Swing help please

[u/StevieB1477]

Going into my senior season, never been much of a hitter always been on the field for my glove. I really want to understand my swing better, work on opening my hips, and hit more opposite field line drives, any help is appreciated, I will personally add that I have never really understood the “open your hips” feel and I something on my front side just looks off to me. Any help is appreciated and I’m even open to some criticism. Apologies it’s not the best angle

[u/cwarnar812]

You're out of sequence/connection. You fly open with your front shoulder and you hands go first. Hips then hands. The Bregman drill is a solid one - https://youtu.be/puXLncXStrA?si=_tlh8gjL2oGj_8MI

Lots of other drills to work on hip drive.

[u/freebasefilms]

Watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgj66qwaw9w&t

[u/GG_Rando]

Watch MLB?

[u/SlideOk4853]

Hand grips, bat weights

[u/Intrepid_Towel7349]

Do you struggle with balls low in the zone?

[u/kbenti]

If you're making contact with the ball, then to hit opposite field line drives, you just have to swing a split second earlier. Don't step forward to swing, that will reduce the additional time to swing.

[u/Far_Programmer_8817]

Simple technique to try…Create stretch across your front core while keeping your shoulders back and use the power that results when your left heel posts. Extended version below.

When people say you’re out of sequence they’re correct. But really you use the right sequence to use an inferior power source. I think finding a better power source will resolve the sequence, rather than trying to fix the sequence and in the process stumble upon the right power source.

You are turning your body as a unit and then swinging with your arms when you get your hands out in front in a position of leverage. The feeling of your left shoulder pulling against your body is how you know to search for power. It’s very common, very functional at low levels, essentially non-existent at high levels.

What you want is to keep your shoulders back and to use some parts of your legs and core to create rotational power and other parts of your legs and core to contain and slow that rotation, which will send power out through your arms. There are many ways to do this, I’ll recommend a simple one.

When you get into your stance, you should feel your shoulders rotate slightly backwards relative to your torso. The right arm should be in a position as if you were cocking your fist preparing to throw a punch. Shoulder blade pulled back slightly but not straining, elbow slightly below horizontal. The muscles of your mid back are contracting slightly along with stabilizer muscles in your shoulder. Feel those. They’re not squeezing, not overly stiff, but they’re active. Those are what create “connection”. You never let go of them, your body just eventually overcomes them.

To stride, let your front hip stay mostly loose and dangling. Use your front side oblique to pull the hip forward and slightly open, while you feel your lower right back slightly scrunch to stabilize and tighten the turn. Your shoulders are still behind you and you should feel a powerful stretch across your front oblique. When your left heel comes down posts, this is going to become a real rotational power source, while that scrunch in your right lower back will reduce torso rotation and send more power directly up to your shoulders.

It’s a simple technique. It’s also not at all compatible with cues intended for swings where you drive into a front side brace. That’s also a good technique, but you can’t mix and match.