14U Swing Thoughts/Suggestions
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This is related to the swing of the OP dd.
- Jan 13, 2020
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Many ground balls to the pull side are because of the wrists rolling over prior to contact.
Just saw this and it may help.
Just saw this and it may help.
Mike, the load and energy is primarily generated in the frontal plane which is from the catcher towards the pitcher. IOW's power is generated as the weight transfers across the pelvis from the back side (rear leg/hip) into and against the front leg vs the energy being transferred from the middle against the the hips.
Mike, the load and energy is primarily generated in the frontal plane which is from the catcher towards the pitcher. IOW's power is generated as the weight transfers across the pelvis from the back side (rear leg/hip) into and against the front leg vs the energy being transferred from the middle against the the hips.
Not a perfect example but you can see the all back all forward (abaf) on the left causing roll over, while the hitter on the right is more swinging "down to" against the hips.
Against the hips.
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@Fury_Mike this young lady has early extension. Usually from powering or initiating the swing w her body. It can happen from different causes. Some use the hands to late others don’t create enough flexion of the body at set up or first move . Or it could be sequencing. I can’t pin-point exactly what the cause is, I’m not in her brain, but I see the flaw. The only clue really given was ‘too many ground balls’ which tells me it’s a path issue which still isn’t quite enough info to know for sure.
The Twitter clip I posted is using the body instead of the hands to initiate the swing. Are you looking for cause and effect? To me the lack of posture makes her ‘rotate’ and drag around. It could be sequencing the hands late which also causes early extension and drag. But it could also be that flexion(posture) isn’t available so she rotates parallel to the ground to create force. I gave two examples to try to get things going in the right direction.
The advice I gave first was the easiest to install to see if she could create a better pattern wo thinking too much.
The Twitter clip I posted is using the body instead of the hands to initiate the swing. Are you looking for cause and effect? To me the lack of posture makes her ‘rotate’ and drag around. It could be sequencing the hands late which also causes early extension and drag. But it could also be that flexion(posture) isn’t available so she rotates parallel to the ground to create force. I gave two examples to try to get things going in the right direction.
The advice I gave first was the easiest to install to see if she could create a better pattern wo thinking too much.
See how the chest gets down and back and stays there even after the hands have initiated launch? Important.
What isn’t spoke about enough is how the hands open the hips as well. It’s all synced. Not forced.
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