The Australia captain has his own style when it comes to clearing the boundary
Shape the key for stylish Smith
Shane Watson powers them. Aaron Finch muscles them. David Warner makes hitting them look easy. But when Steve Smith aims to hit a six, it's all about that shape.
Smith was responsible for just three of Australia 24 sixes in their recent 2-1 T20 series win over South Africa, and while he says he's trying to get stronger, it's timing and form that he relies on when looking to go big.
"For me, hitting sixes is about trying to keep my shape as much as possible," Smith said.
"When I try to hit the ball too hard I probably lose a lot of that (shape) and probably bring myself down.
"So for me it's about making sure my shapes are good in my stroke play and if I hit the ball out of the middle then it's generally going to go."
Australia are blessed to have a line-up full of power hitters, with the top order complemented by destructive allrounders Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner.
The two odd men out are Smith and Usman Khawaja, but even the graceful left-hander has found a way to clear the fence.
"That's the one thing (power hitting) I have been working on in the past two or three years," Khawaja told reports in December after making a match-winning 109 in the KFC Big Bash League.
"It's something that hasn't really come natural to me growing up, (I've) been more of a finesse, using my wrists kind of guy.
"You see (West Indies and Sydney Thunder allrounder) Andre Russell come in and hit sixes 50 rows back - that's never going to be me.
"I've figured out other ways to score. I've figured out ways to get better at power hitting.
"So have a number of cricketers. I'm not the only one and you have to, T20 cricket demands it. It's just where the game has gone."
Former Australia batting coach Michael Di Venuto, who worked extensively with both Smith and Khawaja, says the ability to hit maximums from ball one is "vitally important" in T20 cricket.
While Khawaja's red-hot form has stretched over all formats, Smith struggled in T20s this summer until a 26-ball 44 in the final T20 against the Proteas gave the Australia skipper some much needed confidence heading into the World T20.
"It was nice to score a few in the last game," Smith said.
"Would have been nice to get the team home but it was nice to spend a bit of time in the middle.
"I think that was kind of what I needed so I felt really good and hopefully I can take that form into this tournament."