I would say around 60/40 when fyb. The shift has pretty much been completed and from there its the contraction against the hips extending that completes the swing..
But some have shifted a little more forward before swinging.
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I would say around 60/40 when fyb. The shift has pretty much been completed and from there its the contraction against the hips extending that completes the swing..
But some have shifted a little more forward before swinging.
WW, the contraction really connects the dots for those that want to understand the "down to" the pros speak of..
Great example of the rear leg not driving into the lead leg.
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So I am trying both patterns. Rotating over rear hip socket (1 legged) and landing and rotating around spine (2 legged). I feel more power/momentum rotating around spine but I do think you can see the ball longer and hit ball deeper rotating over rear hip socket. Also turning over the rear hip socket feels like a lower back injury in the making. I think JD Martinez has a great pattern. Has anybody checked out the renewed Tyler Ward from the Angels? He has found something. Probably more mental than mechanical.
Coiling the back leg is long. Coiling into the back hip is a result. Is that what you mean?
Yes. For being static. It’s a solid demo. Part of weight shift is ‘rotation’. It’s all dependent on pitch timing.
WW, the contraction really connects the dots for those that want to understand the "down to" the pros speak of..
Great example of the rear leg not driving into the lead leg.
Yes. The knees just turn the pelvis where it needs to go. You can even see the jolt from APs core.
Now if you're utilizing a rear leg slip the hip as the primary driver against the lead leg, then swinging "down to" will be all chop.. This IMO is why ttb was created.
Yep. The tilt in the s plane never happens or happens late so there is no ‘up’ in the swing. The core is by-passed. The pelvis is the ‘director’ but doesn’t direct itself.
CoachJD, Its how Bonds moves (movement pattern) that allows for him to move out FB and sit the off-speed.
But you called it "shift then swing," but the reason (in that first clip in the OP) it was shift then swing was because he was adjusting to off speed, right?
If you're referring to the sitting action for the off-speed yes, but the forward shift has completed for the fb.
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