fundamentals
Baserunning Skill Checklist
Becoming a Good Baserunner Checklist
Infielder Skill Checklist
Becoming a Good Infielder Checklist
Outfielder Skill Checklist
Becoming a Good Outfielder Checklist
Hitting Videos
The Hitting Stance
Hitting Guidelines - Stride and Load
Stride/Load, as pitch comes in (1,2 and 3 are done almost simultaneously)
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Partial weight shift to back leg
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Hands move back to launching zone
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Short stride toward pitcher with heel off the ground
Hitting Guidelines - the Swing
Our stride and load are now complete and we will begin the swing. The most important thing to remember at this point is that our front foot must be down before we start our swing. That is the separation of the stride/load and the swing.
The Epiphany
Here is an a-ha moment if I ever had one. I’m sitting around minding my own business, when a thought creeps into my head. “You know,” I say to myself, “The swing happens so fast, you don’t have time to think about. It is all done by muscle memory!” I am…master of the obvious. That’s why I get paid the big bucks, to figure these things out that nobody else can. It lends itself back to my last blog where on the bottom of the article I mentioned a few drills to work on. Boring, yet effective.