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To stride or not to stride?

Discussion in 'Softball Forum' started by chachacha, May 18, 2010.

  1. May 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM #1
    chachacha

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    OK hitting gurus...if you were teaching 10U girls how to hit would you teach them to take a small stride, pick up the stride foot and just put it down, or no stride at all?
     
  2. May 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM #2
    cheeze105

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    i will reserve my opinion on that one, but i saw something amazing to me this last weekend. a coach teaching girls to swing the bat with their hands a good six inches apart??????

    oh, by the way, i'm old school, lift your foot up and step forward no more than the width of your heel 2-3" just enough to get your hips and body in motion.
     
  3. May 18, 2010 at 9:19 PM #3
    TIGERWALK

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    No Stride

    I'm teaching my 10U daughter no stride. Heel up to load and heel plant to swing. I'm of the less movement the better school.
     
  4. May 19, 2010 at 9:29 PM #4
    PhoenixPhan

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    helpful hint

    I'm not advocating either method, but I will pass this "adjustment hint" along...back when I coached HS baseball with the legendary "Rabbit" and we faced the great Brien Taylor (throwing his 98mph fastball), we worked on hitting with no stride. We even took BP that week using no stride. Therefore, if you ever face a pitcher that is throwing heat or if you simply can't get your timing down, try spreading your feet a little further apart and hit with no stride. Props to the "Rabbit" and his fine teams!
     
  5. May 19, 2010 at 10:02 PM #5
    marlinfan1

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    Teach the proper fundamentals of a swing and stick with them period.

    I play golf,....wait, I used to play golf, ALOT, and one thing I do know is that no matter what club you swing, with the obvious exception of wedges, your swing will be prtty much the same, and the change you make is where to play the ball in your stance.

    If a batter uses this method by moving up or back in the box, and the ball was on a tee then OK,....but, the ball is moving up, down in, out and off speed as well. So in my opinion, I'd go with teaching what my dad taught and many others have taught as well......use the proper weighted bat, use the proper mechanics of a swing, and if you need to generate power by striding some, then keep your head still.

    Hope Rush, Freshman pitcher of the year in the ACC, GT, has a long stride and hits the ball along way!
    If a short stride is what allows a batter to get their hands in the zone and catch up to the fast stuff and it results in a looper or a simple bleeding ground out then "it ain't working".

    Teach kids at an early age the proper techniques of a swing and let them make their way striding, or shortening their stride, or no stride out all on their own terms and when they feel like they are comfortable hitting, period.
    JMO

    Fishman

    BTW, many years ago in college the hitting guru, Charlie Lau, (spellcheck) google that name kids, taught this very technique of short or no stride, closed stance and swing over the plate and not out front of the plate.

    George Brett was the poster child of this type of batting gig.

    Good luck.
     

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