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We are only capable.... .... of seeing what we are capable of seeing. Which explains why on the one hand the number of people have quite correctly pointed out that Ichiro puts on a home run show in batting practice (which quite specifically shows that he has power to hit home runs) yet when it...- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
Bat drag is "insideous"..... Some progress but..... The seven deadly sins of the flesh are: Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of reality that surrounds them. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride...- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
Show me the beef.... I would hope they would be one or two people reading these posts who would understand why I posted some of my experiences with trying to help people deal with the bat drag problem. The other bat drag "experts" here have presented nothing more than a few simplistic cues...- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
Bat Drag real world experiences continued.... siggy 06-16-2005, 07:45 PM #6 Teacherman wrote: This has been my experience on keeping the front foot closed. Worked on it with my daughter since end of Jan. Looks much improved during drills. At game time, no difference... in fact, during the...- PaulN
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More bat drag "real-world"experiences ..... douger 06-16-2005, 12:44 PM #1 Overcoming bat drag My 13 yo daughter is battling bat drag. We seem to have conquered it on tee and dry swings, but comes back when hitting any moving ball (even softtoss). I have given her lots of different swing...- PaulN
- Post #392
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DD Bat Drag ?
Some real world experience.... This was posted back in 2004 by a player who is now a hitting instructor for the St. Louis Cardinals:- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
Title of This Thread: Bat Drag The point that's being missed in all of this discussion is the cause of bat drag. The specific terminology bat drag as far as I know originated on the SETPRO forums. That's where the bottom hand elbow leading the knob of the bat was identified as a significant...- PaulN
- Post #380
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DD Bat Drag ?
Mankins top hand torque "revisited".... I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you mean until the hands "release" meaning that the hands are captive to the shoulder rotation until the point of release, then yes. And by "release" I'm not talking about a passive process where you are relying...- PaulN
- Post #346
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Gibberish to "some"..... Followers of the "hand centric swing mechanic" cult may consider the concept of upper body rotation moving the hands gibberish which is what I expect those who are only capable of seeing and hearing what we are capable of seeing and hearing. The concept of momentum...- PaulN
- Post #344
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DD Bat Drag ?
The "BOX".... The "box" is a visualization concept to help understand how high-level players initiate the swing. there are several concepts embodied in the "box" concept not the least of which are: 1. Momentum transfer from the torso to the bat. 2. Swing quickness. In order to most...- PaulN
- Post #327
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I see said the blind man..... What a wise man once said we are only capable of seeing what we are capable of seeing. "I see" Longoria maintaining the box and turning the bat by rotating the upper torso (and the last time I checked shoulders were part of the upper torso). This is also...- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
I need more specifics as to what or should I say how one goes about turning the barrel into contact as opposed to pulling the barrel, dragging the barrel a pushing the barrel. Using the clip of Longoria explain how it's done or is that a trade secret??:cool:- PaulN
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DD Bat Drag ?
Please explain what "Turn the barrel to contact" means i.e. your interpretation of the words " Turn the barrel to contact". And how does this qualify as a "truth"?- PaulN
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Bat Drag....... you want answers?? <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="320" height="274" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />...- PaulN
- Post #293
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DD Bat Drag ?
The most common problem young players face.... Bat drag is a result of how the inexperienced body (someone learning how to swing a bat to hit a moving ball) naturally tries to deal with moving an object such as a bat through space with the requirement of putting that bat in the same location at...- PaulN
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