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[_MIA_]

Well I'm thinking if she can't do it properly off the tee, good luck live pitching, lol

Lol..true. How long did you give her to figure it out?

 

[julray]

Lol..true. How long did you give her to figure it out?

5 minutes tops, after than I will just be frustrated and need to walk away..

 

[Rolling Hard]

Getting out the gatorade bottle today. One off the high tee, then one off the gatorade bottle. Long tee of coarse, so she can see the trajectory. When she can hit line drives (15 degree launch) off both she will have done well. Then mix in inside and outside to the session.

 

[FP26]

Getting out the gatorade bottle today. One off the high tee, then one off the gatorade bottle. Long tee of coarse, so she can see the trajectory. When she can hit line drives (15 degree launch) off both she will have done well. Then mix in inside and outside to the session.

Take spare bottles. They tend to get mangled quickly

 

[julray]

Getting out the gatorade bottle today. One off the high tee, then one off the gatorade bottle. Long tee of coarse, so she can see the trajectory. When she can hit line drives (15 degree launch) off both she will have done well. Then mix in inside and outside to the session.

Did the same thing yesterday, high and low, garage wasn't long for long.. but that's ok

Question though, my bottle was shorter than Gatorade bottle, seemed impossible to get a 15 degree launch, bat would of gone through the floor to get under it. She hit solid line drives with it though, slight upward path

 

[Cannonball]

I coach tilt and the difference between lateral and pelvic tilt. It isn't as simple as simply using the term, "tilt."

 

[MikeP]

Take spare bottles. They tend to get mangled quickly

I just picked up a really short traffic cone today for this reason, hopefully it works well.

 

[julray]

I coach tilt and the difference between lateral and pelvic tilt. It isn't as simple as simply using the term, "tilt."

Hi CB, what's your thoughts on the difference between lateral and pelvic tilt and how they are used in swing?

 

[FP26]

I just picked up a really short traffic cone today for this reason, hopefully it works well.

That is a good idea. I have also used agility cones for this. I think they are approximately 9 inches high, so they work pretty well.

 

[Cannonball]

Hi CB, what's your thoughts on the difference between lateral and pelvic tilt and how they are used in swing?

One flows into the other. The mistake, IMO, that some make is to take something like pelvic tilt and pre set it. IMO, a hitter learns how to properly load by having an efficient pelvic tilt. I believe that many overcook pelvic tilt to the point that it is detrimental to the swing. Good and sequenced pelvic tilt enables a smooth transition to lateral tilt. It also, if done correctly enables for the swing to be adjustable. If I might, when we prepare for a riseball pitcher, one of the things we work on is making sure our hitters don't overcook pelvic tilt in their load.

Edited to add:

If you have any of Noontimes clips where he freezes the hitter at the "go position," I think you might see an example of what I try to coach. As I have posted several times, I have a young lady who, at the age of 12, is hitting serious bombs. She is now playing 14 and 16U. Her ability to drive the ball is due to hitting with her core with resistance on the backside during the transfer of those two tilts. In some, they might call that having a "corner" and being able to maintain it more powerfully.