There has been a lot of discussion about push-block-push, and about the use of the legs. There are some posters who don't think that the front leg does much.
Let's look carefully at the three videos below. I paused them at 3 positions. Focus on where the hands and barrel of the bat are, in relationship to where the weight or pressure is, on the feet.
In all 3 videos the weight is on the front and little to no weight is on the back foot, while the hands are still at the back shoulder and the barrel is behind their back. The entire barrel and hand movement from there to contact, is completed while the back foot is unweighted, or is unweighting.
So, my question is; why do some people believe that the front foot does nothing to contribute power. And, why do some people say the front foot just catches the swing after it is done. From what I see, it doesn't even start, until the front foot is down.
Push, gets the front foot down (first pause), Block happens at the second pause, and Push back happens as the barrel goes to contact after the second pause.
They prepare to throw the barrel during the push, they begin the throw approximately during the block, and the throw progresses as the push back is happening. The push back finishes at, or just before, contact.
At the time that their back elbow is down, and the barrel is still back, they have most, if not all, of their weight on the front foot.
They start to "turn the barrel" as they push off of the back foot, but during the majority of the distance that the hands and barrel travel in their paths to the ball, the weight is on the front foot.
Let's look carefully at the three videos below. I paused them at 3 positions. Focus on where the hands and barrel of the bat are, in relationship to where the weight or pressure is, on the feet.
In all 3 videos the weight is on the front and little to no weight is on the back foot, while the hands are still at the back shoulder and the barrel is behind their back. The entire barrel and hand movement from there to contact, is completed while the back foot is unweighted, or is unweighting.
So, my question is; why do some people believe that the front foot does nothing to contribute power. And, why do some people say the front foot just catches the swing after it is done. From what I see, it doesn't even start, until the front foot is down.
Push, gets the front foot down (first pause), Block happens at the second pause, and Push back happens as the barrel goes to contact after the second pause.
They prepare to throw the barrel during the push, they begin the throw approximately during the block, and the throw progresses as the push back is happening. The push back finishes at, or just before, contact.
At the time that their back elbow is down, and the barrel is still back, they have most, if not all, of their weight on the front foot.
They start to "turn the barrel" as they push off of the back foot, but during the majority of the distance that the hands and barrel travel in their paths to the ball, the weight is on the front foot.
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