| Working From the Ground Up |
Much of the content on this page can be found spread throughout the other
pages on the site. However, I thought I would take bits and pieces of content to
create this page. This particular page puts together the movements of a solid
swing into a sequence.
If you've read some of my other pages, you are probably aware that our energy is
drawn from the ground before being distributed to the baseball. However, due to
all of the possible movements that our bodies are capable of making, sometime
much of that energy is released ahead of time. Once this happens, we can not
get it back.
Let's take a look the concept of energy from capture to release.
1) Capture- Our energy is captured from the ground during our
loading phase. A proper weight transfer of our lower
half will allow the energy to be drawn and stored
momentarily on our back side in chamber-like
fashion.
2) Storage- The energy is now stored momentarily while pitch
recognition takes place. Keeping this energy stored
is as simple as staying in a cocked and loaded
position without any premature movements such as
head movement, diving out over the plate or
lunging forward. All three of these movement will
cause this energy to be released prematurely.
3) Distribution- This is the phase where our energy is either
applied properly to and through the baseball or
lost somewhere along the line. This energy
should be distributed from the ground up.
A hitter needs to create torque to allow this
energy to be distributed properly. In order to
create torque, there needs to be a momentary
separation of the lower half and the upper half.
This separation occurs in the following manner:
1) Back heel lifts causing pressure on the inside ball of the back
foot. While this occurs, the front leg remains stiff to counter this
pressure.
2) Back knee is driven in toward the mid-line of the body. At this
point, the separation has occurred. The lower half has launched
while the hands have remained loaded. Your body is now in a
sense, coiled.
3) Next, we need to uncoil by launching our rear hip and hands.
When doing this, be sure that the rear hip, hands and rear
shoulder stay connected, or in line with one-another. This is
what allows us to distribute our energy through the baseball.
Losing that connection will cause some of that energy to "leak"
out.
The lower half clearing itself will allow the hitter to work his
hands inside the baseball. It also allows him to keep the
bat-head through the hitting zone until extension ceases. This
is where roll over will then take place.
pages on the site. However, I thought I would take bits and pieces of content to
create this page. This particular page puts together the movements of a solid
swing into a sequence.
If you've read some of my other pages, you are probably aware that our energy is
drawn from the ground before being distributed to the baseball. However, due to
all of the possible movements that our bodies are capable of making, sometime
much of that energy is released ahead of time. Once this happens, we can not
get it back.
Let's take a look the concept of energy from capture to release.
1) Capture- Our energy is captured from the ground during our
loading phase. A proper weight transfer of our lower
half will allow the energy to be drawn and stored
momentarily on our back side in chamber-like
fashion.
2) Storage- The energy is now stored momentarily while pitch
recognition takes place. Keeping this energy stored
is as simple as staying in a cocked and loaded
position without any premature movements such as
head movement, diving out over the plate or
lunging forward. All three of these movement will
cause this energy to be released prematurely.
3) Distribution- This is the phase where our energy is either
applied properly to and through the baseball or
lost somewhere along the line. This energy
should be distributed from the ground up.
A hitter needs to create torque to allow this
energy to be distributed properly. In order to
create torque, there needs to be a momentary
separation of the lower half and the upper half.
This separation occurs in the following manner:
1) Back heel lifts causing pressure on the inside ball of the back
foot. While this occurs, the front leg remains stiff to counter this
pressure.
2) Back knee is driven in toward the mid-line of the body. At this
point, the separation has occurred. The lower half has launched
while the hands have remained loaded. Your body is now in a
sense, coiled.
3) Next, we need to uncoil by launching our rear hip and hands.
When doing this, be sure that the rear hip, hands and rear
shoulder stay connected, or in line with one-another. This is
what allows us to distribute our energy through the baseball.
Losing that connection will cause some of that energy to "leak"
out.
The lower half clearing itself will allow the hitter to work his
hands inside the baseball. It also allows him to keep the
bat-head through the hitting zone until extension ceases. This
is where roll over will then take place.
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