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  1. BadMonkeys

    Lower Body (no stride)

    I admit it was me and I do appreciate the response. BTW, your inbox is full!
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    Lower Body (no stride)

    I appreciate it. I guess I don't see the sagittal plane movement in the load. Or at least I have a hard time understanding that. I understand it to be a frontal plane movement because it's parallel with the frontal plane. As I also understand the torso rotation to be a transverse plane movement...
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    Mizuno's FP line...quick and very small test

    One of the local hitting instructors had a Mizuno rep in to let girls demo the carbon series bats. They took exit speeds off swings of the player with their bat and the player using the Mizuno bats. At least one of the Mizuno bats always had a higher exit speed than whatever the player was...
  4. BadMonkeys

    Lower Body (no stride)

    Help me understand your references to the planes. I can't help but think of gathering as a frontal plane movement and rotation as a transverse plane movement. I admit I'm just becoming familiar with the terminology.
  5. BadMonkeys

    Natural Hitting

    Were Jim and or Sean regulars to any of the hitting sites?
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    Natural Hitting

    This is his definition. "The core of the body is actually the entire Torso. (right pic)" and "The torso starts from the top of the shoulders and goes all the way down to the bottom of the pelvis (What you sit on in a chair)" Natural Hitting - The Core for natural movement
  7. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    Rich tweeted about the type of separation you are looking for. You may find it helpful. https://twitter.com/Teacherman1986/status/1020684730340118529
  8. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    Yes, I do see that she completely re-positions her head between launch and contact. There is a great deal of movement.
  9. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    It seems to me that you're claiming what is normally desirable is a negative.
  10. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    If you pause at heel plant you'll see that the rear leg starts to drive sooner on the stride swing and the rear scap stays tighter on the no stride swing. The stride step got to contact a frame quicker and resulted in a higher trajectory than the no stride.
  11. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    Why is that bad?
  12. BadMonkeys

    Stride or no stride

    What do you mean by load with the hands?
  13. BadMonkeys

    The latest guru on Twitter

    Dr Cross's study showed that "a couple is needed to start the swing". A couple produces rotation of the bat. How can you not supinate the hands and forearms simultaneously with the rotating bat? https://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~cross/PUBLICATIONS/44.BatSwing.pdf
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    14U Swing Assesment?

    The solution to all life's problems :p Seriously though, I offered My DD's 12U coaches some videos to see if they were open to it. Today they introduced turning the barrel to the team. We tried replicating the wall drill using two tees next to each other, (they were the tools we had.) It's...
  15. BadMonkeys

    How to properly hit off a tee

    I recall this being a Carrier method. Maybe from a clinic or posts? I don't recall. Respectfully, I wonder if there is any real world value, pretending to track a ball that isn't moving? Is having the eyes follow a path without a ball just good practice in general? See ball at release, lose...
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