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I'm probably not, but OK.
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This post clarifies your understanding
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Slow down, and read Butter, I just did about an hour ago.
How many times do I have to repeat myself? "You stride (move) with your rear leg, not your front one".
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Do tell. I'm all
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The main mover of the swing is the rear leg.
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Yes, I just said that...glad we agree on at least that so far.
So what do the obliques do, and what is it exactly that's the secret that I should be doing with them that you just found out about? Hope I'm not supposed to try to "cow/cat/cow" with them again.
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There are about 5-6 in this thread having one discussion and you are having a different one.Yes, I just said that...glad we agree on at least that so far.
So what do the obliques do, and what is it exactly that's the secret that I should be doing with them that you just found out about? Hope I'm not supposed to try to "cow/cat/cow" with them again.
You should keep doing exactly what you are doing and leave the obliques to the rest of us...
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So IOWs you're unable to explain it. Understandable though, as I found that to be the case a lot, with many hitting "instructors" over the years. Tell their hitters to do something, and then when asked "why", they have no f'n idea why other than they heard someone else say it, so it must be so.There are about 5-6 in this thread having one discussion and you are having a different one.
You should keep doing exactly what you are doing and leave the obliques to the rest of us...
But that's OK, I have faith that you'll come back around eventually; just like you did the last time someone else tried to steer you down another "twisting" road with yoga farm animals, and swinging heavy balls around your head.
Good luck to ya Butter.
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Soooo, i have a question. In working with my DD i have tried to get her to feel her core, and with that the obliques and abs (to a lesser degree). So i pretend i am going to punch her in the side and have her scrunch up. I feel the oblique crunch 'launches' the swing and starts the turn around the spine. This is to limit the 'armsy' swing my DD had/has. It is more scrunch i feel to get more tilt and more around - like twisting, on the higher pitches, less tilt.So IOWs you're unable to explain it. Understandable though, as I found that to be the case a lot, with many hitting "instructors" over the years. Tell their hitters to do something, and then when asked "why", they have no f'n idea why other than they heard someone else say it, so it must be so.
But that's OK, I have faith that you'll come back around eventually; just like you did the last time someone else tried to steer you down another "twisting" road with yoga farm animals, and swinging heavy balls around your head.
Good luck to ya Butter.
I have recently tried to feel hip extension thru glute and hammy actions based on info i got from my DD's strength and conditioning coach. But when i see someone like Miggy have a relatively 'dead leg' and more of an anchor, i cannot see how the rear leg propels or drives anything. I can see where it is used as a 'mover' (as you called it) but more just as a carrier to get the body out where it needs to go. Less so on a no stride swing.
So i am of the mind the obliques do a lot. Maybe i missed your describing something different. So apologies if i am off base. Thanks in advance.
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Oh stop - it has been explained about 50 times recently. You choose not to understand. Good luck yourself.So IOWs you're unable to explain it. Understandable though, as I found that to be the case a lot, with many hitting "instructors" over the years. Tell their hitters to do something, and then when asked "why", they have no f'n idea why other than they heard someone else say it, so it must be so.
But that's OK, I have faith that you'll come back around eventually; just like you did the last time someone else tried to steer you down another "twisting" road with yoga farm animals, and swinging heavy balls around your head.
Good luck to ya Butter.
