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Lesson 14: Follow-Through

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New Hitting Mechanics Lesson Series

1 Perfect Swing

3 Stride to Load

4 Correct Stride?

5 Stride and Timing

6 Backside Triggers

7 Loading the Arms

9 Rotational or Linear

11 Optional Arm Action

12 Head-Body Tilt

13 Shoulder Power

14 Follow-Through

15 All Together

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Depending on the school of instruction, and your personal viewpoint, either too little or too much attention has been given to what happens after the contact of bat on ball.

Here are the primary reasons why it's important to pay attention to follow-through...

If the intent is to make contact, then the swing is not going to have as full a follow-through.
If the intent is power, then the swing follow-through is likely harder, farther and faster.

In fact, good instructors will look at follow-through as a way to measure the amount of effort exerted and the amount of bat speed generated through the hitting zone.

We're going to look at both one- and two-hand follow throughs in this lesson, but without saying one is absolutely preferred. For a previous page discussing the finer points of the one-hand release, click here.

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