INTRO...
AN INRO TO DAN GILLIGAN A FORMER PRO PLAYER, ALL AMERICAN, COLLEGE COACH, PRO SCOUT, AND CURRENTLY HITTING COACH AT THE PROPLAYER/AKADEMA TRAINING FACILITY IN ...
LAUNCH POSITION...
BY THE TIME THE FRONT FOOT DROPS THE BODY NEEDS TO BE IN POSITION TO ATTACK THE PITCH. REGARDLESS OF STYLE AND STANCE EVERY PRO ...
“LOAD” N...
YOU MUST GO BACK BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD. WEIGHT GET SHIFTED INTO THE BACK LEG PREPITCH TO SET UP FORWARD MOMENTUM (A POSITIVE MOVE)
INSIDE THE BALL...
A HITTER MUST KEEP HIS HANDS IN CLOSE TO THE BODY TO ENSURE STRONG CONTACT AND MAINTAIN CONNECTION IN THE SWING
COMMON MISTAKES R...
IN THS COMMON MISTAKE THE HANDS WILL MOVE FORWARD BEFORE THE FRONT FOOT LANDS, MAKING THIS HITTER LOOSE ALL POWER AND VULNERABLE TO OFF SPEED ...
DROP-N-ROLL HAND PAT...
EARLY BARREL MOVEMENT CAUSES THE BAT HEAD TO DROP BELOW THE HANDS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE SWING, MAKING THE HANDS MALFUNCTION INTO CONTACT ...
