Name: Playbook - Jordan Verdon - Stride Phase Workout 2
Uploaded: 2024-01-09T21:15:23.307Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Stride Phase Workout 2

This workout will for us on the stride phase of the swing.

- Start with front foot crossed over the back foot 
- Using the back leg to stride forward, hold the load created in the back leg while moving forward 
- Take level swing with balance at the end

Cross over starts

- Do what the title says 
- Pretend a pitcher is throwing and start to load/stretch out 
- Land soft keeping weight in back leg and getting to good launch position 
- Swing from launch position 
- Freeze the swing at the end for 2 seconds 
- Can be done on tee and flips

Load-stride-swing

- Elevate your front foot on a mound or small ramp 
- Take normal swings with good balance at the end 
- Can do this on tee, flips, or live BP
- This drill is for hitters who lunge, or land their foot early and sway hips before swinging 
- The elevated front foot makes it easier to find the true balanced/coiled back hip feeling on the back leg 
- The elevated foot makes it extremely difficult to sway your hips forward before the swing 
- Also helps hitters feel swinging behind their front leg 
(ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE DRILLS)

Front Foot Elevated Swings

- Put a bat or PVC in line with your toes 
- When striding towards the pitcher make sure you do not touch the bat or PVC 
- This is a stride phase drill for players who close themselves off during their swing and top spin too many balls on the ground

Stride closed constraint

- Stride phase drill for players who stride opened and pull off the ball consistently 
- When making forward move do not let you foot hit the PVC or bat 
- Stride forward not opened

Stride constraint opened

- Controlled underhand flips are a great tool to add movement to the pitch in a controlled environment while working on new swing changes and feels. 
- At this point of the workout, I want you to try a couple (or all if you’re feeling up for it) of the tee drills you were working on on the first few round or two of flips. 
- After the feels and mechanics round, go to closer to your game swing and set up/load while keeping in mind the feels you just created in previous drills. 
- REMEMBER- the goal is to get better at game like swings. Don’t get too caught up on the drills and try and use them to blend into your game swing! 💪🏼

Underhand Flips

- Time to compete!! 
- Game like mentality
- Game like loading and approach
- GOAL- Hit doubles and low line drives while blending in the new swing mechanics or feels you’re working on.

Stride Phase Workout 2

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