Thoughts on Daughter's Swing

[coachdan]

Dukie, Try getting a cinder block and place her back foot up against the block, this way she can not spin she has to go forward.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Coachdan ... excellent suggestion. LClifton would do something similar to this.

 

[Wellphyt]

Coachdan ... excellent suggestion. LClifton would do something similar to this.

Just make sure she doesn't solve the problem of not hitting the cinder block with her back foot by transferring weight forward onto her front foot.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Just make sure she doesn't solve the problem of not hitting the cinder block with her back foot by transferring weight forward onto her front foot.

There should be a forward transfer of the center of pressure into the front foot. That is what is happening during rear foot eversion and plantarflexion. That is what is happening during Megan's cue of "oh look, I'm running".

LC performed this drill for multiple benefits, including enhancing the use of the rear leg as a firm platform in the extraction of ground reaction forces.

 

[2bucketdad]

Yall need to use small words so I can keep up!

 

[starsnuffer]

Even using a small wooden wedge cut from a 1x6 or 2x6 piece if timber under the back foot helps, think of it as "oh look, I'm running" . .. downhill. Gets their momentum going in the right direction, and it's something they can duplicate in the box by "digging in" a bit with their back foot so it's on a bit of a decline.

-W

 

[dukie]

Thanks to everyone for the their input. We are working on correcting the problem, trying to get some reps. in each night.
I'm trying to convey that adding a little body momentum to the bat speed she already has will definitely pay off.

 

[coachdan]

Just make sure she doesn't solve the problem of not hitting the cinder block with her back foot by transferring weight forward onto her front foot.

Wellphyt.....Don't quite understand what you mean but not transfer weight onto front foot? If there is no weight on the back foot than it has to be on the front foot. ie weight transfer

 

[dukie]

I believe Wellphyt means not transferring too much weight, more balanced.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

I guess you'd have to define "too much". Many perceive a weight shift, in terms of the center of pressure, as being >= 80%. In the video segment below [golf related] 90% is stated.