Sofia (11yo), first year of 12U

[Shawn]

This is having a bent knee, the leg/knee however straightens in a flash creating a bow.

This is also swinging off slow pitching.

 

[Shawn]

Then more game like,

 

[Shawn]

Absolutes are few.

 

[efastball]

You realize they are all landing on a bent knee at toe touch, then straightening through to contact, right?

 

[Shawn]

You realize they are all landing on a bent knee at toe touch, then straightening through to contact, right?

You do realize that besides Ortiz and the young hitter that none of them have a “very” bent knee like you’re always saying?

 

[efastball]

You do realize that besides Ortiz and the young hitter that none of them have a “very” bent knee like you’re always saying?

The 'young hitter' (I guess you're referring to the one you posted in #10) doesn't land on a bent knee at all. It looks very straight from this angle, then she collapses the front knee/leg. She has the action backwards, which is a starting point, she would just need to reverse it.

 

[efastball]

Here is your guy from post #11 above.

 

[efastball]

Here is your post #10, roughly 35 deg bend.

 

[efastball]

In hitting, golf (driving) and baseball pitching you should land on a bent knee then straighten in order to help rotate the hips. You use simple leverage. The trick is to not straighten upwards, but around.

 

[efastball]

In the classic Manny clip you posted in #10, I agree he did not land on a very bent knee, but later in this swing he bent it abt 30 deg (per below) then straightened before contact - maybe it was an off-speed pitch so he delayed the movement, I don't know.


So, I looked to see what he typically did in his swing and here is what I found in the 1st 3 clips I located. (of course these degree measurements are not exact but they are representative for this purpose)