh8ak]

As a baseball player, I can confirm that being able to do this automatically makes you 10x better at baseball

[@samuelbarrett5648]

Is that true? I play sometimes too and it'd be interesting if this trick helps with hitting.

[@TheBlackFeatherHats]

I need to learn how to do this looks like a lot of fun

[@willmerz6195]

I recommend starting with a wiffleball bat, makes it easier

[@woof3843]

lot of pain*

[@lakshmikumari.kandikatla1364]

It is not perfect

[@Anonymous-w4sn]

*breaks every finger*

[@liamnorthpole825]

More like lots of sore

[@JC-bj5cv]

I'm 62 years old and 45 years ago we used to do this in little league. I totally forgot about this. This was great to see, brought back great memories. It was great to see you persevere and get it. Good for you

[@Cydreeze]

I find it interesting how easy things can be and look when you have a similiar "training." I'm a very fiddly person and I love throwing, spinning and catching. Thats why I became a bartender. For me when I saw the video it fellt like I immedietly new the movement in my wrist just from watching Josh do it and connecting to how I would catch a bottle spinning in the air. Not trying to toot my own horn or saying I can do anyting I pick up. I've thrown bottles for 3 years and its basically the only skill I have. Im deeply impressed how you can really set your mind to something and tell your brain to learn a skill. That perserverence is probably worlds most valuable skill. Good video as usual! Keep it up!

[@Cimlite]

You didn't once say _"I'm bat man"_ in the whole video. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@Belphegor616]

Dang I just realized that

[@The_Rising_Dragon]

Nah, he's the Boyd Man!

[@isaacfuller4034]

Cringe

[@Tehcarp]

probably should have learned a decent swing. being able to get good speed with your back, shoulders and biceps makes it easy to create the rotation with your wrists.

[@timtactix6603]

Hes just a guy learning stuff. And that's impressive.

[@deathstarHQ]

What would be more impressive is using what he learned and use it real life somehow.

[@Lodestone8]

I love how later in the slowmos you can see that his hands know the motion and you can properly see muscle memory in action.

[@patrickbateman9881]

Mike is simply the epitome of, “I bet I can do that.”

[@urigeheadmot1196]

I bat I can do that ;)

[@J.C...]

🤣

[@tcw95NZ]

I feel like you sold yourself a bit short on this one, the whole reason the trick is cool is because it looks like a baseball swing but with a spin in the middle, yours never really had the follow through, just the build up and the spin. Still cool though.

[@roosb.967]

Exactly! Doesn't even seem like a proper build up..

[@celzolsen8988]

That's because the point of the episode is to earn money and shill products.

[@foobars3816]

@@celzolsen8988 come on dude

[@Bhavishya_Mishra]

@@celzolsen8988 mike aint bout that life

[@thewaffle187]

@@celzolsen8988 i think thats you

[@EliteProductions3129]

I want to see the full bat trick arsenal. Behind the back bounce, between the legs, and the double spin swing

[@orancallaghan4288]

I think this is one of your best videos in a while. I enjoy all your videos but my favourite are the ones where you learn useless but fun skills and tricks. Also the ones where you talk about your progress and what you've learned about learning.

[@danieljohnpedersen5693]

I really love your videos because they show both the struggle and joy of learning a new skill.

[@pt.is.education5747]

The slowmos are awesome you can see your coordination getting better from day to day

[@eyeballpaul700]

My condolences to your barber's family, sorry to hear about his passing...

[@deepdownthelane]

What?

[@SoreTv]

@@deepdownthelane I think he’s just trying to say he needs a haircut

[@KaeBae_]

@@SoreTv Lol what a weird way to say that haha.

[@imshrimp6620]

lol r u romanian?

[@thewaffle187]

@@KaeBae_ creative

[@thechosenone6621]

You know danger's on the way when you're holding a bat inside and not outside

[@theogreenaway7401]

What

[@BrokenGodEnt]

@@theogreenaway7401 What's on second

[@shinbot877]

Shameless self promotion - I love it when the notification 'New Subscriber'

[@theogreenaway7401]

@@BrokenGodEnt no

[@seaan6178]

@@shinbot877 shameful

[@WilhelmWilder]

There should be a medical case study. To see if aging affects your brain differently than the average human. Since you're constantly growing new neurological pathways. Like I'm not joking, i think it would be interesting

[@jinjunliu2401]

@Big Joe Not to see it growing but to see if his brain keeps itself well for more years than others when he gets senile

[@GhostDrow]

Anyone can do what he is doing... That's the entire point of his channel. He isn't special or unique, just persistent.

