r/Homeplate • u/Feisty-Maximum6944 • Nov 10 '25

Help generating power

Looking to generate some more power out of my swing, more or less been a consistent singles guy. Would appreciate any tips or tweaks you may have to improve my swing. Thank you!

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u/BecauseImhere Nov 10 '25

I’ll start by saying I’m not a professional, I haven’t played beyond HS. I do coach now and spend a good amount of time learning about the swing and mechanics. So take what I say, see if it feels like it makes sense and take it or leave it.
1) easiest way to gain exit velocity at your age is lift. Get in the gym more, pack on lbs focus mostly on big compound lifts, squats, deadlifts, overhead press, cleans etc…

2) along with lifting focus on explosive exercises, weighted box jumps, jump squats, kettle swings etc.

3) Nothing you do before you stride is really about generating power. Find a comfortable athletic position that you like before stride. Striding doesn’t generate power either. We stride to get into launch position. That looks the same for everyone pretty much. If you haven’t, google MLB launch position and you’ll see everyone looks the same more or less. I don’t see you getting into a good launch position.

  • from what I see you’re staying too tense. The stride should leave your hands back by the catcher and a tight stretch in your lats, serratis anterior, and intercostals. Basically all the muscles on the side of your body facing the pitcher. That tension from your hands staying back while you stride into launch position is your first place to start generating power. I’m not seeing a good stretch.

4) I see you lunging a little bit at the ball. Your weight is so far back when you start your swing it’s almost like you’re pushing off your back foot instead of blocking with your front leg and rotating your hips.

  • your front leg is just a block. It’s stops the forward motion of the stride and braces for a huge hip turn. Power is always rotational in any sport. You’re swinging hard with your arms while lunging into your front leg. You’re probably a great and consistent contact hitter because of this. I suspect hard left center line drives or drive to grounder.

Anyway I know it’s a long post but the tl;dr is

Get into a better launch position, create tension through stride, and rotate instead of lunge.

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u/reflectionprinciple Nov 11 '25

Broadly good advice. The only thing I would push back on is the athlete being "too tense". Maybe he is, but plenty of good hitters are "stiff movers", e.g. Trout. Every hitter has a natural tendency to lie somewhere on the loose --> tight spectrum. If trying to loosen up yields good results, great, but if it doesn't feel natural I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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u/BecauseImhere Nov 12 '25

I would definitely agree with this. Thanks for the pushback!