What are thought on tipping towards the pitcher as part of pre-launch?
What's the best way to train this? I know that videos of 'takes' are important.
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quote:What are thought on tipping towards the pitcher as part of pre-launch?
IMO its good.
quote:What's the best way to train this?
Im not sure if there is a best way. One cue that I have used that has got results from some of my students is to tip the bat toward the pitcher during your load without using your wrist to do so. I will also use throwing a punch as an example, and load them into different punching positions and see what feels more powerful to them, while encouraging them to hide this punch from the pitcher. A players aptitude will dictate how I describe this "tip n' rip" (a registered trademark of clan McMillan
), and load. I feel that how the tip works in relation to the running start, along with the rear elbow loading is significant.
At Mike Epstein Hitting, we call this "winding the rubberband"... where the hitter puts himself/herself in a good position to create torque. If, however, a particular hitter winds to much and is consistently late getting to the launch position then the wind must be tempered. Not all hitters can get away with the same amount of winding the rubber band.
Instead of thinking of it as tipping the bat towards pitcher think of it as tilting the knob towards the catcher, which will decrease the chances of over wrapping or locking out your front arm.
I teach my hitters to take the bottom hand toward the catcher.
quote:Originally posted by redbird5:
I teach my hitters to take the bottom hand toward the catcher.
Seems like a good cue... Do your students understand its meaning right away?
quote:Originally posted by deemax:
Seems like a good cue... Do your students understand its meaning right away?
For the most part...yes. We work on it in dry swings in front of a mirror before we take it to the tees...before we take it to front toss.
