BTW I work with 2 nine, 8 and 5 year olds. I need a new camera but the footage on my phone isn't any better then what your daughter is doing.
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Made this clip, it "isn't" an exact frame rate match, interestingly the swing was really close but the stride was different.
Don't take the clip as perfect match. Although I think this is an interesting clip for analysis.
BTW I work with 2 nine, 8 and 5 year olds. I need a new camera but the footage on my phone isn't any better then what your daughter is doing.
You have to ask the question, What is weight shift?
Next time you play pay close attention to all of the 10U swings you see, both on your team and the other team, that will make you feel even better.That does make me feel a tiny bit better lol!
That does make me feel a tiny bit better lol!
This is a question that I always have a hard time answering. Correa's body is stacked over his rear knee for the last half of the swing or so, but there is obviously some weight (force) being shifted forward and it looks like his front foot/leg is resisting at least for a little bit. My DD almost seems to be rocking forward more than shifting? I don't know. There are so many moving parts that seem to be moving incorrectly in her swing, that I'm not even sure where to start tinkering.
There are so many moving parts that seem to be moving incorrectly in her swing, that I'm not even sure where to start tinkering.
First off the back foot shouldn't slide forward on every swing. If it slides forward because of a timing adjustment that is one thing, if it slides forward on every swing that is another thing.
Is the back foot sliding that big of a deal? My dd tends to either slide her back foot a little or it comes up like in the clip rdbass posted above. Not that she's comparable to the Babe
At some point in a good swing, the back foot should have very little ground reaction force acting on it so no back foot sliding or coming off completely (zero ground reaction force) is not a big deal (Frank Thomas nods in agreement..) IMO. The main question is the timing of this in relation to how the other body parts are moving along with location of the ball.