Posted by: The Hitman (ahsnumber3@aol.com) on Sun Apr 21 13:18:09 2002

My son's coaches keep telling him not to "walk up on the back foot". As he rotates he comes up on his toes on his back foot. They keep telling him this is wrong and to stay back and rotate on the ball of his back foot.
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> > > Yet when I look at clips in Setpro and at the fram by frame on this site they all seem to "walk up, or are pretty high on their back toes.
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> > > Can someone explain what's right?
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> > > Pete
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> > Hey Pete
> > You are right . On an ideal swing you would want to get up on your toes, that is a sign of good rotation, and good extension. Thats why you don't see any great hitters "squasing the bug" they simply don't get enough weight to the front leg, so as long as you get enough weight to your front leg after the stride, then you should come up on you toes naturally though. But don't over do it, once your stride foot lands you must rotate around a stationary axis.
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> Thanks Hitman. I have a follow up question if I may just to make sure I understand. Is most of your weight on the front leg as you rotate? Or are you relatively balanced with maybe slight emphasis on the front side. This may be a redundant question but I want to be sure.
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> Appreciate it.
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> Pete
Hey Pete
By looking at some good hitters, when the front heel lands, the back heel comes off the ground, as they are now on the ball of their back foot. This should give you an idea of how much weight is on your front leg and back leg.
The Hitman