| If you are truly wanting to improve your batting | | | | is great for helping the baseball player develop |
| skills for the game of baseball then you have got | | | | superior hip power, core strength, and shoulder |
| to train like an athlete. You see I am amazed at | | | | stability which will assist in the increased velocity |
| how much time some guys spend in the batting | | | | of bat speed. By now you may have heard of |
| cage taking cuts all day to only show for a minor | | | | the ancient kettlebell. |
| difference year after year in their actual batting | | | | This device has been widely used by the world's |
| average. You see you can only spend so much | | | | greatest athletes for over three centuries. To |
| time in the cage to actually learn how to get your | | | | execute this drill you will need the availability of a |
| timing down to hit the ball. After that the | | | | single kettlebell of moderate resistance. Place the |
| numbers show that there is a point of diminishing | | | | bell on the ground between your feet with your |
| return. Read on if I have your attention. | | | | stance slightly wider than shoulder width. From |
| The Kettlebell Long Cycle (A Great Core Drill To | | | | here properly perform a single arm swing and |
| Improve Your Baseball Swing) | | | | rack the bell at your chest. Once the bell is at |
| You see the facts are that no matter how much | | | | your chest perform a jerk or push press to lock |
| time you spend in the batting cage you won't | | | | it out overhead. Once the bell is overhead simply |
| ever hit above a certain average no matter how | | | | lower it back to your chest at the racked position. |
| good you are. If you don't believe me then take a | | | | Next, drop it back into a swing between your legs |
| look at major league baseball players and their | | | | and upon the ascent simply rack it at your chest |
| averages at the end of the season. If you look at | | | | again to start the process over again. This is a |
| their numbers how many of them are hitting.900? | | | | tremendous exercise to significantly improve the |
| What about.800? Try.700? They are not even | | | | power and performance of your baseball swing. |
| batting.400 and if they are that is usually very | | | | If you haven't already started implementing the |
| temporary and those are few and far between. | | | | use of the kettlebell long cycle into your baseball |
| Now I'm not knocking the batting cage, but I am | | | | strength workouts then you are truly missing out. |
| saying that the most productive hitters have a | | | | Improve your hitting for baseball today by |
| powerful and crushing bat due to a smart | | | | accessing the rest of my articles on the subject |
| strength and conditioning program and not solely | | | | for free. Remember that most anyone can train |
| because of the batting cage. The kettlebell long | | | | hard, but only champions train smart my friend! |
| cycle is a tremendous core strengthening drill that | | | | |