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Teaching the high level pattern
Manny's hesitation demonstrates in my calculation, an argument against the central dogma that the swing is the transmission of forces from the ground up. What if I said that the driving rear hip creates a fulcrum that frames the eventual direction of the swing, that the key forces actually...- TBao
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Teaching the high level pattern
Manny comes to full stop at hesitation: Hip is already turned; in TM lingo, leg/hip have already snapped forward; lead foot is already down. Question: what keeps the upper torso back? Why has he not turned the barrel if TM's two engine model is high level? Where is the center of mass when...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
Bagwell vs. Pujols Different styles is a given: Fundamentally the same? If so, where do the similarities converge? How does Bagwell get his hand set up to the rear shoulder?- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
OVERLAP: The hands remain up as the elbow slots: The barrel transits into a “running start”. This is because the retracted scapula and the trapezius externally rotate the rear shoulder. The movement opposes the influence of the latissimus dorsi in rotating the shoulder internally and forward...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
I hear you. The whole point to my discussion, is that we all put a high premium to "smart hands" but really do not understand what it means. The hands are indeed control and command in the swing, but we all fail to realize that we need to install the engine that goes with it. The emphasis is...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
I do too, but you might want to date it for me.- TBao
- Post #155
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What powers the barrel turn?
He got rid of this: "Knob to ball" kills external rotation of the shoulder and further stretching of the serratus anterior. He loses the benefit of a priceless timing window during overlap. He limits the ability to strike down to any quadrant or latitude of the strike zone. He has learned...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
What changed between 2014 and 2015?- TBao
- Post #149
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What powers the barrel turn?
Makea (softball fast pitch) matches the high level mechanics of MLB hitters. Red: Load. Scapula is retracted by rhomboids posteriorly; serratus anterior is stretched anteriorly. Red to Blue: Overlap, (aka "missing frames","running start"). External rotation of the rear shoulder by...- TBao
- Post #148
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What powers the barrel turn?
This is showing the hitter's intent to punch in the direction of the ball. What you see is the result of internal rotation of the the shoulder, with protraction of the scapula. Note that an extended thumb would point vertically up along the axis of the bat just as the forearm is about to go...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
Machines are created in minimizing energy input for maximal output in accomplishing the activity for which it is designed. In the high level hitter, the core (this includes the serratus anterior), the top forearm and the hand can be modeled as a slider crank mechanism. Notice the position of...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
The high level hitter creates a system that loads the serratus anterior, then fires it: The muscle stretches when the scapula retracts during LOAD, then stretches even more when the shoulder is externally rotated as the latissimus dorsi muscle contracts in the early stages of OVERLAP. The...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
Getting backed to your revered hitter: Tons of arm adduction Lack of scapula control to prevent the rear shoulder from drooping. Rear elbow makes a beeline straight for the rear hip. No back muscles to prevent the rear scapula from protracting. A lot of slack between the front shoulder and...- TBao
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What powers the barrel turn?
Source: Shoulder Function - Part Two - East Bay Hitting Instruction Disclaimer: The presentation is educational for the sole purpose in defining the biomechanical events that occur in the swing. This poster makes no endorsement in what the authors sells, teaches, or opines, and acknowledges...- TBao
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