My Signature
Someone asked me what it meant, and when does it happen in the swing.
Allot of new hitters sway over top their back leg when they swing. Sway the whole body. Waist, upper body and arms. Sway back, sway forward and hit.
Howard calls the space between your legs the pyramid. Load inside of leg, go out to toe touch, swing with out going out over top your front leg.
If I have a swayer. I have them load the inside go out to toe touch and rest the bat on their shoulders.
Do that a few times then have them think throwing.
Load inside of leg go out to toe touch and separate your hands straight back like you do when you throw a ball.
That is where the saying is, hips go forward as hands go back.
Like this. It create's a space between hands and back hip.
My daughter below is in a game. She loaded and went out to toe touch. Her weight is either nuetral or 55/45 with a small amout back. Her front knee is bent and weighted some for good rotation.. Her heel is off the ground. The weight is inside on the big toe of the front foot.
Her hands are back, creating that space between her hands and back hip. I like the back elbow up at this point. Level or almost level.
From this point the pitch is coming.
What happens after this is another topic.
Straightleg
Someone asked me what it meant, and when does it happen in the swing.
Allot of new hitters sway over top their back leg when they swing. Sway the whole body. Waist, upper body and arms. Sway back, sway forward and hit.
Howard calls the space between your legs the pyramid. Load inside of leg, go out to toe touch, swing with out going out over top your front leg.
If I have a swayer. I have them load the inside go out to toe touch and rest the bat on their shoulders.
Do that a few times then have them think throwing.
Load inside of leg go out to toe touch and separate your hands straight back like you do when you throw a ball.
That is where the saying is, hips go forward as hands go back.
Like this. It create's a space between hands and back hip.
My daughter below is in a game. She loaded and went out to toe touch. Her weight is either nuetral or 55/45 with a small amout back. Her front knee is bent and weighted some for good rotation.. Her heel is off the ground. The weight is inside on the big toe of the front foot.
Her hands are back, creating that space between her hands and back hip. I like the back elbow up at this point. Level or almost level.
From this point the pitch is coming.
What happens after this is another topic.
Straightleg
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