[@diegomastro5681]

@@GhostDrow so? point still stands

[@bobthabuilda1525]

@@GhostDrow I think you missed the op's point...like, completely.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

I agree completely, I think that would be fascinating.

[@jacksonpalmer8955]

This took all of 15 minutes for me at a baseball game as a kid. It really helps to be able to smoothly swing a bat beforehand, you just need some familiarity with a bat and then the mechanics of the swing make sense.

[@ryroyal.]

I love your channel because you inspire with your actions, not with your words. You walk the walk your legit dude.

[@kutagore]

Finally, hes back

[@kordelwilliams5770]

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[@TotallyHaze]

Oh lord that pfp

[@shinbot877]

Shameless self promotion - I love it when the notification 'New Subscriber'

[@seaan6178]

@@shinbot877 shameful

[@seaan6178]

@@shinbot877 shameful

[@philiporlando2052]

Okay this has nothing to do with this specific video but I’ve been practicing the book spin for a while and today I made a big step in getting better and I’m really happy. I just wanted to really thank you mike for inspiring me and helping me make my own life better. I’m really happy right now

[@e_bat1035]

I tried it too. I took me about 9 hrs to spin it for 30 full seconds!

[@philiporlando2052]

@@e_bat1035 I’m at 1 hour and 40 minutes, I’m nowhere close to 30 seconds but instead of just spinning on my finger, I’m now starting to get understanding on how to move my arm hand and finger to maintain the spinning instead of it just dropping 😁

[@TechSupportDave]

I personally first started with a pillow. Spinning pillows is so much easier. To build up, you could try tougher and tougher pillows, or thinner pillows, eventually using things that closer resemble whatever book you're trying to spin.

[@purgatory671]

After a little bit I learned to spin anything flat for as long as I want. I learned with something circular

[@adrianbarfoot3339]

After playing baseball for 9 years, I developed this skill automatically

[@josuagedionk.s5905]

You Know what? Your videos are great and You are a person I lookup to And I'm gonna take my time learning art Thanks to you I feel better now Thank you. Sincerely,a very happy Viewer.

[@MichaelAussie05]

Well edited well produced. Thoroughly entertaining. Thanks for your time and efforts on this interesting video. Cheers.

[@sunMMVIII]

In the slow-mo, the swing-to-spin is a bit of an illusion. He swings forward with 2 hands, then releases with his front hand, and spins back with the rear hand. Seems like that method has a more impressive result and may be easier to perform (maybe). This way, he gets to reach backwards to create the illusion of a swing that resets and leads into another full swing

[@matsku5853]

Next one: Learning how to balisong flip

[@curlygurly2112]

PLEASE get a trainer first :) they're not sharp and won't cut open ur fingers and spray blood everywhere like what mine did lol

[@boraturanli]

@@curlygurly2112 Eh no need really, as long as the bali is sharp and you're not dumb it shouldn't be a problem. I got to be quite good (reference point being a double scissor) and never used a trainer. I think not using a trainer helped me get over the fear factor.

[@slowproffesor9967]

@@boraturanli but still i think the guy would like to keep his fingers

[@matsku5853]

@@curlygurly2112 I know how to balisong flip. I have some myself

[@breearbor4275]

balisongs are banned in the UK, he wouldn't be able to get one.

[@seigeengine]

Would have preferred even one successful go where you implemented it smoothly into a swing, like what you were trying to replicate, as that is specifically what makes it look impressive.

[@ST2611-z6h]

The sentence we all await to hear: “This is day 1, hour 0”

[@martindobre3999]

make the videos longer please, more backstory as it was before and all the days showing and just more context. just like the muscle up video! i love that one

[@carsonwerby3869]

If anyone plays baseball this comes easier then it seams

[@zaccolwell2012]

Yep, Taught myself to do it in about 5 minutes when I played ball.

