Loading both scaps

[Rolling Hard]

You don't 'load' the scap. You snap it on uncoil.

Loading is really slow and low level.

Thats very interesting.

 

[Rolling Hard]

Back scap first and front scap to get the shoulder under the chin is what he was teaching. Which becomes rock the baby action but focused on the scap.

Thats interesting too. I am going to have my DD all jacked up.

 

[_MIA_]

Back scap first and front scap to get the shoulder under the chin is what he was teaching. Which becomes rock the baby action but focused on the scap.

So retract back scap and then protract front. Too much going on there imo..

 

[Rolling Hard]

So retract back scap and then protract front. Too much going on there imo..

I dint think that is what he is saying. I think he is saying retract both. Not at the same time but one to load the swing and one to unload the swing. Rock a bye baby with focus on the scaps.

 

[_MIA_]

I dint think that is what he is saying. I think he is saying retract both. Not at the same time but one to load the swing and one to unload the swing. Rock a bye baby with focus on the scaps.

Ok I see now..makes sense...I was being dense.

Not sure I want to think about either but pretty sure I don't want to think about unload that way.

 

[Fluid Fastpitch]

Back scap first and front scap to get the shoulder under the chin is what he was teaching. Which becomes rock the baby action but focused on the scap.

Ah, that's different from what I thought you meant when you said pinching both scaps, lol. I mean, I know I have T-rex arms, but it's not easy to hold something in front of you and pinch both scaps.

So I tried it again, sequentially this time. I felt like it slowed my swing down, introducing tension into the unloading portion of the swing. There may be more to it that I'm missing though.

 

[Cornbread]

Guys, teaching scap stuff is only gonna slow your hitters down.

 

[Eric F]

I'm having trouble making this feel anything like a good swing. What it does feel like is squeezing out the ability to be athletic.

 

[Tango]

To me it feels like you can't dump the barrel. I was pretty good hitter a 100 years ago and was a loose as you can possible be. I don't feel loose and it scares me. My DD is more of a pitcher with a lot of potential as a hitter but loses the barrel often and trying to find away to help.

 

[Fluid Fastpitch]

To me it feels like you can't dump the barrel. I was pretty good hitter a 100 years ago and was a loose as you can possible be. I don't feel loose and it scares me. My DD is more of a pitcher with a lot of potential as a hitter but loses the barrel often and trying to find away to help.

I mean, I don't think you can dump the barrel, but I don't think you can release it either.
If DD has a flawed swing already, I can see how it may help IF you use it as a drill - to get her the feel of not flopping the barrel around.
I feel like there are other drills to help with that though - light bat and pvc drills are coming to mind. If you've done a bunch of drills and the issue persists, maybe try it? Just be aware that if it fixes the issue, you'll probably introduce a different issue in its place. (Sometimes that's okay, imo, if the new issue is less detrimental and fixable.)