Chicago White Sox Academy Head Instructor, Justin Stone, explains the hand positioning and separation at launch. Visit his training blog at elitebaseballtraining.blogspot.com
Chicago White Sox Academy Hitting Drills – Hands at Launch
Written by admin on April 25th, 2010 in Chicago White Sox.
Tags: Academy, Chicago, Drills, Hands, Hitting, launch, White
Great video. Justin, can you speak to toe touch and heel drop. Why is toe touch needed…is it OK to just stride and land on the heel of your stride foot??
cmon justin i want to hear about what you were just about to say when it cut..
really good high level instruction
I agree, most kids hands drop and then they have a loopy no power swing
Most kids I see take their hands too far back and drag the bat through the zone, meaning their back elbow actually gets in front of their hands. The baseball bat needs to be pushed, not pulled.
My son has the opposite problem. His hads go too far back. He grips it too hard with his top hand and his back arm folds back like he lost at armwrestling. this causes him to bar his front arm and now all he can do is hit to right field. I’m trying to teach him to keep his hands by his ear by keeping his lead arm attached to his body, relax his top hand, swing straight off his shoulder, turn his back foot in to prevent over rotation, and try to swing around his neck by squating.
Thanks alot for the response. I dont play baseball but my younger brother has been playing since he was 7 and he is now at the high school level and Ive been trying to help him on whatever he needs and your videos have been very helpful.
It looks like u r taking an excessively long stride. Is that how it should be or is it just becaus u werent specifically
teaching stride at the time
Good stuff. Thanks.