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    Letting go of top hand ?

    I am glad that you hit on the fact of rotation of the hips, this is something that when watching great hitters on video I have gone back and forth on due to the fact that it is a violent rotation but is it is pure rotation or does some wieght still move forward. I as all coaches is still trying...
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    Letting go of top hand ?

    I agree that many hitters do release after contact and it is ok. The only problem I have with teaching one hand finish is the fact with younger hitters they sometimes do not do it correctly. I believe some coaches teach the one handed finish to try and fix problems that are happening much...
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    Letting go of top hand ?

    I will answer that in two ways for one if I were to run I would be much faster on two legs than one. Having two hands on the bat through zone is fast using one. Now I know that can be agrued, but when doing so remember I am saying that through contact or hitting zone not after. I work with my...
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    great infield drills

    Feet work is key another video that shows feet work, it is only part I can not figure out how to show the whole thing but you will get the idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da6jFUatfq4
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    Training with Wooden Bat

    Many baseball teams will practice with wooden bats. I have used them with select softball players simply because of the the wieght and the sie of the barrel. Many hitters have a problem with dropping off the backside of their swing and with extra wieght in the barrel will make this problem...
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    Correcting slotted swing path, through "Location Progressions"

    Another twist to this is once they know the locations by numbers then give themm situations, like 3-1 count and if you say a location that they do not hit well then they should not swing. Or say runner is stealing and see if they should swing, then to keep them on their toes say hit and run and...
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    Letting go of top hand ?

    hitter I know that many times as coaches we lay out in our heads what a swing should look like, and there are a few steps that cannot be agrued, the basic steps to the swing, but there are a few things that are agrued to no end that really in my opinion do not matter and one of them is to end...
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    Check Abby's Swing

    MountieSB is right on, put it in words better than me but has hit the nail on the head. Well said.
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    Ideas

    I help run a website to help coaches with drills, www. gaptogapsoftball. com. We have been discussing on producing some more videos but cannot decide which topic to hit next. I think a workout a video would be a nice addition and some things on the bunting game, but we would love to hear from...
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    Letting go of top hand ?

    They key for me is make sure they are not releasing to early or slowing batspeed preparing to let go. This is when video is key to pinpoint what is goin on.
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    Is there a difference in a baseball swing and fastpitch swing?

    Great video side by side, I wish more softball coaches would see this.
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    followthru

    Video What you need to do is video her swing and slow mo it and figure out if she is slowing her bat speed down to raise her hands up above the shoulder. I call it a fake a finish were they will actually slow down their bat speed to finish in a certain position. The problem with that is many...
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    Check Abby's Swing

    She looks like a pretty good young hitter. I would move her to a more stronger starting position. I would have her back elbow up a little to make it easier to get seperation fro her body. For me I really try to get my girls to use their backsides after their negative move to a strong positive...
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    Is there a difference in a baseball swing and fastpitch swing?

    I do not think there is a difference between the two. The bottom line is you are trying to hit something round with something round. The big difference to me is that in baseball for the most part you are only dealing with balls moving downward, and for righty vs righty, balls moving away. In...
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    I am a coach, I also help run a website Gap to Gap Softball--Softball videos, softball drills...

    I am a coach, I also help run a website Gap to Gap Softball--Softball videos, softball drills, and softball tips for coaches and players
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