quote:Originally posted by BlueDog:quote:So in this picture you can see he is just about to bring his hands through but hasn't finished his stride. So that is where the lack of separation is.
Okay, to me from this point in his swing, his hands are stacked and the bat is tilted behind him. The first thing I would try, would be to make his bat straight up and down in his stance so that all he would have to do is tilt the head of the bat toward the Pitcher in front of his head to about even with his head. From that point, he would just need to reach with his front foot toward the Pitcher as he loaded his hands and turning his bellybutton to the direction of the hit. As his front toe lands he should still be loading his hands. As the front heel plants, the back hip should fire and his hands should start to go forward. These changes can be made without changing much of what he is already doing right, IMO.
It's really no different than pitching. The Pitcher needs to get to front heel plant as the ball gets to the high c o c k e d position. The back hip fires to reach cusp.