Lead Arm Drill: Set the hands as shown, remove your rear hand, swing from a weight back position by pronating the lead forearm.
Rear Arm Drill: Set the hands as shown, remove your lead hand, swing from a weight back position by supinating the rear forearm.
Stretch N Fire Drill: Side view. This drill helps a hitter learn what a rear hip/leg load feels like. Stretch will be felt in the groin area and in the lower rear arch of the back when done correctly. Of equal importance is the 'feel' of the rear hip pulling instead of pushing as the whip develops.
Stretch N Fire Drill: Front view. This drill helps a hitter learn what a rear hip/leg load feels like. Stretch will be felt in the groin area and in the lower rear arch of the back when done correctly. Of equal importance is the 'feel' of the rear hip pulling instead of pushing as the whip develops.
One Legged Drill: The high level swing feels like it is launched from a heavily weighted rear leg and an unweighted front leg. Video will show the front leg is down but because it bears little weight until AFTER 'GO', it feels like it is unweighted at 'GO'. If you play it frame by frame, you can see the rear hip has launched before the front leg weights.
Alternate Drill: The Insider Bat is an excellent tool for teaching the hand pivot point. When you pick one up you instinctively know you will turn the barrel to hit the ball. It is very light and is a good muscle memory tool. We take several swings with it to develop this muscle memory. Then we alternate between the Insider Bat and our regular bat, with the goal being to keep the tight turning radius, with the vertical rear forearm, and the pinched bicep. This drill will show strength deficiencies, and expose the need for forearm strength training. There is a reason why MLB players have tremendous forearm strength.
