- Nov 29, 2009
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FP91,
The place where I see the motion falling apart is at the back toe. What she is doing is turning her foot over and dragging the top of her back toes. When she does this it allows the hip to come forward and start to close too soon. As the hip is coming forward she collapses the back side of her body aiding in letting her hip come forward. In the first video look at the hips, toes and knee at the 23 & 32 second marks. What I see is her trying to keep her arm away from her hip thinking she is very close to her hip. That is why everything is going off into the RHB batters box. I bet she went through a period during puberty when she was hitting her hip with her arm.
There are a couple of drills that can help this. She'll say they feel funny. But you have to make her do them.
The first is the Wall Drill. Find a flat, smooth wall that is tall enough so she can fully extend to the top of her arm circle. Have her step to the wall facing it, feet slightly wider than the shoulders and her toes 2" from the wall. Now have her go through an arm circle without a ball. The feet do not move. There are no steps taken. The hand should barely touch the wall. The body can not lean backwards away from the wall. She should be able to operate is a space that is about 18" wide. What will happen is she'll drag her arm hard against the wall at first. After a several hundred of these over the course of a week or so have her do some with her eyes closed. She should be able to feel the motion.
Once she is not dragging the wall giver her a ball, whiffle, rolled up pair of socks or something like that to throw. Then have her throw the ball as she does the arm circles. Do this for a few days. This should help with muscle memory getting her arm circle back into the correct plane.
The next thing is to get the hip mechanics straightened out.
The place where I see the motion falling apart is at the back toe. What she is doing is turning her foot over and dragging the top of her back toes. When she does this it allows the hip to come forward and start to close too soon. As the hip is coming forward she collapses the back side of her body aiding in letting her hip come forward. In the first video look at the hips, toes and knee at the 23 & 32 second marks. What I see is her trying to keep her arm away from her hip thinking she is very close to her hip. That is why everything is going off into the RHB batters box. I bet she went through a period during puberty when she was hitting her hip with her arm.
There are a couple of drills that can help this. She'll say they feel funny. But you have to make her do them.
The first is the Wall Drill. Find a flat, smooth wall that is tall enough so she can fully extend to the top of her arm circle. Have her step to the wall facing it, feet slightly wider than the shoulders and her toes 2" from the wall. Now have her go through an arm circle without a ball. The feet do not move. There are no steps taken. The hand should barely touch the wall. The body can not lean backwards away from the wall. She should be able to operate is a space that is about 18" wide. What will happen is she'll drag her arm hard against the wall at first. After a several hundred of these over the course of a week or so have her do some with her eyes closed. She should be able to feel the motion.
Once she is not dragging the wall giver her a ball, whiffle, rolled up pair of socks or something like that to throw. Then have her throw the ball as she does the arm circles. Do this for a few days. This should help with muscle memory getting her arm circle back into the correct plane.
The next thing is to get the hip mechanics straightened out.
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