Drill: Load, Stride, Swing off tee

[duecebiggalowe]

good, but needs a little bit more of a over all tilt. also needs more stability in his front foot (he rows his front foot),

[HereComesDaHeater]

try adding a "pivot" after the stride step. this opens the hip lesding into the swing for full arm extension and power.

[donervin1]

Follow up of my previous comment.

the load goes around in a circular hip movement with the short step if any executed at the same time which is a combination of rotational and linear body movement then returning back in a reverse hip rotational body movement into the direction of the ball bringing the knob & hands inside ball & bat barrel down into a level plane with the downward flight of the ball with a slight upward direction after and through point of contact.

Don Ervin

kom_ervin@yahoo.com

[donervin1]

In this demo. of load up the coach is having the young hitter to load up straight back, as "TED WILLIAMS," the most intelligent hitter of them all taught us all many years ago, "THE HIPS LEAD THE WAY," from the start to the finish of the load up which means the beginning of the load up is circular, rotational around to the rear, away from the thrown ball with the very short linear step, if any step at all executed at the same time "a "NEGATIVE MOVEMENT," not straight back, a "LINEAR MOVEMENT,"

[scooteroo]

Good little athlete, but yes he is casting a bit too much -- pulling the bat with the front rather than hitting with his back half. I think he could help himself by going back and putting his hands on the bat in a little better position, with the knocking knuckles a little more aligned, so that at impact his top hand is on top of the bat and his bottom hand more directly under. His wrists action would be improved to get him there. Keep it up, young man!

[DoyleRedland]

semiyankee is correct. His swing is long and casting, i.e. hands are not short to the ball. Also, I used to teach "load" (before stride, etc.), but eventually realized that great hitters do not do it. If good hitters load, they do it as an integral part of the start of the stride, not as a separate step as often taught. And, the hands going into the launch position is always done with the stride, not with the pre-stride "load" as is also taught (as here).

[semiyankee]

that kid needs to stay inside the ball and not sweep at it, and after you load you have to go into an athletic 50/50 position and then get your hips into it

[ozunasox]

isnt his stride just wasted movement??? i mean hes exactly where he was before he moves his front foot. so wuts the point of even moving it???

[snaplecapfacts]

Milt Thompson (Hitting coach for the Phillies) only taught as stride hands off the tee...

[MrJecylart]

That's right! Relax, Step (into hitting position), Throw (hands). Makes this look silly! Milt is the man. Go Phillies!