Teaching the high level pattern

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Jan 6, 2009
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Chehalis, Wa
Here we go again. There is no magic beans. It’s really not in the back. I’ve pointed out many times already that the EARLY scap crap is gone. That’s the difference. If you understand the HOF pattern, it’s imperative that the scap ‘loads’ later. It gives the shoulders a chance to stay ‘in’. That takes away the excessive lateral tilt. Which flattens him out, enables contact deep and out front w a new timing mechanism (front foot) bc the engine has changed. He’s spinal now. Like YOU SAID.🤠

I do get a kick out of this… funny stuff.., I didn’t say where the head was did I. I would never teach loading around the spine which you were lapping up. The head is more over the rear column, the right column. The head remains over the rear column. You load under the head, the spring running through the column with a lever on both ends.


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Mar 19, 2009
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Southern California
I feel AJ is better at controlling the load like described here. With this new group of players, I’ve been focusing more on load and a consistent place to launch the barrel from.

 
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Oct 13, 2014
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South Cali
I do get a kick out of this… funny stuff.., I didn’t say where the head was did I. I would never teach loading around the spine which you were lapping up. The head is more over the rear column, the right column. The head remains over the rear column. You load under the head, the spring running through the column with a lever on both ends.


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Why do you post still pics? Worthless. AJ already getting forward without the scap crap. Isn’t that enough to realize TM found a better way? He’s getting forward against his spine. That’s what make things counter rotate. Loads posteriorly to unload anteriorly.

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Oct 13, 2014
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South Cali
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TM has stated in the videos you post that the stretch going forward via the stride gets AJ where he needs to be, mechanically. This was never the case before. He can now use both hips and shoulders to catapult things instead of just the back side.

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Maybe he learned it from Jeff Frys. He posted about loading via the stride 6 months back or so. 🤷🏽‍♂️
 
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