Stop Striding to Where the Ball is Pitched!
June 19, 2009 by Dave Hudgens
Filed under Baseball Instruction
Many coaches mistakenly tell their players to stride to where the ball is pitched. This is not good advice. In order to be consistent with your approach, you need to stride to the same spot every time. If your timing is going to be correct, your stride food will be down by the time the ball is halfway to home plate.
This must happen in order to execute the proper swing. If you follow poor advice and stride to where the ball is, you will be limiting yourself to that one area and you won’t be able to make adjustments.
Keep your stride short
The Stride should be no longer than 8 inches. If your stride is too long:
- Your weight is going to go too far forward.
- Your hands will come forward prematurely
- Your head will have too much movement
- All of these will make it difficult for you to see the ball clearly, and your bat speed and power will be greatly diminished.
