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Proper Stretch and Fire
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Chris Delorit
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dmasterson,
I'd recommend that you utilize some simple walk-ins, open-to-close or one-leg work with a tee, which will work the lower body in a more natural, softball swing form.
The video you provided isn't promoting anything relative to rear leg drive. In fact, I'd be careful with using that example as a skill training tool, period.
That said, I do like some of the stride strengthening work he does in other clips with the home-made weight machine. You'd be better off slo-mo'ing those as your guide to more leg drive and applying at the tee with training balls.
As far as the hands, the general rule...is short path to contact, long path in the follow-through.
Power hitting is a product of closed-chain kinetic energy, where inertia, torque & power are initiated at the feet. Think of it like winding the rubber band on those little old wood airplanes and releasing the plastic propeller, or releasing a tight wet towel that you just twisted the water out of.
The bottom hand is an extension of that front side shoulder. The shoulder guides the hand to the path of contact. The top hand is your Mike Tyson, a power punch to contact. So, the front side is a jab, back is the KO... just to keep it simple for you.
The two later slo-mo's in the "perfect swing 2" thread will provide you some insight.
Chris
I'd recommend that you utilize some simple walk-ins, open-to-close or one-leg work with a tee, which will work the lower body in a more natural, softball swing form.
The video you provided isn't promoting anything relative to rear leg drive. In fact, I'd be careful with using that example as a skill training tool, period.
That said, I do like some of the stride strengthening work he does in other clips with the home-made weight machine. You'd be better off slo-mo'ing those as your guide to more leg drive and applying at the tee with training balls.
As far as the hands, the general rule...is short path to contact, long path in the follow-through.
Power hitting is a product of closed-chain kinetic energy, where inertia, torque & power are initiated at the feet. Think of it like winding the rubber band on those little old wood airplanes and releasing the plastic propeller, or releasing a tight wet towel that you just twisted the water out of.
The bottom hand is an extension of that front side shoulder. The shoulder guides the hand to the path of contact. The top hand is your Mike Tyson, a power punch to contact. So, the front side is a jab, back is the KO... just to keep it simple for you.
The two later slo-mo's in the "perfect swing 2" thread will provide you some insight.
Chris
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That's not how you SnF at all.
This is how you stretch and fire
...and after the initial launch of the barrel rearward by the hands they don't do anything else after that other than hold on the bat...the speeding barrel which is now on autopilot mode takes them for a ride.
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Bold above:Are you saying on this drill (snf gif) or in hitting in general.
I can add more when I hear your response.
I do the same in both SnF Drill and regular hitting.
