The single most important thing I've learned about hitting is the separation of the hips and the hands in the process of the swing. The hips must fire first, while the batter must keep his hands back as long as possible.
This A) creates torque in the core of the body which greatly increases power, and B) allows the hitter to remain in position to hit an offspeed pitch if initially fooled (hips have fired, but hands are still back and loaded).
To emphasize this point, I found a video in the archives of this blog that highlights the biomechanics of this concept and showed it to our hitters. I figured maybe hearing the concept in a different way might help make it click for some guys. The narrator rambles (is boring) at times, but here are the times I found most insightful:
1:55-2:30 > benefits of good mechanics
7:42-9:54 > forward weight shift
10:24-12:28 > sequence: hips fire, then torso then arms then bat
29:46-30:44 > final step of sequence: throwing the hands
13:32-16:37 > whip analogy, graphic representation
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