TO START SWINGING in sync, try the “pump drill.” It’ll help you prevent your upper body from “diving” at the ball. It also makes it easier for you to initiate your downswing with your lower body. Take a look at the four photos above. All you are doing is taking a backswing and then coming down halfway until your hands are about waist high. Your hands and the front knee move at the same time as you do this. (Feel free to try this with a training rod stuck vertically in the ground outside your left foot too, so your front hip hits it during the pump.)
Make two half swings, and then make a full swing on your third swing. Think, “1, 2, 3, hit,” and you’ll start to swing in tempo, making cleaner, crisper contact.
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