Weight on back leg while swinging

I used to have that problem what worked best for me was practicing keeping all my weight on my back leg, then slowly work up to normal weight shift. I now start about 60% back leg and 40% front and am 60% front 40% back after my weight shift. Hope that helps

When hitting off a tee or soft- tossing, have him put his back leg on a 2 x 4. This will force him to keep his balance and keep his foot where it is.

Watch the guy who wrote the book and look for differences in form.

http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/media/player/mp_tpl.j...mv&type=v_free&_mp=1

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.....his back side goes forward before his rotation starts.

It's supposed to....

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......causing some lazy flyballs, or topping balls.

Not the cause....Look elsewhere...

So when you rotate, what are you including here? How do people here interpret "the core"?

Weight shift begins during the stride and ends at ball contact.....

Weight shift includes upper and lower body....

Weight is still shifting during rotation...

It's not weight shift, then rotation...It's weight shift along with rotation....

If you rotate without weight shift, you are spinning....

Weight shift is not only forward....It is also upward....

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How do people here interpret "the core"?

I interpret the core as being from the glutes to the upper abs....

I would think core means abs and back.

I agree with Blue, the core would consist of upper legs, through the middle back region (abs).

BJW, Try having your son incorporate the heel-toe, with his lower end. This seems to help young hitters from lunging forward at launch. In Blue's video, you see the hitter's hips sliding forward, however, notice the ability to keep his head back and stay behind the ball at contact.


I agree that big league hitters have the ability to drift forward, it appears to happen as their load/stretch transitions into swing/launch. JMHO

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I agree that big league hitters have the ability to drift forward, it appears to happen as their load/stretch transitions into swing/launch. JMHO

Sure does...Amateur hitters keep too much weight on their backside....It's drilled into them day after day.....

Without that drifting, weight shift loses it's momentum....

Do you really think drifting is an appropriate description?

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Without that drifting, weight shift loses it's momentum....

Blue,

What would you consider some good drills, for young hitters, that would allow them to incorporate the hip slide, without letting their head follow, and thus losing the ability to stay behind the ball?

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Originally posted by ncball:
Do you really think drifting is an appropriate description?

I think the word "drift" isn't the right word because it's too passive. I use the term "shift" because IMO it's an active, conscious process.

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Do you really think drifting is an appropriate description?

Yes, I really do

Once the weight begins sfiting during the stride, you shouldn't stop it, IMO....

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Blue,

What would you consider some good drills, for young hitters, that would allow them to incorporate the hip slide, without letting their head follow, and thus losing the ability to stay behind the ball?

I'm not much on drills....I don't like teaching in steps...Sometimes, it might be necessary, but, I try not to....

I find if you can get a kid to continue loading after the front foot comes down, weight shift momentum will continue like it should..

That's my point. It's dynamic balance with loading and unloading as you shift. Drifting is usually described as a passive movement with little else going on. What you are talking about is sliding. Drifting usually constitutes the upper body as well when using it in a hitting or pitching circumstance.

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Originally posted by BlueDog:

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Do you really think drifting is an appropriate description?

Yes, I really do

Once the weight begins sfiting during the stride, you shouldn't stop it, IMO....

Well, yeah, you got a point...

But, when you mention hip slide to most Coaches, they think it's a bad thing....

BlueDog- Do you know what this means? You gave a concession that somebody else might have given a better description. Of course you had to qualify it but I will take it! LOL

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You gave a concession that somebody else might have given a better description.

There's no doubt about it, Ncball.....Your description dwarfed mine....

I have learned from you...I enjoy these discussions and always learn from them....

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Originally posted by BlueDog:
Once the weight begins sfiting during the stride, you shouldn't stop it, IMO....

On a good swing, no good hitter's hips keep moving forward after the front heel plants.

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Originally posted by John YaYa:

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Originally posted by BlueDog:
Once the weight begins sfiting during the stride, you shouldn't stop it, IMO....

On a good swing, no good hitter's hips keep moving forward after the front heel plants.

The back hip will be.

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Weight shift is not only forward....It is also upward....

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Originally posted by powertoallfields:
The back hip will be.

Yes, but the front hip will stop moving forward and then start moving around (which is backwards when viewed from the side).

Semantics

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Originally posted by ncball:
Semantics

Not really.

If you aren't clear about this, people could think that hip slide after the point of contact is a good thing, or at least normal.

YaYa- I agree. My point was that the one guy said back hip still making an "inside move" (my interpretation) and you saying rotating around the front hip. You were agreeing but saying something different.