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How old is she?
she is 15 years old
How old is she?
Hmm...then maybe that late firming up is hurting her speed. If her arm is already straight when the ground force reaction gets there then the energy transfer will be greatly diminished. I have no reference point for a 15 year old of her not quite Amazonian stature regarding speed but I think with everything tuned up she should be able to get to mid 50s if she is a strong 5"1.
Her left arm is swimming a little and staying in locked position which is causing the pitching arm to look awkward.
I haven’t posted in a long time but I want to bring something to your attention….for you to consider.
You have made progress, her whip is coming along and shorting her stride was a useful, imo.
The pic in the middle is with her longer stride and you can see the difference with the one on the right.
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What your dealing with at this point imho…is
1. a young lady that learned push/pull and she (her body) still wants to feel her left side pull and her front throwing shoulder activate…even though its not necessary now.
2. You are also dealing with a young lady that had a long stride and not enough core strength to handle it.
Something I see with young long striders is many will “extend” the spine (flex the pelvis/arch the lowback) and can not get back to a more straight spine/neutral to slightly extended pelvis (stable core). This position of a flexed pelvis and arched low back deactivates a lot of core muscles.
Teach her what pelvic tilt is (flexed, extended, neutral)…laying, standing ect. and teach her what spinal extension is. Teach her what having a straight spine on a more neutral pelvis is when in the release position. I would also have her keep her head more straight so when she feels the core activate…. it is done equally on both sides. And i would continue with the shorter stride till she could accomplish it.
If she can feel that and come out of spinal extension for release with a more neutral pelvis…you and she should notice a significant difference.
Good luck, your doing a good job!
Its just a description of what I see her body doing. Not significant if she can get a better release posture.Thank you bobby
couple of questions ??
1- what do you mean "young lady that learned push/pull" and "she still wants to feel her left side pull" and "her Front Throwing
shoulder activate"
Not necessarily reaching out to far. With a shortened stride... she still has an "extended" (arched backward spine) as the picture shows. It doesn't look as bad in the shortened stride pic as the longer stride (slightly different pic angle though). Compared to Scarborough it is still significantly arched.2 - By flex spline do you mean try to reach out with stride foot to far??
the thing I have always noticed with my DD and can not find a way to get her to achieve it is her drive foot does not actually drive till her stride foot is almost all the way extended its like she uses drive foot to maintain balance until the stride foot is almost all the way out ?? if you understand that. She has a really decent whip her arm accelerates and blurs out from about 10 pm but at release it almost completely disappears when seen in full speed. But I am trying to crack this walnut with her stride and it has proven to be a very hard one to crack.