COACH LESSON 7 OF 16 • LAUNCH
Lesson 7: Teaching the Launch: Letting Go of the Arrow
From the Swing Structure Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 7: Letting Go of the Arrow: The Launch.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters can fire legs, hips, torso, then arms in order, with the hips opening before the shoulders and the back elbow connecting toward the torso, and you can see it on video from the open side at 50% and at 85%.
About 30 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“Separate to load. Connect to attack. Let it go, don’t throw it.” Everything so far drew the bow. The launch is letting go of the arrow. You don’t throw an arrow;…
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