Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Re: striding towards plate (getting jammed)

Posted by: Chris O'Leary (chris@chrisoleary.com) on Mon Apr 16 07:49:25 2007

"I feel as though I am striding too much towards the plate rather then straight towards the pitcher. Anything I can do to help get rid of this terrible habit??"

How much do you stride? Why do you stride at all?

Many great hitters (e.g. Albert Pujols) take little to no stride. Instead, they just shift their weight to power the rotation of their hips.

Followups:

Re: Re: striding towards plate (getting jammed) Teacherman [ Tue Apr 17 07:54:29 2007 ]

Post a followup:

Name:

E-mail:

Subject:

Text:
> "I feel as though I am striding too much towards the plate rather then straight towards the pitcher. Anything I can do to help get rid of this terrible habit??" > > How much do you stride? Why do you stride at all? > > Many great hitters (e.g. Albert Pujols) take little to no stride. Instead, they just shift their weight to power the rotation of their hips.

Anti-Spambot Question:

This is known as hitting for the cycle in a game?
   Single, double, triple, homerun
   Four singles
   Three homeruns
   Three stikeouts

[ SiteMap ]