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With bigger actions you have to start everything pre-stride earlier that is what I meant. However I do agree that having some movement pre-stride can aid with timing once a hitter is comfortable with how their own body moves.I hear this mentioned frequently, but when you think about it, this is backwards. Plus it 'corrects' the wrong problems.
Kids get switched to no stride, or 'smaller actions', generally because they start their stride too late. So, instead of fixing the real problem, they compund it with another problem.
With the 'smaller action', the kid now has no timing mechanism to know when to begin their swing.
This is why the funnel is so harsh, for kids with fatal flaws like this. Every kid should be pushing toward a MLB swing, not away from it.
Hand pumps, leg kicks, etc are just style things.. and that includes no stride. I don't think instructors should teach style. Work with whatever style a kid is comfortable with.