HITTING A BASEBALL

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HITTING A BASEBALL
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THE STEPS

• KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SWING
• BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE A MECHANICALLY SOUND SWING
• KNOW THE MENTAL SIDE OF HITTING
• HAVE A PLAN, WORK YOUR PLAN

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THESWING MECHANICS
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STANCE

• FEET SHOULDER WIDTH APART
• BACK FOOT SLIGHTLY PIGEON -TOED
• KNEES FLEXED
• KNEES PINCHED/INSIDE FEET
• SLIGHT BEND AT WAIST
• HANDS VISIBLE TO PITCHER
• ELBOWS DOWN/FOREARMS 45
• HANDS AT TOP OF STRIKE ZONE
• HEAD ON FRONT SHOULDER
• EYES LEVEL

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• LAW OF MOTION A BODY AT REST, WILL STAY AT REST
  UNLESS ACTED UPON BY A GREATER FORCE
• DIFFICULT TO HIT WITHOUT IT
• AS A HITTER YOU ARE DANCING WITH THE PITCHER
• HIPS
• HANDS
• FEET

RHYTHYM
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LOADING

• WEIGHT SHIFTS TO 60/40 BALANCE ON REAR LEG
• GOES UP AGAINST, NOT OVER BACK LEG
• TYPES
• LEG LIFT
• TOE TAP
• TOE PUSH
• KNEE TUCK
• ETC.

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STRIDE/HAND SEPERATION

• CONTROLED/COORDINATED ACTION
• AN EXTENSION OF FRONT LOWER LEG, NOT A WEIGHT
  SHIFT
• WEIGHT IS STILL 60/40, 55/45
• TIMED TO PITCHERS VELOCITY ON FB OR YOUR PLAN
  FOR THAT AT BAT
• SHOULD LAND ON BALL OF FRONT FOOT
• FOOT HIP SHOULD BE CLOSED(LESS THAN 45
  DEGREES)
• KNEES STILL INSIDE FEET
• HANDS WALK TO BACK SHOULDER AREA(BAT _at_ BETWEEN 1
  3 OCLOCK)

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LOWER HALF ACTION

• BACK KNEE HIP LEAD INITIAL MOVE TO SWING AT
  THE BALL
• USALLY TIMED TO FRONT HEEL GOING DOWN
• BACK HEEL SHOULD COME UP
• HANDS DO MOVE AT THE BEGINNING, THEY CONNECT TO
  HIPS AFTER INTIAL MOVE BY LOWER HALF
• AMOUNT OF BACK HIP ROTATION DEPENDENT ON WHERE
  THE BALL IS INSIDE/OUTSIDE

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BAT LAG

• POINT AT WHICH KNOB OF THE BAT IS MOVING TOWARDS
  THE BASEBALL BACKOF BARREL IS POINTING AT THE
  CATCHER
• BAT IS LEVEL OR JUST ABOVE HANDS AT THIS POINT
• BOTTOM HAND IS LEADING KNOB TO BALL
• TOP HAND WORKS WHEN THE BOTTOM HAND REACHES THE
  MID-CHEST AREA

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CONTACT

• POINT AT WHICH BAT MEETS BALL
• BAT/BALL COLLISION USUALLY OCCURS EVEN OR AHEAD
  OF FRONT LEG
• GOAL IS TO BE PALM UP/PALM DOWN
• HANDS ABOVE BALL/ BAT BELOW HANDS
• UPPER BODY IS STACKED, NOT FALLING BACK OR
  LEANING FORWARD
• WEIGHT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED 50/50
• FRONT LEG IS FIRMED UP / FOOT CLOSED
• BACK HEEL POINTING UP

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EXTENSION

• TAKES PLACE AFTER YOU HIT THE BALL
• STILL PALM UP/PALM DOWN
• DONT HIT THE BALL, HIT THROUGH IT
• CREATES A LONGER CONTACT AREA
• TOP HAND DOES NOT ROLL OVER UNTIL END OF BAT HAS
  POINTED AT PITCHER
• TOP HAND CAN STAY ON OR RELEASE

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FINISH

• ALSO KNOWN AS THE FOLLOW THROUGH
• SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BALANCED
• BAT BAREL FINISHES AROUND TOP OF SHOULDER
• SLIGHT LEAN BACKWARD POSSIBLE
• BACK HEEL UP

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