My teammate with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers, Craig Council, used to have one of the strangest stances. Guess he's modified it now, but he used to stand up there, his hands pointed so high. He was standing as tall as he could and then he'd come down, and then he'd go back up. They were all reminders for him. They'd remind him different things. Keep his hands up, be flexed, who knows. He was doing such a lot of things up there it became so ackward and if you asked him, he'd be the first to tell you, it was exhausting.
So when we wish to select a position. When were in the box we want to find a baseball hitting stance that's comfortable. We've discussed where we should be in the box, but where should our body be. We aren't going to discuss the head and our hands in this segment. We are going to talk about our body. We want to begin with an athletic position. Well what's an athletic position? Use this as a guide. When you get in your stance, are your knee's flexed? Could you jump from this position or would your knees have to bend more to leap. So get in an athletic position and jump.
Now where you find yourself now is going to be your athletic stance. We really need to have a little movement in our knees. We do not have to be down here and we do not want to be standing straight up tall. We wish to have a little flex in our knees. We also want to be certain our front shoulder, our chest, our knees and our feet are all square to home plate. We don't really want to be turned too far this way. We do not wish to be closed off too far this way. We wish to basically be square. We have this line right here. We would like to basically follow this line with our chest, our knees, our feet. From this position, we're going to give ourselves the best opportunity to succeed.
Use caution with your chest. Leaning over too far is going to change the workings of your swing. We want to have our chest fundamentally stacked up underneath us. I'm in a pleasant robust position right here. My weight is fundamentally distributed 50/50, so half my weight is on both my legs. We want to be somewhere between 50/50 and 60/40, where there's a little bit more weight on the back foot. We need to be in a pleasant comfortable position like this before we get started. We all know where we want to be in the box. But we received a good position. We really need to have a firm base under us.
Additionally , confirm we mostly wish to keep the weight on the inside part of our feet. We don't want weight on the outside part of our feet. That's going to cause issues. It may cause tipping over, so keep the weight on the inside balls of our feet. Spread those feet out a little bit. Nice firm foundation. We usually need a strong foundation. We are balanced, our chest is stacked, our legs are under us, were snug. So next time you get in the box, get a good position, get an athletic position. Be snug up there. We are hitters, we are on the point of going to war, and have an enjoyable game.
So when we wish to select a position. When were in the box we want to find a baseball hitting stance that's comfortable. We've discussed where we should be in the box, but where should our body be. We aren't going to discuss the head and our hands in this segment. We are going to talk about our body. We want to begin with an athletic position. Well what's an athletic position? Use this as a guide. When you get in your stance, are your knee's flexed? Could you jump from this position or would your knees have to bend more to leap. So get in an athletic position and jump.
Now where you find yourself now is going to be your athletic stance. We really need to have a little movement in our knees. We do not have to be down here and we do not want to be standing straight up tall. We wish to have a little flex in our knees. We also want to be certain our front shoulder, our chest, our knees and our feet are all square to home plate. We don't really want to be turned too far this way. We do not wish to be closed off too far this way. We wish to basically be square. We have this line right here. We would like to basically follow this line with our chest, our knees, our feet. From this position, we're going to give ourselves the best opportunity to succeed.
Use caution with your chest. Leaning over too far is going to change the workings of your swing. We want to have our chest fundamentally stacked up underneath us. I'm in a pleasant robust position right here. My weight is fundamentally distributed 50/50, so half my weight is on both my legs. We want to be somewhere between 50/50 and 60/40, where there's a little bit more weight on the back foot. We need to be in a pleasant comfortable position like this before we get started. We all know where we want to be in the box. But we received a good position. We really need to have a firm base under us.
Additionally , confirm we mostly wish to keep the weight on the inside part of our feet. We don't want weight on the outside part of our feet. That's going to cause issues. It may cause tipping over, so keep the weight on the inside balls of our feet. Spread those feet out a little bit. Nice firm foundation. We usually need a strong foundation. We are balanced, our chest is stacked, our legs are under us, were snug. So next time you get in the box, get a good position, get an athletic position. Be snug up there. We are hitters, we are on the point of going to war, and have an enjoyable game.
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Kevin Holmes is a baseball coach who uses hitting drills from customised baseball video tutorials.
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