no-stride... I need some help here

Hi David,

I can see some merits to using the no stride approach with a struggling hitter. We've used it on our team with a player who would step in the bucket or back out of the box on every pitch after he was hit by a pitch. We taught him not to move his feet(no weight shift at all) to keep him in the box. After he would stay in the box and swing and he was beginning to make contact again, we had him incorporate the weight shift with no stride back into his swing. The next step will be allowing him to use his stride again.

I would NEVER have a successful weight shift or rotational style hitter who uses a stride
convert to a no stride approach. I would reserve it for hitters who are struggling with "putting it all together" and getting the upper body to coordinate with the lower body.

There are many great hitters who use a weight shift while getting their hands into the launch position who take a very short stride or none at all, just lifting the front foot up and putting it back down in the same place. But they get their hands back and up into the launch position while shifting their weight back and then forward. As long as you are doing these things a stride is really not neccessary. When teaching a stride I prefer to teach as short of one as possible, concentrating more on getting into launch position, weight shift, hip rotation, and bat speed to gain power in the swing.

Kathy
ps-My son's Solohitter has been a great addition to our baseball practice at home. Thanks for recommending it. My son bats in the 3 spot this year and Sunday he hit a 2 outs, bases loaded triple to clinch the game.
BTW-how were those Turboslot batting gloves you ordered? We have a player on our team who I can't get him to hold his bat in his fingers - he keeps jamming it back into his palm. Should I recommend the Turboslots to his parents?