following thru...letting go

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22justin82

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Any good ways to practice letting go and following thru at the end of your swing. I have a hard time doing it and it stops my swing at my front shoulder.
 
doG

doG

dabz
There are a few videos in the media section posted by Ken07 that might help if you do a little searching. It would be really hard for anyone here to tell you what may help without seeing your swing.
 
Pete D

Pete D

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It's easier with the overlap grip.....I probably do it 90%+ of the time - easier when pulling the ball but can be built into all swings except oppo down the line.....
 
015reddog

015reddog

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When you are sitting around at home, go outside and take your bat with you. Go through your swing from start to finish slowly and repeatedly, letting go of the bat with the top hand and following through with the bottom hand. Keep doing this in your spare time to create muscle memory. You will start doing it in bp eventually. This is what I was told to do. It is starting to work.
 
swingnmiss

swingnmiss

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Loose grip with the top hand.............And use your top hand to push on your bottom hand...The hand will fall off all on it's own.
 
swingnmiss

swingnmiss

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The straighter your bat path is to the ball............The more likely your top hand will fall off naturally......The more rotational and circular....The less likely it's bound to happen.
 
ddoubler

ddoubler

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If you love it let it go... If it comes back then it's true...if not it was never yours.

What I know about letting go
 
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22justin82

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I guess when I try it I feel like I'm going to launch the bat causing me to dribble the ball down 1st base line for some reason. Even when I do it in bp I tighten up right before contact
 
chrometip78

chrometip78

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doG said:
There are a few videos in the media section posted by Ken07 that might help if you do a little searching. It would be really hard for anyone here to tell you what may help without seeing your swing.
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^These will provide a lot of info for fully breaking down and rebuilding your swing.

swingnmiss said:
Loose grip with the top hand.............And use your top hand to push on your bottom hand...The hand will fall off all on it's own.
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swingnmiss said:
The straighter your bat path is to the ball............The more likely your top hand will fall off naturally......The more rotational and circular....The less likely it's bound to happen.
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^These 2 pack the most helpful info in tue least amount of words you'll get. Do it right and you'll see immediate difference.

Loose grip top hand - top hand pushes bottom hand - straight path to ball
 
Man of Steele

Man of Steele

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which one do you get more distance with ? I was always told both hands through the zone. Hit bat if possible on your back ?
 
swingnmiss

swingnmiss

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Man of Steele said:
which one do you get more distance with ? I was always told both hands through the zone. Hit bat if possible on your back ?
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Of course you should have both hands on the bat or still have your top hand on the bottom hand using the overlap at contact..............But, once your upper body starts to decelerate, you'll then get fully extended with the arms (The arms should be front arm fairly straight and back arm in "Power L" at contact, so you can push with top hand), the top hand should fall off normally. If you take a straight path to the ball, it should actually be extremely hard to keep your top hand on the bat at this point........What you describe takes place in a very rotational swing Affective for baseball and not so affective for softball, because the ball brings you no power. To see examples of this look at swings of Adrien Gonzalez and Adrien Beltre.......You'll see that Gonzalez is linear and Beltre is rotational. Gonzalez straight path to the ball and Beltre a circular path to the ball.......Their follow through is a direct result of this.
 
swingnmiss

swingnmiss

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How is looking at a swing, going to tell you the intricate mechanics of a swing? Or, what the intent is in that swing?
 
swingnmiss

swingnmiss

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saint said:
You forget not everyone see's that. You're talking to 1% of the people.
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Good point......He's asking for advice on it and he's told to look at Ken Griffey Jr.s swing.......But, not telling him why it's happening for Griffey, or how to mechanically change to have it happen for him. Just makes no sense.
 
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swingnmiss said:
Of course you should have both hands on the bat or still have your top hand on the bottom hand using the overlap at contact..............But, once your upper body starts to decelerate, you'll then get fully extended with the arms (The arms should be front arm fairly straight and back arm in "Power L" at contact, so you can push with top hand), the top hand should fall off normally. If you take a straight path to the ball, it should actually be extremely hard to keep your top hand on the bat at this point........What you describe takes place in a very rotational swing Affective for baseball and not so affective for softball, because the ball brings you no power. To see examples of this look at swings of Adrien Gonzalez and Adrien Beltre.......You'll see that Gonzalez is linear and Beltre is rotational. Gonzalez straight path to the ball and Beltre a circular path to the ball.......Their follow through is a direct result of this.
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How do I make sure that my swing is taking a straight path? what can I do to work on this? How can I tell now if my swing is too rotational and how can I change this? What are the signs that I'm doing this correct or not?
Any videos?
 
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