How to Hit a Baseball: The Landing

Again, I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet, just like how your stride and 'landing' should be. When you 'coil', your front foot should have either moved towards your back foot or stayed in place (preferred). Keeping the front foot in place obviously cuts down on moving parts in your swing. So now your starting to move towards the ball to hit it with force and you're wondering where your front foot should land.When I was little my coaches always told me to try to step in the direction of the second baseman (as a right handed hitter). This isn't great advice but for a younger player it does force them to stay with the pitch and keeps them from bailing out or 'stepping in the bucket'. The common rule though is that your front foot should stay parallel with your back foot and your 'stride' should be anywhere from 3-6 inches. This is going to put you a little bit wider than the 'athletic position' but by this isn't a probl...