i want the back leg to externally rotate during the stride and stay there. Like a sumo squat. The back heel should evert a bit. I want that to stay through contact. I want the rotation to come from the middle. There needs to be an eccentric stretch when stride starts from front hip to back shoulder/hands.. have you seen the J Stone PVC progression? The first 2 in the progression will suffice. I prefer a wide stance move from the middle drill. Done with a bit of posture. Either is fine.
Through the entire sequence and MAINLY at foot down through contact I want that back leg to anchor itself and resist any rotation or movement forward. It will move a bit etc. just resist as best you can. Some say the foot gets ‘peeled’ or ‘pulled’ the better you can resist the better the ‘whip’.
You wanna see the hips, trunk and shoulders stop rotation, in that order. That’s force transmission through the entire system funneled directly into the bat through the ball.
Should be fully loaded meaning
1. Hips closed relative to the body
2. knee NOT under the pelvis yet.
3. hands still back.
4. Back heel still grounded.
This is the ‘hitting position’ or FYB.
I used a ‘wring the rag’ analogy before. Picture the hands being one side of the rag and the back leg being the other side of the rag. Now picture that rag being wrung out after the hands past the midline. The hands are going left while the back leg goes right.
