At this point of your swing you really want to be moving the bat. Since we are rolling our wrists to meet the ball you must continue throughout the ball. As in virtually every sport, a good follow through in softball will spell the difference between a poor hitter and a successful one. A mistake in follow through, seen more with new softball players than with experienced ones, is a failure to continue the swing to its completion without the bat coming around the hitter's front shoulder. If a hitter stops his bat in front without completing his follow through, where did he start slowing down?

"DON'T STOP" your swing once you make contact.

This is a very critical part of your swing. The last thing you want to do is stop or slow down the swing once you have put all this energy into creating bat speed.
More often than not, the player will tell you he began slowing down at impact. This is exactly WHAT WE DO NOT WANT. When you start your swing at the ball you want to accelerate your hands at the ball by rolling your wrists properly and driving through the ball. Such action translates to building speed through the swing. I have been asked before if you should let go the bat once you make contact.

I use to say say no, but after really watching my own swing closer I realize that there have been times when I will have let go of the bat. It is something that I don't try to do every swing. It is something that just happens when you swing. In a good swing the hitter starts the swing short, hits through the ball, and finishes long to avoid cutting off the swing. So once you make contact with the ball, remember to finish off the swing. You want to try and come all the way around. Go as far as you feel that you haven't cheated yourself. Now I can say there have been times where my hand might come off the bat I would still hit a homer. That's great, but it is almost like I got away with it. I didn't try to do it so I say I got lucky, but I don't want to depend on luck all the time. If you create enough bat speed and hit the ball out front there is no telling what you can do..