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Written By: Garrett Gordon
Front Shoulder Flying Open During The Swing
As a hitting instructor, I have had many people reach out to me about drills to help their hitters stop spinning off the ball. First, we have to understand why this happens. Secondly, we have to understand how to correct it.
I’ve used various drills for this problem to help hitters. For this issue, I use these two specific “cues” to stop them from spinning off the ball.
Keeping things simple with these two cues will make your hitters more efficient in the cage and on the field.
Flying Open Cue #1- “Back Shoulder to Second Baseman”
Without Rack Bat
- The main goal here is to get hitters to rotate to the ball efficiently.
- Giving hitters a visual and a goal to accomplish will help them feel and understand proper posture and swing path.
- This will help them with the Initial part of their swing. It helps them gain awareness of where their body has to go when the ball is coming.
- Simple cues like this can keep hitters focused on the task at hand. Because of this, they won't worry about mechanics too much.
Flying Open Cue #2- "Front Elbow Up"
- Telling hitters to take their front elbow and arm up versus the front arm pulling across.
- This will help with their direction through the ball.
- Often times hitters will become front side dominant in their swing to do that front arm pulling.
- The drill in this video will help hitters of all ages.
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