✔️ Unlock the secret to a powerful, effortless swing with this core-driven drill. By focusing on smooth, rotational movement and teaching your body to flow from the middle out, you’ll develop the kind of whip and barrel control that leads to cleaner, more explosive swings. Here’s how to tap into your core for efficient power and effortless speed. 👇🏼Here’s how it works👇🏼 1️⃣ Start in an Athletic Stance • Feet anchored and balanced. • Light bat held straight out in front of you. • Upper body relaxed—no tension in your arms or shoulders. 2️⃣ Focus on Core Movement • Forget about your arms. Instead, shift your core back and forth, creating a smooth, rotational movement. • The goal is to feel your core whip your bat and arms. As you get comfortable, allow this movement to naturally whip the barrel. 3️⃣ Build Up Speed Gradually • Start slow and controlled. Feel the connection between your core and the bat. • Over time, increase your speed as the whip of the barrel becomes more natural. • Your trunk whipping your arms and barrel is the tension free FLOW you want to feel. ✔️ Why This Drill Works: • Proper Sequencing: It teaches your body to use the core as the primary engine for rotation, not your arms or shoulders. • Efficient Power Transfer: By relaxing the upper body and focusing on the core, you maximize the transfer of energy through the bat, which leads to cleaner, quicker & more powerful swings. • Barrel Awareness: The whipping action improves your feel for the barrel, helping you understand how to control and accelerate it through the zone. • Proximal To Distal Principles: Building speed from the middle out is key to unlocking efficient rotational speed. 📝 Quick Tip: If you feel tension in your arms, reset. Tension in the upper body slows down your rotation and disrupts the flow. 📝 You can use a broomstick, waffle ball bat, PVC, etc. ideally you want the object to 15oz & under

- Aiming for ball compression - Staying through with the path ✔️ Organization > Manipulation

Let’s talk about an adjustment we made with Braxton Thompson that had a big impact on his efficiency and connection. Background: Braxton is a loose mover. What that means is his body has a lot of natural slack — not a bad thing, but it does mean he needs to create more stretch in his forward move to stay connected and deliver the swing on time. The Issue: Early on, Braxton’s stride wasn’t gaining enough ground. He was striding short and passive, which left too much slack in his system. As a result: - He wasn’t creating enough tension through his anterior oblique sling (core). - His swing often looked disconnected — hands firing without the body, or everything firing at once. - He struggled to sequence cleanly, especially when challenged with velo or offspeed. The Fix: We added a simple constraint: a stick about 6–8” in front of his front foot in setup. The goal was simple. Stride over it. But we didn’t just want him to gain ground. We wanted him to: ✅ Stretch forward with his core (not just reach with the front leg) ✅ Stay anchored to the ground — keeping the back heel connected and pressure loaded ✅ Feel tension in the middle — especially across the front side of the core (anterior sling) By emphasizing stretch and ground connection rather than just distance, Braxton landed in: - A more athletic, coiled position - A stronger, more stable launch point - A state of connected stretch he could unwind into the swing Key Takeaway: The swing is an athletic movement. If you don’t move into athletic positions with stretch, the body will have to compensate — usually with poor sequencing, early hands, or loss of posture. When Braxton focused on stretching forward through his middle and staying grounded, the rest cleaned itself. @Braxton Thompson

Hold & Step-Overs This is probably my favorite drill to hitters to establish... - Direction - Deceleration - Balance/Stability If balance, posture, and/or direction is an issue with your swing. Add this drill to your daily routine.

One of the biggest reasons we train the way we do inside this Tribe is to prepare hitters for the NEXT LEVEL. I want to recognize all of our Precision Hitters who’ve pushed their game beyond high school and are continuing to compete at the college and professional levels. 🔥 Here’s the list of hitters representing the Tribe at the next level: @Alex Conover - Oklahoma State @Camden Bates - Grand Canyon University @Dax Mccaskill - Cowley County - Austin Peay @Marlon Moore - Murray State @Bryce Tapley - Paris JC @Skyler Rodgers - Wichita State Emma Watkins - Emporia State @Daniel Williams - Ave Maria University @Ashtan Gainey - Southern Nazarene @Carsten Copeland - University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma @Noah Shepherd - William Woods University @Mark Gonzales - University of Southwest @Haydeb Thompson - Three Rivers College @Aidan Chard - Baker University @Joseph Thomson - Labette This is proof that when you commit to the process, stay disciplined, and trust the work, the doors open. Show some love to the hitters who are paving the way. And if chasing the next level is your goal, let this be your reminder that your name belongs on this list in the future. Precision Over Chaos. Win the Controllables.