Stop Hitter From Pulling Their Head Out Before Contact is Even Made

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“Hitter Does NOT Keep Head In During Swing & Pulling Their Head Out Before Contact Is Even Made”

That’s a comment someone made about one of their biggest frustrations with hitting right now.

The above video will fix it! A BIG thank you to Coach Matt Nokes for this!

The following is the bullet point outline to the above video…ENJOY!

Swinging Across Face Drill
In this drill video, we discuss:

1. Define Swinging Across Face v. Chasing Face,
2. Where eyes go, head follows, and where head goes, body follows,
3. Process v. Performance,
4. Over-swinging and control, and
5. Regression-progressions:
   Beginner – Dry and tee swings
   Intermediate – Soft toss and LIVE swings
   Advanced – LIVE swings, 2-plate, random pitch