One of the swing components that is missing from hitters with a DBSF* pattern is a proper top hand swivel.
What is "top hand swivel"??...
Hold your right forearm vertically in front of you, with your hand in a fist, and your thumb pointing rearward over your right shoulder. With your arm remaining vertical, rotate your wrist/forearm so your thumb points to your right. That is "top hand swivel".
Top hand swivel gets the barrel turning to the ball while the hands stay in front of - and moving with - the rear shoulder. Top hand swivel can provide sudden, explosive, "NOW!" barrel movement. Rotation of the hands is fast. Hand travel is slow.
See it in action here...
Use the hands to turn the barrel to contact.
These drills have helped my DDs understand the feeling of using top hand swivel to launch the barrel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_MT7wc_tfY&list=PLLo_t691U8DVQCriImV9Kt44VdEI6iFir&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7I6WMXnUPM
* Drop the Barrel and Swing Flat (aka "Level Then Swing")
What is "top hand swivel"??...
Hold your right forearm vertically in front of you, with your hand in a fist, and your thumb pointing rearward over your right shoulder. With your arm remaining vertical, rotate your wrist/forearm so your thumb points to your right. That is "top hand swivel".
Top hand swivel gets the barrel turning to the ball while the hands stay in front of - and moving with - the rear shoulder. Top hand swivel can provide sudden, explosive, "NOW!" barrel movement. Rotation of the hands is fast. Hand travel is slow.
See it in action here...
Use the hands to turn the barrel to contact.
These drills have helped my DDs understand the feeling of using top hand swivel to launch the barrel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_MT7wc_tfY&list=PLLo_t691U8DVQCriImV9Kt44VdEI6iFir&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7I6WMXnUPM
* Drop the Barrel and Swing Flat (aka "Level Then Swing")
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