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Keeping your hands inside the
flight of the ball on the swing is
tremendously important. The hands must
come down and forward simultaneously
while staying inside the ball. Step
with the lead foot while shifting your
weight back to front. When hitting the
ball, you hit the inside pitch in
front of the plate, the middle pitch
at the front of the plate, and the
outside pitch as it is crossing the
plate. When hitting an outside pitch,
your back knee should be pointing
toward Right Field upon completion of
the swing.(Right handed hitter) when
hitting an inside pitch, your back
knee should be pointing toward Left
Center Field upon completion of the
swing. (Right handed hitter) When
hitting a pitch down the middle, your
back knee should be pointing toward
Center Field upon completion of the
swing. (Right handed hitter).
Squishing the bug with your back foot
is a very important part of the swing.
The hands start the swing, then the
lower body interacts (this action is
nearly simultaneous). Squishing the
bug causes a circular action to be
done on the ball of the foot and will
turn the back knee toward the pitcher
and the shoelaces on the back foot
pointing toward the ground. The hands
should finish high in the swing with
the knob of the bat pointing to the
outfield upon completion of the swing.
A great way to think about hitting is
SHORT to LONG. This means that the
arms take a SHORT approach to the ball
and after contact take a LONG follow
through. A good hitter must take the
bat directly to the ball. A lot of
hitters cast when swinging the bat.
Casting is getting the arms extended
prior to contact with the ball.
Contact should be made just PRIOR to
extension. Your head movement during
the swing should be minimal. To
practice this, get in your stance with
your back to the sun. Find your
shadow, and lay your hat down on your
head in the shadow. Proceed to take a
dry swing. The shadow of your head
should still be on the hat when the
swing is finished. The bat should be
swung level and directly to the ball.
After all, the shortest distance
between 2 points is a straight line.
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