HBH
We believe that the high level swing involves the batter's ability to work the large muscles of the top half of his body against the lower half. The key to power production lies in the players ability to load the upper body properly and maintain this position into foot plant.
The HBH's design allows the coach to teach upper body mechanics and positioning that are critical to rotary power. If the player can be taught how to form the upper body box and then maintain it until the foot lands on the activator string then he will find himself in the optimal 'torque position" at launch on every swing. Furthermore, if he can maintain this upper body box through the early part of the rotation he will have an optimized, quick , and compact swing.
The teaching process can be as simple as loading the shoulders into a connected position as you stride to activate the popper. The consistent ball presentation into the hitting zone, slightly inside the lead foot, and AT foot plant totally prevents lunging and requires hip rotation to launch the bat through shoulder rotation. Now , this kinetic chain connecting the upper and lower hemisphere builds the midsection torque and turns the shoulders into the plane of the pitch. The bat path follows the momentum plane of the shoulders into the ball.
At this drill station we coach the first part of the chain/ loading and maintaining that into stride landing....those are the two things kids cannot do. This is where we start the process. You cannot rotate against a bad upper body set up. Go to the ball park and watch how many kids get to foot plant with the upper body box intact. As you say " we add the rest later". You and the guru don't own one and know all about it. Amazing
HS Team made final four with only three seniors and scored more runs on the eventual State Champs( who we led until a bottom of 7 HR) than all the other teams combined.....they are not getting too screwed up Linear