Posted by: Mark (bigfly99@hotmail.com) on Fri May 20 14:46:25 2005

> > I have this problem with starting my swing before my front foot plants and i'm swinging the bat out away from my body. I can't seem to counter rotate and get my front foot down first. Any suggestions on how to correct this. Thank you if you can help me.
> what i would suggest is to get rid of your timing step and maybe just lift up your heel instead to time the pitch coming in. http://www.beabetterhitter.com/real_video/readytohit.ram
> its a good drill just to separate the point between getting ready to hit and actually swinging the bat. try it on a tee by yourslef

Thank you for your reply. I watched the video and it was very helpful. With some practice I feel it will improve my hitting.