[@shinbot877]

Shameless self promotion - I love it when the notification 'New Subscriber'

[@seaan6178]

@@shinbot877 shameful

[@saberzane8955]

If anyone plays baseball, this comes easier than it seems* Spelling aside, yes this is true. You already have a gist of how heavy your bat is so you can control the speed

[@columbus8myhw]

Lucas Gawor I assumed the "seams" was a pun (seams on a baseball)

[@rhythmtreble7311]

I think his realest skills are PERSISTENCE and CONSISTENCY and that's kind of his channel

[@objectismy6434]

Alright, I think this needs to be asked: When are we going to see Mike Boyd vs Mike Shake? Battle of the Mikes, champions of learning. It should be a thing

[@EvilTim1911]

Mike is the most interesting man in the world, just try to wrap your head around how much stuff this guy knows how to do.

[@Peytona]

Josh makes it look so smooth and fluid! Well done for learning and getting it looking good

[@archiefairbrother1078]

U know there’s something good coming up when he hasn’t posted in 4 months

[@not2sharpmd]

While you achieved the spin and catch, I don’t really think you’re actually achieving the illusion of doing it during a full swing. You should learn how to properly swing a baseball bat first. This will help with a few things: - In a swing with good technique, the bat stays on the same plane anyway so all that spinning should be nice and flat. - while the swing you saw might be perceived as an “upward angle,” it actually isn’t. The bat starts high with his hands up near his shoulders, it’s imperative you don’t drop your hands before initiating your swing. And then since the follow through will also be up high, the leading elbow makes it look like he’s swinging upwards, but he’s not. The bat is being driven through the zone by his hands (obviously once he initiates the trick, not so much) and the swing is staying on the same axis all the way through. But there is no upward motion to the swing. It is direct and flat, and if anything actually the bat is angled down, AND THEN he follows through high.

[@johnhopper1475]

@King Pistachion baseball isn’t boring just because you think it is. In my opinion, basketball is really boring, and I cringe every time I see the nba on tv. King pistachion language: Basketball is really boring. Do baseball tricks instead

[@daobabyish]

@King Pistachion imagine liking your own comment

[@reptilesceptile1035]

@King Pistachion this is just you hating on baseball

[@steezystudio]

We should dance together Mike! I think you'd kill it 😁

[@c00kiec18]

What if my name is mike

[@norsuhaidah3578]

Bruh 0 likes

[@c00kiec18]

@@norsuhaidah3578 not anymore

[@1Raheem]

If he responded. You might as well gimme a call. I’m sure learning some dance moves will be great.

[@steezystudio]

@@c00kiec18 You should dance with us too!

[@ErloBrown1]

After years of watch you learn skills. This was the first time I thought you took "long" to learn something. To put it in perspective, this took about twice as long as learning to unicycle.

[@PiquantPan]

just found this video after watching you help Tom learn to ride a bike, impressive dedication. as a lifelong baseball fan, holding a bat since age 7 or so, definitely it feels like the "secret sauce" you're missing here is the correct form to begin when swinging the bat and following through. Which makes sense, British Baseball is an oxymoron, but definitely at least spending a good 10-20 minutes nailing the fundamentals of the swing would give you a much better result. at the end of the video, it basically looks like you're just sort of tossing the bat to yourself with a spin, not finding that axis of rotation that represents the midpoint of the swing. but it's easy to criticize, and it doesn't take away from your efforts, it's commendable just to handle and learn to do something cool with sports kit that's brand new to you

[@oleksiykolesnykov339]

Are we going to see a bit more of bike trials stuff?

[@Molledd]

Imagine meeting mike at a party, youd be entertained for hours

[@nickcermignano5948]

I love how he learns so many things In such a short time yet it took him 6 days to learn that maybe he should move outside 😂😂

[@SKiZ416]

Bro you are SO uncoordinated, I learned this in the first hour!

[@diamondgamer44]

i swear mike is the living embodiment of skill share

[@CountrySongTeacher]

Any chance we could Callab somehow? Love your stuff bro!

[@redhelmetsclips6297]

Lol, you’re late.

[@tuco4694]

@@redhelmetsclips6297 so true

[@vinandbea5566]

Callab

[@GetaVe]

Come on bro, that was only halfway complete. You have to be able to do a full proper swing like the original video.

