Video: Positioning the Feet to Hit a Baseball

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Where do your feet go as a baseball player in a batter's box? Learn about batting stances and how to prepare to hit a baseball in this free video lesson.

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Today we are going to talk about the basics of a swing and creating a solid base. Now when you're creating a solid base, what you want to do is, first start out, keep your feet a little bit wider than shoulder width apart. As you see mine are maybe 3 - 4 inches on each side, outside of my shoulders. This enables you to have free movement of your hips, of your legs, things like that. Now when we're going to come to, whether it's an open stance, a closed stance, straight away, it's more of a personal preference, it really does not have a lot of discrimination as to how good of a hitter you're going to be or making contact with the ball. I personally like a slightly open stance, which means that my left foot is just a 1/4 - 1/2 inch behind my right foot. I feel that this is more comfortable for me. Now the key to this, is making sure that you can bend your knees a little bit, you know you have up and down, all that and that you can rotate on your back foot. This is kind, this is what's going to create your solid base when your driving through the ball with your hand. The most important part of hitting is, the base right here. It's your quads, your hips, your abs. Making sure you can turn through like that. Those are the keys to creating a solid base.

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Positioning the Feet to Hit a Baseball

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