Just recently a lot of my players are dragging their bats through the zone. Anybody have any good tips to cure this.
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If your back elbow is down at the end of the stride, you have to push the elbow too far forward to get the bat head moving.
Turn the barrel. Activate the hands.
Please take caution in the way that you are training you players. One HUGE misconception that we see is that young players need to go into the cage and take 100+ swings in order to get better. What people forget to realize is that a baseball swing is an EXPLOSIVE action, like an Olympic power lift, and needs to be trained as such.
Instead of allowing your players to go in a take 30-50 swings at a time and tired themselves out, enocurage them to take 5-10 EXPLOSIVE swings and rest while someone else hits.
Here is an article to help you understand this idea further:
Low Finish. Greetings. Can you explain what you mean by turn the barrel and activate the hands? People say things differently but are a lot of the time saying the same thing, when it comes to the swing. Thanks!
Originally Posted by Ohio Dad:
Low Finish. Greetings. Can you explain what you mean by turn the barrel and activate the hands? People say things differently but are a lot of the time saying the same thing, when it comes to the swing. Thanks!
Use your hands to get the barrel behind your body. Pull back towards the dugout behind you with the top hand.
Low Finish.
I understand what you are saying...an "old timer" Jack Mankin, used to call this THT (Top Hand Torque), not sure if it actually creates more whip (torque), but it does (if timed correctly) provide a good way to slot the elbow, into explosive bat launch...mainly associated with a strong rotational swing. Anyone remember Gary Sheffield (he would tip the bat forwards, and backwards), then into launch pull with the top hand into his slot position, and into launch.
IMO - bat drag can be a result of not blocking off the front side into bat launch. I try to tell my players that after front foot plant, the front side should remain blocked off, or firm, and the back side (back hip) rotates into contact. Think - swinging gate where center of rotation is around the front hip, rather than a rotating door where the center (axis of rotation) is through your midline. Also casting the hands away from the body can create a longer arc (bat drag)....if you don't have yet, I would highly recommend an app for phones, or tablets called "Coach's Eye".. Without slow speed video, it is virtually impossible to see what is going on in both hitting, and pitching analysis. This app allows you to "scrub" the footage frame by frame, and will shock you how well it enables the naked eye to see flaws that otherwise you would not see. When a pitching delivery, and swing take place in less than 2 seconds, it is virtually impossible to watch in "real time" and think you know what is taking place.
Originally Posted by Back foot slider:
Low Finish.
I understand what you are saying...an "old timer" Jack Mankin, used to call this THT (Top Hand Torque), not sure if it actually creates more whip (torque), but it does (if timed correctly) provide a good way to slot the elbow, into explosive bat launch...mainly associated with a strong rotational swing. Anyone remember Gary Sheffield (he would tip the bat forwards, and backwards), then into launch pull with the top hand into his slot position, and into launch.
I always knew it as THT, but apparently the terminology has changed.
