Posted by: Bill Y () on Mon Feb 4 10:17:29 2008

> My son recently attended a hitting clinic at a D1 college. He has always been taught to 'squash the bug' meaning his weight has ended up back, or at least somewhat middle at the end of his swing. But they are teaching to end up on the back toe (looks like a ballerina) which means that the majority of his weight has to end up on his front leg. He is totally confused and so am I. Help!

We would all be better off if the person that coined the phrase "Squash the bug" would have said "get off the bug".Forget trying to squash anything.Just have him explode his hips and his foot will appear as if it "squashed the bug" if they open correctly.There should be little weight on his backside when the hips start.