Power Hitting Masterclass Part 4: Power and Range Hitting

Power Hitting Masterclass
Part Four - Power and Range Hitting

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This series of videos was filmed at our masterclass sessions held in 2023. We covered 4 topics over 4 weeks and each topic is split into a number of sections. Here’s power hitting part four.

Clearing the front leg is a well known concept but its not quite as simple as it sounds. Yes we need to get the front leg out the way so we can swing along the body naturally towards mid wicket or mid on. This keeps us aligned whilst using maximum power but if the foot opens up we lose the coil in the hips and all that power is lost. Clear the leg but keep the toes pointing to the offside to engage the hip and use the power
Energy comes from the ground up, the positions we’ve covered allow us to use as much of that energy as possible and transfer it into the ball

We did two resistance band exercises, one on the back hip and one on the front. The extra resistance helps the player get a feeling for the positions and the timing of hip release
Using a couple of aids from baseball, a high batting tee and a target we had specially made, the players practised hitting precise targets with a range of different shots off the tee

At the start of the session we took the players out into the middle for some range hitting using a FeedBuddy. We measured each player’s longest hit. We repeated this at the end of the session having done all the drills you’ve hopefully now seen. Every player improved their maximum distance and continued use of these drills would see further improvement

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