Leave that bug alone!

Squish the bug?  What did that bug ever do to you?  Squishing him will have severe consequences, like making it a lot more difficult to hit a baseball.

Lets take a look at what proper footwork looks like at in the major leagues.

Albert Pujols

Ted Williams

What about our 7U players?  We have two players who perfectly launch into a firm front side, and completely unweight their back foot, just like Pujols and Williams!  Can you guess who?  (Ask your son!!)

Notice in the clips above, how much good foward movement these boys have with their back foot!

In the two clips below, you can see a few of our players who are moving BACKWARDS as they swing.  In the first clip, the young man's heel moves so far back it goes out of the frame of the camera.

Similarly, the player below is merely rotating his knee in, and his ankle back, instead of launching into a a firm front side

Instead of squishing a bug with our back foot, which results in backwards movement, and loss of power, let's launch like a rocket into a firm front side!