Back With More - Bat Drag and Weight Transfer

In this video I look at one of our 18U hitters. Maggie Jones, a 2009 graduate from Sanger, Texas hit 4 homeruns during HS ball this season, and Maggie joined our travel ball team this Spring. Looking at Maggie's swing, I think you'll see there is more potential for power than 4 HR's a season. Maggie is really letting her upper body dominate the swing. Using the theory of addition and connection during the swing Maggie is going to be able to really use her lower body to put her bat on plane at the right time, and really use her hips to accelerate her bat head. Check back in a few months and see what we can get out of Maggie to turn her into even more of a prospect at the collegiate level.

With Maggie we will be working on, allowing more weight to come off the back leg, sooner, that will allow her to move into rotation easier. Once the lower body is really doing a nice job, then we'll really see what the upper body can really do during the swing. We try to establish the lower half first, because the habits of the upper body are dictated by the lower body. If the lower body prevents the upper body from working, then we must first fix the lower half so that the upper body can work efficiently. For example. If a hitters lead elbow drops during the swing, I can have her do 10,000 lead arm swings a day, but that will only help if her lower body leads and helps. The first priority for us is always to fix the lower body, and then see what habits our upper body really has when the lower body works well.

Mark Mulvany
Coach@FastpitchTrainer.com