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How To Play Softball: Let Go's

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How To Play Softball: Let Go's

Let Go's. You will need a partner here and some kind of a belt or just hold on in the back of the pants. Fall forward with good posture. Keep your head up. Pause for a couple seconds then drop him and let him go and do an explosive sprint. Gravity helps to pull forward for explosive acceleration. Use good run technique. Knee up in front of the body. Heel up under the hamstring. Toes pulled up toward the shins. Cock and load that foot so you will step down to the ground with greater force. These are great reactive explosive sprints. Our distance is 10 yards. We want to go down and back is one repetition. Do three sets of three repetitions. Softball is a game of pure acceleration. You never hit top speed. Force greater acceleration by stepping down to the ground and driving the body forward. Now let's do our let go's with a little bit of resistance. Fall the athlete forward so we get the same starting position as last time, then explode into a full sprint after 3-4 steps let him go. This is like pull and back on a slingshot and fire him out. We want to get a little extra muscle recruitment followed by an explosive release so that muscle energy. Be aggressive. Good technique, explosive acceleration. Be aggressive, step down to the ground. Drive those elbows back. Down and back is one repetition. Do three sets of five repetitions.

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Let Go's. You will need a partner here and some kind of a belt or just hold on in the back of the pants. Fall forward with good posture. Keep your head up. Pause for a couple seconds then drop him and let him go and do an explosive sprint. Gravity helps to pull forward for explosive acceleration. Use good run technique. Knee up in front of the body. Heel up under the hamstring. Toes pulled up toward the shins. Cock and load that foot so you will step down to the ground with greater force. These are great reactive explosive sprints. Our distance is 10 yards. We want to go down and back is one repetition. Do three sets of three repetitions. Softball is a game of pure acceleration. You never hit top speed. Force greater acceleration by stepping down to the ground and driving the body forward.

Now let's do our let go's with a little bit of resistance. Fall the athlete forward so we get the same starting position as last time, then explode into a full sprint after 3-4 steps let him go. This is like pull and back on a slingshot and fire him out. We want to get a little extra muscle recruitment followed by an explosive release so that muscle energy. Be aggressive. Good technique, explosive acceleration. Be aggressive, step down to the ground. Drive those elbows back. Down and back is one repetition. Do three sets of five repetitions.

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