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This player is working on what we called the dry drill. It was created by Bob Kaiser, Utah Baseball Academy. And it helps the player to be able to feel the sequence, proper sequence of the swing.
Taylor is working on taking a stride. When his front foot makes contact getting his back heel up and beginning rotation with his hips going first, back heel coming off the ground in a forceful action and then his upper body rotate.
The reason we have his arms crossed is, we want to take the hands and arms out of the swing. It is much easier for him to be able to feel the sequence. He does not have to worry about swinging a bat, and we really want to work on this proper sequence here with the lower body leading the way.
Taylor is more of a “tapper”, another word is when he begins his stride, he pulls his front foot back, taps the ground and then goes forward. You will notice when his front foot makes contact, his back heel forcefully comes up off the ground and then his back hip begins to rotate which causes his torso and then his shoulders to continue that rotational skill.
There are two forms of energy in swing. One is linear, when your front foot makes contact that is the slight movement for work. The other is rotational which begins when the back foot comes off the ground in a forceful act and the hip begins to rotate, and the energy is produced then and into the upper body.
A hitter that is working on this particular drill really wants to work on being able to concentrate on the proper sequence. Most hitters will do this drill anywhere between 10 to 20 repetitions. The big point is that they are concentrating on getting the sequence correct. Once their concentration begins to wane, then they should stop.
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