Need help using a drill to teach extension and follow through

[FiveFrameSwing]

Here's another demonstration of the reverse top hand drill ... this one realizes extension ... notice the acknowledgement of 'pushing'.

 

[softballphreak]

When the top hand releases it allows the bottom hand to extend further. If the top hand doesn't release the hands must roll sooner.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

When the top hand releases it allows the bottom hand to extend further. If the top hand doesn't release the hands must roll sooner.

If full extension of the lead-arm, towards the pitcher (or portion of the field where you sent the ball), is your goal .... then why not simply pull the bottom hand through to extension?

If you actively pull the bottom hand to extension, you will limit the ability of Bonds' advice to Jennie Finch in the video I posted earlier.

It is the action of the top hand getting "through" that provides the quality of contact that we are after .... that is why extension is cherished.

 

[softballphreak]

If full extension of the lead-arm, towards the pitcher (or portion of the field where you sent the ball), is your goal .... then why not simply pull the bottom hand through to extension?

If you actively pull the bottom hand to extension, you will limit the ability of Bonds' advice to Jennie Finch in the video I posted earlier.

It is the action of the top hand getting "through" that provides the quality of contact that we are after .... that is why extension is cherished.

True. Letting the top hand slide off at maximum extension would just help ensure that the top hand doesn't prematurely restrict extension.

Cabrera, for one, does this.

 

[rdbass]

It is the action of the top hand getting "through" that provides the quality of contact that we are after .... that is why extension is cherished.

 

[straightleg]

I disagree with this assessment above.

Cause:
Her bat is flat and her swing is circular. She pulls the knob to far forward creating a late release, reducing extension



SL

 

[PEPPERS]

For the reverse hand drill to be a drill that does not help with extension I see more and more college teams that incorporate the drill into their drills and even see college players use the drill while on deck.

My daughter's college team uses the drill, and I’ve used it to help kids feel extension and including my own DD. I assure if I did not believe the drill works I would not use it with my own DD.

 

[tjintx]

Preload the shoulders. Clamp the scap and hold it. Clamp and spin. None of which has overlap.
Not in pattern.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Preload the shoulders. Clamp the scap and hold it. Clamp and spin. None of which has overlap.
Not in pattern.

You just redefined being in pattern ... differently than your earlier post.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

I disagree with this assessment above.

Cause:
Her bat is flat and her swing is circular. She pulls the knob to far forward creating a late release, reducing extension



SL

Not sure what you are disagreeing with. I wrote extension is being restricted ... you write that extension is reduced. Sounds like you agree that her extension is lacking.

FYI .... All the post was meant to do is outline that a hitter can lack extension even when their hips lead their upper torso. Leading with the hips is not a cure for obtaining extension.