Teaching the high level pattern

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Jan 6, 2009
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The Hansen principle doesn’t mean crap, Anyone can find a “swing” and claim it’s correct or what they teach and how hitting works. You have to know what your looking at.
 
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Jul 16, 2013
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Getting off track at least for this thread. Teaching the HLP

In the most basic way of thinking, Richard and others, broke the code of how many of the best swing the bat. He figured out ways to describe what he felt when he duplicated those swings. With the focus on the most significant movements and patterns , he felt the results in his swing particularly in quickness.

For those that are serious about learning or teaching what is the best way to swing a bat, grab a bat and try this.

1. Coil is superior to lateral shift
2. Launch rearward is better than push out front for power,
3. On and around , is probably the best thing you can do to improve your timing.
4. One legged launch removes the timing nightmare young hitters have when weighing the front foot to swing.
5. Knowing how to properly load the body for maximum quickness and power. I’ve never heard the weight shifters teach this or using your back side for power.
6. Having a consistent place to launch the barrel from will clean up the erratic hand and arms dropping or pushing to find a launch position.
7. The shoulders are superior to the arms with lining up the barrel path.
8. A strong triangle will do wonders for you barrel path.

Sorry but this isn’t your daddy’s old Buick….. We have 12 yr olds pitching 60MPH. A hitters reaction time from the brain to the body has to be an unconscious connection. You can’t practice slow and get quicker.

HLP is not the only way to swing a bat, it’s just the best way to swing a bat.
I really liked your idea to have a thread dedicated to teaching a specific philosophy. I think it would be great if there were other threads available on this site that discussed other philosophies without being derailed at some point. If people would rather debate the philosophies, they really should start another thread to do that.
 
May 16, 2019
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Nothing to hide the tittle of the thread is Teaching the HLP. I'm not pretending to know this style, I'm aware of how it's taught and being respectful because it is a brand of it's own. So, when I do something on my own I want the posters to have a knowledge of that being my interpretation and drill. At the end of the day, we are all slinging our own interpretation of hitting but this one has a name and identity.
 

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