keeping front shoulder in

and it beats the heck out of this poor drill

Good luck swing. I have never seen anybody doing a drill like that and I have been around the game for 30 years myself. No pro, but if a drill like that was beneficial, I am positive it would have trickled down to my level at some time. It kinda looks like one handed push ups. Kinda neat but not very important to training.

The one legged drill is the exact same feel as what you see this ML hitter doing.

No chance. that is Soriano. He has an unusual swing with a high leg kick. Not a typical hitter. And he gets his foot down after he is finished with all of his wiggles.

Which is the exact same feel that this hitter above has who is leading the American League in hitting currently.

You just refuse to open your mind so you can see deeper of what the best in the world do.

Hamilton can do the one legged drill with the best of them and so can Soriano.

and its just like he throws

REAR LEGGED

the lead leg is just the catcher of the rear leg thrust.

The real whip happens after the foot is planted. That is obvious. The speed of the swing and throw is much faster after they touch. Are Soriano and Hamilton your clients?

Its a drill to attain a feel...good hitters hit with the back leg not the front leg.

A feel of having a drive train. A drive train that is supplied by the rear leg and rear hip thrust.

Alberts feel is in his rear leg

Thats where the coil is

and the uncoil

its that explosive uncoil that is the thrust which is the drive train of the swing.

You can coil and uncoil while standing on one leg.

Swing,
Front leg VS back leg doesn't mean squat. Reggie Jackson, Mark McQuire, etc were all front leg power hitters. Look at the clip you posted earlier of Reggie. His back leg is off the ground at contact. So is Pujols in the clip you just posted.

The back leg starts their swing but it is old news by the time they hit the ball.

ok..whatever you say. Now I know how your elementary math teacher felt.

The rear leg is the only news

Thats why they "CHAUFFER" balls all over the field and yours are just happy to make contact

A HUGE difference...CAIO.

They are your clips. It is pretty obvious that the back leg is off the ground or just touching at contact. It really is pretty obvious.

yep it is off the ground...its the how it gets off the ground that is the value.

So back to the original question. Why would you do a drill off of your back leg only if it will never come into play in a real swing and can only hurt your swing?

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
So back to the original question. Why would you do a drill off of your back leg only if it will never come into play in a real swing and can only hurt your swing?

Why do you need a transmission in a vehicle? Heck...the tires are what makes you move!

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Originally posted by swingbuilder:


The one legged drill is the exact same feel as what you see this ML hitter doing.

But his hips are already turning open when his front foot hits the ground.

The upper body rotation shown in the one-foot drill is indeed what many great hitters in the past and more and more are exhibiting now--IMO. Swing--this is exactly what I'm talking about. The bat head starts its backward sweep by the lowering of the rear elbow to the slot--hands have made NO forward motion. Along with the drop of the elbow, the shoulders tilt and begin rotating without much, if any, momentum from the hips

I know the drill-clip was used to focus on the legs, but for me it highlights the much neglected upper body rotation-- Using two legs and hip rotation with upper body rotation as seen in the clip and now we're talking. good drill Swing.

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Originally posted by swingbuilder:


The one legged drill is the exact same feel as what you see this ML hitter doing.



But his hips are already turning open when his front foot hits the ground.

Yep it is....as I have said. BUT, his lead knee does not flare open to start that hip turning.

Son tried the one legged drill today. Not a big fan. Said it was all arms and made him slap at it.

It is a "Hands" drill. If you turn your shoulders you will fall over. Have you ever heard the term "quick hands", this drill will help you achieve them.

Hands aren't my sons problem. His are faster than heck. As a drill it might help with slow hands but it seems to work the shoulders and arms mostly. Some people think that the shoulders don't do much, This drill makes them do almost everything. HMMM.

The one legged drill is just that. It allows a player to feel the weight on the back leg. It teaches coil and uncoil. Thrust

Hitters do not plant the lead leg 1st then start rotation. Rotation starts before and into the foot plant. The drill is to give a hitter the correct feel.

The weight is on his rear leg for a long long time into that swing.

Its the one legged drill. A drill to emphasis this. Thats what you do with drills you isolate a specific part of.

Rear Legged

Rear legged

Look deeper! That lead leg is not pushing on the ground to turn the hips. The hips have already began the turn/ rotation.

There is much going on with this hitter while he only has one leg on the ground.

Rear Legged

14 years old and REAR LEGGED!!

TWO Legged....BAD!

Mauer understand the value of the rear leg!

A-Rod knows one legged on both sides of the ball!

Rear legged.

Even 'THESE" guys are rear legged!

Swing,
I have no idea what you are looking at. Everyone of those hitters have the back leg either off the ground, sliding on the ground and doing next to nothing at contact. They are all hitting off of there front foot. The back foot is just being dragged along. Look at the A's hitter. He has a big leg kick, but his hips don't do anything until the front foot is planted. Heck, all of them look like they don't torque until the front foot is planted. Except for Mauer and that is just a practice swing. And his hips don't fire until the front foot is planted. You may be off on this one.

Gotta go. Just look at your own video.

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Originally posted by floridafan:
It is a "Hands" drill. If you turn your shoulders you will fall over. Have you ever heard the term "quick hands", this drill will help you achieve them.

Did you not watch the two clips? Neither of these hitters fell over. Don't completely agree with you about the "hands drill" statement either. Play the clips frame by frame and note that the bat begins its movement by the dropping of the elbow and the tilting and rotation of the shoulders--NOT the forward movement of the hands.

but. . . if you see it as a way to develop the circular hand path that is the hallmark of 99.9 of the best hitters, then there is some common ground.

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
Hands aren't my sons problem. His are faster than heck. As a drill it might help with slow hands but it seems to work the shoulders and arms mostly. Some people think that the shoulders don't do much, This drill makes them do almost everything. HMMM.

Out of curiosity, D-Nut, how do you (and others here) define and measure "quick hands"?