Stretch & Fire Success!
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what would you do, if you had one hour, and 15 girls, at the same time, by yourself?
As an edit, i was going to work on stretch, which would include, coil foward, and scap pinch, using Cabrera as a model.
Hs girls. short preseason.
assume they all look like this.
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That's an exceptional question. I'm going to assume that none of them turn the barrel. I would teach them to turn the barrel. Turning the barrel allows for such an easier time squaring the ball. Then, I'd teach the resistance and how the barrel turn is the trigger.
Can i get a drill gif, so can use it from my projector, in the room?
"His coil is minor really. Little bat wrap, front shoulder stays fairly square. This is more of a Kevin Long type swing."
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Well, there is nothing new in his back leg. Do you think we teach some static leg? And what about that bat angle straight back at the catcher at hip connection (not up or down plane)? Driving his hands just in front of the hip, and keeping that arm frame the whole time? Looks like a waist high inside pitch where everything stays close to the body. His extension appears to be complete pointing at left center field. My guess is that he hit it about 50 feet inside the left field foul pole, unless it hooked. But then again, you never hit the inside edge of the ball (not sure how you change the angle of the direction of the hit ball?). Pujols holds his hands away from the body enough to get his hands inside any speed on the inner corner. That is one thing that drives me crazy about some coaches. I think even Sue Enquist teaches to keep your hands close to the back shoulder (pitcher's view). Pujols' are a little far away for me, because this will make him a less able to drive it to RF (for example a smaller guy). But maybe he makes adjustments and pulls his hands in."
"His coil is minor really. Little bat wrap, front shoulder stays fairly square. This is more of a Kevin Long type swing.
OK, Chris - this guy is your model hitter. Any idea why his back leg moves like it does? Why even though it straightens it is IRing the whole time? Why didn't you just teach this to Torres?" Quote Originally Posted by Steve Huff View Post
Kevin Long is the Yankees hitting coach.
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Yes, and the improvement is in the load and coil, and where the ball is contacted. No problem with me.
what would you do, if you had one hour, and 15 girls, at the same time, by yourself?
As an edit, i was going to work on stretch, which would include, coil foward, and scap pinch, using Cabrera as a model.
Hs girls. short preseason.
assume they all look like this.
What some call the Matrix. Slow motion divide the swing into two parts, stance through load and toe touch, from loaded position to hip connection. Then do slow motion tee work, then repeat and full motion off the tee.
That front knee bend and lean is not going to help them in hitting. I teach everything in slow motion.
Break every problem into its simplest elements.
Work from the simplest to the most complex (usually start from the ground up).
Never assume anything as fact for which there is any doubt!
- The scientific method
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"Don Slaught at RightViewPro.
You need to land on a soft front leg, so thinking toe, then heel helps. There is dang little time elapsed between toe touch and heel plant, so it's hard to call each a check point, but your hips start to turn as the heel plants, in power swings. Also, the back elbow starts to come into the hip, at heel plant." - jbooth
