Welcome to Day 2 of the Coil Challenge!

Today we're covering two things:

1. Why the Hip Hinge is important & how to do it.

2. The Tee Prop Drill.

Why is the Hip Hinge Important?

There are two main reasons the hip hinge is important in your swing. 

The first reason is because it gives you the ability to adjust to pitch height.

Standing too tall (aka no hip hinge) makes it nearly impossible to adjust to a low pitch without your swing breaking down. 

The second reason is because it allows you to create space in your swing to deliver the barrel through the zone. 

Standing too tall or having too much posture makes your bat path incredibly one dimensional.

Hitting is hard enough, let's at least give ourselves a chance.

How to do the Hip Hinge:

If you want to properly do the Hip Hinge move in your swing, make sure you're loading into your heel.

This is going to push your butt back and give you posture over home plate - the key to creating that adjustability and space that we talked about. 

You'll also engage your posterior chain - the stronger muscles in your body - to become the engine of your swing.

How to do the Tee Prop Drill:

Put one tee where you normally would when you're taking swings.

Put the second tee (or something you can stand up behind you) about a foot behind your front foot in your stance. 

When you pick up your front foot, load into your heel so that your butt goes back and your chest gets over your toes.

When you start to move forward to hit the ball, you should touch the tee with your butt.

This will make sure that your loading into your posterior chain, getting posture over your toes, and doing the hip hinge correctly. 

Stay tuned for tomorrow

Tomorrow we talk about the hip coil and the Open 45 Variation Drill.

See you then!

- Coach Dan, +PWR Training

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