![]() ![]() ![]() Not only do hitters like Harper, Trout, and Edgar not Hang Back, they turn their hips and shift their weight so aggressively that it actually pulls their back foot off the ground. We’ll often use examples of baseball’s most prolific hitters when posting examples of hitters who don’t Hang Back or Squish the Bug. Rose to explain how we evaluate it and why it matters. ![]() We don’t mind if coaches disagree, but we don’t want coaches to misunderstand. We think this is largely due to misconceptions with the characteristic and how hitters use the ground to generate power. If at any point between stance and contact the heel moves behind the line, we deem that the hitter is “Hanging Back.”įor whatever reason, Hanging Back has been one of the more controversial concepts on social media. We identify “Hanging Back” by drawing a vertical line up from the outside of the back leg at stance. Hanging Back refers to the lack of weight transfer in the swing. One of those characteristics is called “Hanging Back” (which we’ve sometimes referred to as “Squish the Bug”). Though we remain agnostic to any specific hitting philosophy, we do believe that certain characteristics are more biomechanically efficient or productive in terms of a hitter’s ability to generate power. Lower Body Mechanics In Hitting: Understanding Hanging Back and Drifting ![]()
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