Vid of 8 year old - looking for feedback

[Work=wins]

Can you do me a favor ... review the link you provided and talk us through the usage of the hands during the first of the two drills that was about the hands. Exactly how is he using his hands during that first drill?

Sorry for late response. I was pretty tired last night.

Brauns drill is pretty basic but very helpful. It gives the proper feel of load and release of the hands. An isolation drill. During this drill I would inform the player of soft wrists and hammering with the top hand.
The drill imo is great for teaching the path ‘down to’ the ball. As well as release points(so important)above the ball.
Setting up the tee high/outside provides the player with a sense of direction as well as load and release of hands/barrel above the ball. I use this drill as a warm up for my lessons. I will progress to the drill Eric Hosmer does with the bat between his legs with front toss. Eventually moving towards full speed front toss.

If your asking for anatomical descriptions. I’m not the guy to be describing such intricate details. Hopefully this helps everyone understand what the drill(s) are about. Swinging with hands/knob has gotten a bad reputation for along time. Hand path/barrel path is right up there as fundamentals that make all the difference. Balance and load would be the others.IMO

 

[Work=wins]

When you write 'backside' ... do you mean the backside of the torso, as in one's back? Do you mean the back half in terms of the portion of the body towards the catcher?

After you describe the location being loaded ... share with me how you go about loading it?

Would appreciate your description of what you are doing with the hands during the first drill you suggest.

Personally I think of the body spilt down the middle, through the head all the way down through the belly button. I believe the load is front to back and back to the front.
Or core, back leg, core , hands, barrel.
Actually the core is ‘primed’ first. Hopefully makes sense. I am a big proponent of balance. This is needed throughout the swing. If adjustability is your goal.

 

[Work=wins]

WW ... do you post as '3swing' elsewhere?

I do. I am.

 

[Work=wins]

WW, if you are '3swing' then congrats! Your daughter has a decent stroke.

While waiting for you to supply the requested information, I'll attempt to share my thoughts on 'the load'.

For me, the basic loading sequence begins with the loading of the rear hip & glute (as you weight your rear leg) … and then the core. Describing the loading of the core can be a bit difficult … but I’ll give it a try from a ‘feel’ perspective. The feel of loading the core can be thought of as a coordinated effort to lift the front leg … where that coordination is a combination of the front hip lifting the front leg, and the lead flank (between the ribs and hip) and core lifting the front hip (which was in the process of lifting the lead leg). While the photo below is of a substantial leg lift, there need not be such a visible leg lift. A similar load can be performed with a minor front leg lift and even with a no-stride approach.

The image above is not meant to be an advertisement for Myer’s book … I have not viewed his book … I like the photo however, as it has me imagining a hitter becoming loaded with uninvolved shoulders and hands.

Thank you. She is still a work in progress. Her ‘fundamentals’ are solid imo. You touched on the hands getting involved later. I can’t agree more. The way the body loads can make that an automatic imo. I know you know that.

 

[Shawn]

Small knee lift, as 5frames was talking about the leg lift.

 

[Shawn]

Same action, smaller leg/knee lift. Same action taking place, in fact I have an old Griffey/Nomar clip somewhere I'll try to find.

 

[Work=wins]

The last 2 gifs posted would be the start of the mlb sequence.

The gathering of energy(weight)leveraging the ground is the start of the sequence.

To me the core(lead side)GETS ‘primed’ before the back leg becomes loaded. The leg lift is the result of that ‘priming’. Once the back leg is weighted, the move out occurs.

The COM advances and lowers which loads the core, simultaneously the hands ‘float’ up and become ‘primed’.

Once location of the incoming pitch has been determined. The hands create ‘direction’ and work(load)in a straight line above the ball but with a ‘ down to’ mentality. The barrel loads simultaneously with the hands.

The release point of the barrel varies according to pitch location. Later release for the inside but earlier in the sequence. Earlier release for the outside. But later in the sequence.

I would categorize it as front-back-front-hands-barrel. Or core-back leg-core-hands-barrel.

All this doesn’t matter if balance isn’t realized and maintained through foot plant. Balance is found through the core imo.

 

[Work=wins]

To me. Get the beginning right and a good sequence is not far off.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

The COM advances and lowers which loads the core, simultaneously the hands ‘float’ up and become ‘primed’.

I like to think of it as the core loading assists in causing the COM to lower.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

To me the core(lead side)GETS ‘primed’ before the back leg becomes loaded. The leg lift is the result of that ‘priming’. Once the back leg is weighted, the move out occurs.

A common sequence is to load the rear hip/glute and then the core.

By "lead side core" I assume you mean the lead flank (front edge between the rib cage and hip). While the lead leg pickup (which isn't necessary) is often part of a coordinated effort in loading the core, it isn't the lead leg pickup that loads the core ... the lead leg is picked up by the front hip, the loading of the core is an attempt to pull up (with the lead flank, and core) the front hip, which often (but not always) was picking up the front leg. For some, the feel can be of the lead flank and core picking up the front leg ... but that isn't quite what is happening.