Follow Through Page 1 of 2 The follow through takes us from the contact point with the ball to the natural ending of the swing. It involves the continuation of all the rotation taking place in … [Read more...]
11 of 12 – Guiding Action of the Hands (text)
Launch Phase The bat-head is the recipient of all the centrifugal force created in the body due to the rotation of the hips and spine along with the pushing and pulling action of the shoulders and … [Read more...]
10 of 12 – Pushing & Pulling Action of Arms & Shoulders (text)
Launch Phase Page 1 of 2 The pushing and pulling action of the arms and shoulders refers to the individual movements that each arm and shoulder produce on the bat handle through their respective … [Read more...]
9 of 12 – Forward Rotation of the Spine (text)
Launch Phase The forward rotation of the spine refers to the direction and movement that takes place in the upper body during the launching phase, which is forward, toward the pitcher. See Figure … [Read more...]
8 of 12 – Opening of the Hips (text)
Launch Phase Opening of the hips refers to the direction and movement that both hips turn, and eventually end up facing, when making contact with the ball which is forward, toward the pitcher, as … [Read more...]
7 of 12 – Continuation of the Timing Step (text)
Launch Phase The launching phase takes us from the end of the loading phase to the contact point with the ball and it consists of 5 noticeable movements: 1) the continuation of the timing step, 2) … [Read more...]
6B of 12 – The Timing Mechanism (text)
Timing Mechanism The timing mechanism is defined as your ability to know when to initiate the transition from the loading phase into the launching phase so that should you decide to swing, you will … [Read more...]
5 of 12 – Cocking of the Hips (text)
Load Phase Cocking of the hips refers to the backward rotation of the hips away from the pitcher and toward the catcher, and as just mentioned in the previous section regarding the beginning of the … [Read more...]
4 of 12 – Beginning of the Timing Step (text)
Load Phase Immediately after the spine begins to rotate back toward the catcher, a short timing step with the front left leg begins to occur as seen from across home plate in Figure 2-21. In … [Read more...]
3 of 12 – Backward Rotation of Spine (text)
Load Phase Picking up where we left off in the last section (Part 2 of 12), where the shoulders and arms were moving backward, we also have at the same time muscles contracting along the spine to … [Read more...]
