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3. Now, you should attempt to take a small stride with your front foot stepping towards the pitcher without allowing your back shoulder to come off the wall. At Clutch Hitting, we like to say "it's like stepping on thin ice." That is, your stride should be a soft stride which does not offset your weight distribution. In this position, a batter is now prepared to hit. A batter does not stride at the same time that he or she swings. The stride merely prepares a batter to hit.