[@tcw95NZ]

Right? Kinda disappointing. He literally just learnt to spin the bat, not doing so in a way that looks like you're hitting a baseball

[@BuzzingGoober]

He's getting lazier with his attempts

[@wookhyun3059]

Well, he is getting older you know...it's easier to learn something at a young age.

[@aarond23]

I don't think that's possible without lots of training :)

[@GetaVe]

@@aarond23 I thought that’s the point of this channel? The whole reason he times himself. Learning to do something half assed is completely worthless. Like being able to do a shorty version of a great magic trick and being proud of that fact. Absolutely lazy.

[@steve323f]

How many skills have you remembered and how many have you forgotten over lock down? Cue rocky montage? 😂

[@AmitPal-gt6qh]

ohh man the time effort and patience you showed in the tricks is just mind blowing

[@johnnyclarik1]

I am a straight male who has learned how to crochet and to knit. I now know how to crochet relatively well. I have made my niece a menagerie of animals, which grows by one every Christmas. I made my sone his first teddy bear, and while in the NICU with him I made him a baby blanket. While my brother was undergoing chemo, I made him a blanket with a semi-celtic design. This past year I tought myself how to knit, and made myself a cable knit sweater. These are skills which do not require much in the way of tools, and which can also be practiced with very little dedicated space. They can be learned relatively well on KZbin. If it is a rainy or cold day, these are things to do while staying indoors and watching TV. They may not impress anybody at a party, but when you gift someone a blanket, or sweater, or crocheted elephant, it is something special. Or when somebody asks you where you got your sweater, and you can tell them that you made it yourself. Perhaps you would be interested in learning how to knit, and choosing a project that you would like to make for yourself?

[@MrKuma27]

Dont worry guys, he’ll learn something new again eventually… 😔

[@just_porgs4276]

I’m starting to get worried

[@kajxqeirscl]

here he uploaded a video lmao

[@rrainworldd]

@@just_porgs4276 about 6 hours after you said this he uploaded

[@WilhelmWilder]

Negan: **strokes beard** "interesting"

[@xPhantom_404x]

Lmao love the twd reference

[@WilhelmWilder]

@@xPhantom_404x 😂 thank you

[@Satanic666cyanide]

You, I like you

[@nickfishing13]

Hey Mike, you should try and build a fpv drone and fly it. This may sound easy but trust me it is not. I want to get into FPV and it would be cool to see someone like me (no experience) to try this skill.

[@AverageMax13]

I remember seeing this move in the baseball scene of the first twilight and have been mesmerized by it since!

[@ItsMeSteveyP]

I came here for all the knuckle bustin'. Great job, Mike!

[@nggodplayer9383]

I think it would be really cool if you learned how to infinity spin a pen.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Gotta do this myself, thanks for the suggestion :D

[@olliepackman199]

Swinging the bat "up the way" is so Scottish! 😂

[@BuxtonsWater]

Normally they're used to using them on people rather than balls up there.

[@huhwannes9381]

alternative title : *Mike Boys hurting himself for 7 minutes*

[@bencampbell2563]

I'm surprised Mike didn't notice this when he was watching the slow-mo of the original clip. The batter in the clip keeps a loose open grip with his top hand and rotates his wrist just before spinning the bat so that his top hand is pretty much above the bat when he flicks it. This also helps keep the thumb and the rest of the fingers of the top hand out of the way when the bat starts spinning, but he also uses his pointer finger to put some extra spin on the bat. When Mike does it his top hand is wrapped all the way around the bat so that thumb and palm are in the way it starts to spin back forcing him to work more to get his hand out of the way making the catch a lot harder

[@WanJahat]

I have request this trick long time ago to you , and finally you make it! 😂

[@dzaqybro]

Mike? Where'd you go?

[@FLUXXEUS]

0:34 "off the bat"... Both literally and figuratively 🤯

[@AxelDayton]

I miss Mike, hope he's doing ok

[@barney3673]

Marks videos are the definition of practice makes perfect

[@yeyeyelesgetit1319]

yeah marks

[@Nukesback]

2:15 u got me on that one 😂😂😂😂

[@isaalsayed7941]

Next should be: learning to say purple burglar alarm.

[@ImportedPatriot91]

This made me Lol so hard and I don't know why

[@fennrestieaux7402]

His concentration face is legendary

[@Artemis-v8i]

So did he learn everything?

