Drill

Drills

Baseball

Band Separation Hold

Create hip-shoulder separation before the swing fires

8 min
3 sets of 8 each side
Intermediate
Demonstration video coming soon

Instructions

  1. 1Anchor a light band behind you at chest height and hold it in both hands at the launch position.
  2. 2Stride and open the front hip while the hands stay back against the band tension.
  3. 3Hold the stretched position for a one-count, then swing through.
  4. 4Reset any rep where the hands leak forward with the hips.

What to focus on

Hips opening before the hands move.

Common mistake

Hands and hips turning together, losing stretch.