It’s called the cross step or X-step. Disc golfers use it, Babe Ruth invented it. He’s the only batter in major league history who swung his bat with the cross step.
There’s Bay Ruth in the early 1920s. His feet are backwards. Why are his feet backwards? He’s using a big heavy bat. 54 ounce 40 in. Why is his feet backwards? Here’s another picture of Babe Ruth. It’s from the late 1920s. His feet are backwards again, completely but facing the wrong way. It’s like someone took his legs off and switched them 180 degrees and stuck them back on again. He’s the only batter in the history of baseball who swung a bat with his feet backwards. That’s actually a step that’s taken disc golfers they call the cross step. This is a long time before frisbes. Babe Ruth figured out the cross step only for baseball instead of disc golf. I’ll show you how it applies to disc golf and how to swing a 54 ounce 40in bat. You can’t do it otherwise. Question is, how did Babe Ruth swing a 54 ounce bat 40 in long with his feet backwards? This is a regular 34 inch bat. 38 oz. 40 oz. 40 in. 54 oz. How did he do it? I can’t barely even lift this fat. Well, it’s a trick. It’s called the cross step. In disc golf, we have a thing called the cross step. One, two, three. That’s what Babe Ruth used to do. Facing this way. One, two, three. Or the follow through. Whatever you want to do. You don’t swing the same time as two. You finish two, then you do three. One, two, three. Easy to swing. One, two, three. It’s as easy as one, two, three. Not ready to throw. I’m 68 years old. I’m not any kind of athlete. One, two, three. That rock is 400 ft. I just could reach it. This is what Babe Ruth did. One, two, three. If you don’t do one, two, three, you swing without a stride. That’s the most you can do. As hard as I can, that’s all it does. I’m not lying. One, two, three. I’m not even left-handed. I could probably swing this better right-handed. One, two, three. Simple as pie. Not even hard. But baby used to swing as hard as he could. One, two, three. If an old fat 68-year-old man can do this, Babe Ruth could do it when he was young. One, two, three. That’s 400 ft. Well, no, that’s 350. But the young guys, that second rock is 500 ft and the creek is 600 feet. And I had one guy go across the creek 600 feet with a Frisbee. And that is how Babe Ruth did it. The cross step. The first person in the world that ever used a cross step. This golf was invented in the 70s. I think that’s why they invented the cross step. Babe, Booth was doing it in the 20s. Without the cross step, I’m telling you, this is that’s the part that you can throw without the cross step. Putt. This is what I’m talking about. One, two, three. Ready. One, two, three. Oh, that’s a skip. Get down. Get down. Get down. Get down. Get down. Oh, it’s right on the edge. It’s not good. No, I’ll be over there. Uhoh. Watch where it goes. It’s easier to find you. Right between those two trees. There you go. Go tractor Jessie. Nice. 500. Can anyone say 500 feet? Nice shot. Five. 500 at least. Yeah, the