[@oxer3506]

I think so

[@liorfarhan4820]

Hey man! I’ve never thought to myself that I’ll ever comment to some KZbinr or whatsoever, but i really enjoyed watching your video. Keep it up🙌🏾

[@johnd9357]

Back to the roots. Love it

[@Xtrafied]

When we needed him most, Mike vanished. Come back Mike, we miss you.

[@rok4750]

What happened to him why is he taking forever to make a video?

[@CallumOfGreenside]

I'm not gonna lie, I genuinely thought this was something most people could just do

[@nickwoodward819]

No you didn't

[@Baq-yow]

For a second I thought he was gonna do the "I threw my bat but it lands standing up" trick...this wouldve been a long video

[@kordelwilliams5770]

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[@shinbot877]

Shameless self promotion - I love it when the notification 'New Subscriber'

[@seaan6178]

@@shinbot877 shameful

[@KingKong-mi9fy]

The sound the metal batt makes in slow motion is like a bell

[@VodkaHellstorm]

This is one of my favourite videos on the channel, because this is something that came fairly easily to me, fair more easily than it did to Mike. But there's a lot of stuff on this channel, like ollies/kickflips, that came far, far more easily to Mike than they have (yet to) come to me. Just a reminder that everybody learns at their own pace!

[@joshpinchuk7061]

What makes this even more interesting, is that baseball is not played for the most part in Great Britain correct? So it's not like you even had experience with a bat before this growing up, like most American boys.

[@benjaminboodhun8589]

My takeaway form this video: Scotland looks beautiful in the summertime

[@damienberest5856]

All 1 afternoon of said summertime. :-D

[@siccodegroot8710]

Its been quite a while innit

[@istmirbensen123]

Best man on KZbin ! Perfect work

[@Porcouomo]

the slow motion got to me, mike's face whenever he drops the damn bat man

[@TuberTugger]

"What you really need to learn this trick is some raycons" Uhh... I think maybe you need to wear some gloves. Sponsor aside, that seemed to be the biggest lesson from your painful failures. "Watch your fingers"

[@jshepard5840]

So three things. 1: I don't know what it says about me, but I laughed every time that bat hit you and caused you pain. 2: Bravo for learning that trick, it's pretty sweet. 3: As a road cyclist, you've cemented my opinion that large cycling glasses only look cool when you're on a bike and should never, ever be worn anywhere else.

[@kxngfishwg5195]

IDEA: mike u should learn to solve the shape shifting rubik's cube

[@ukcubing3150]

Shape shifting Rubik's cube? You mean the mirror, the skewb, there are hundreds of them .

[@kxngfishwg5195]

@@ukcubing3150 yeh but they are very tricky to solve

[@Spectarium]

@@kxngfishwg5195 some of them are hard, some of them are easy as shit

[@anhex.5747]

@@Spectarium ikr can we get cubers to comment these stuff in the future

[@tyspaulding2025]

I played in the baseball world series twice (team austalia, il 2018, jl 2019) and remember learning this trick. Very fun. Over time ive learned to do double spins and triple spins while putting them into combos between the legs, behind the back and whatnot. You can also bounce the knob off certain floors as part of other tricks. Would recommend doing this on grass:) Love your vids as i have for the past few years,

[@macdaddy606]

I’m so glad you said “certain floors” because that’s the truest thing I’ve read all day. As baseball players you spend a lot of time standing around… but bat tricks are by far the most impressive looking sideline/dugout pastime! And for an Aussie! Good on ya mate! From the US!

[@tyspaulding2025]

@@macdaddy606 cheers mate, it always felt cool but pretty useless, until 1 day when a mate challenged me to do a bat flip blindfolded to see who carries the bucket if balls back from the cage. We were all shocked that it can be done blind with a mild amount of muscle memory but i was just happy not to carry balls lol

[@macdaddy606]

@@tyspaulding2025 once you get it right you can do it in your sleep. It was wild to see how much not knowing how to properly swing a bat slowed his progress. I mean we both know he didn’t do a proper spin but for a guy who’s never played ball it wasn’t the worst I’ve seen… still a little painful at times 😂

[@zjshafe]

We used to do this all the time with soft-toss practice. We only did half rotations (started holding the barrel), but it was fun to do it and hit the ball. I'd like to think it helped with bat-to-ball technique