Dan Gilligan On Hitting

INTRO

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:57:01 +0000

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 HAWTHORNE NJ

LAUNCH POSITION

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:52:52 +0000

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 HITTER GETS TO THIS POSITION BY THE TIME THE FRONT FOOT DROPS

“LOAD” NEGATIVE MOVE

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:48:56 +0000

YOU MUST GO BACK BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD. WEIGHT GET SHIFTED INTO THE BACK LEG PREPITCH TO SET UP FORWARD MOMENTUM (A POSITIVE MOVE)

”UNLOAD” WEIGHT SHIFT

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:44:59 +0000

THE BACK LEG MUST PUSH THE BODY FROM THE LOAD POSITION INTO THE LAUNCH

HANDS BACK

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:41:53 +0000

AS THE STRIDE FOOT MOVES FORWARD THE HANDS MUST STAY BACK

HIPS LEAD THE HANDS

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:38:35 +0000

IN A PROPER SWING SEQUENCE THE HIPS LEAD THE HANDS TO THE BALL

INSIDE THE BALL

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:39:45 +0000

A HITTER MUST KEEP HIS HANDS IN CLOSE TO THE BODY TO ENSURE STRONG CONTACT AND MAINTAIN CONNECTION IN THE SWING

DIRECT HAND PATH

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:19:34 +0000

THE HANDS MUST FOLLOW THE BACK KNEE IN A DIRECT PATH TOWARDS THE PITCH LOCATION

COMMON MISTAKES ”FALSE START”

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:15:32 +0000

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 PITCHES

DROP-N-ROLL HAND PATH

dangilligan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:20:57 +0000

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 IN THIS COMMON MISTAKE