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    16yo Maddie

    Checking into the forum I had to go back to the 15 yo Maddie to catch up! Glad she is back playing and having fun. She is doing great. Can definitely tell her timing is related to her stride and her releasing front side. When she is on it perfectly it is a beautiful swing! I loved the...
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    Olivia, 11 Years Old or: "Another season down, another season of random swing mechanics during each at bat"

    Love her presence too! OsDad...I would be interested in knowing what you have chose to do with her this off season and how your going about it.
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    Speed drop off with I/R

    Stop her 1st video at 11 sec...and the 3rd video at 8 secs. You will see her palm facing 3rd base. This creates a dysfunction in the shoulder for what your trying to accomplish. This would be first thing I would work on along with ball path, chilling the big torso turn on load and then...
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    Jump from 10u to 12u hitting...

    To add a visual to what Ericf is saying about hand path and flat swing. Green Lines: Each swing posted the rear arm bend is for a low ball (hands dropped alot)...when each ball is waist high or above. Purple Lines: From front elbow thru hands...extended to show where bat should be...as an...
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    Bullpen Dimensions

    Personally... I would want your 10ft as a minimum for swinging.
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    Bullpen Dimensions

    We went big..12 foot wide 8 ft fence all around but we wanted enough room for the girls to slip out there and hit into a net. I would think 8 foot wide is not a cramped feeling with a 6 ft fence...although that would be the minimum I would want for just pitching. Aesthetically our group...
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    Hitting Guru

    Well that ruins a good joke. :) All my side of the family still lives in Ok., its an ongoing thing with us. I am the only OSU person in the family...they are all OU.
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    Hitting Guru

    Now that is funny Patar!! But please no man hugs...this isn't OU! :)
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    12yo DD Swing

    She has made progress. I agree with most others but I think Clemenslee may be seeing same thing I am. What I see is no hip hinge so rear hip is never really loaded, rotating around front hip, still hip thrust (not as much though) rather than hip extension, no running start with barrel/TTB...
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    Hitting Guru

    Kind of ages us doesn't it! :) Been stalking those sites for many years. Yes...many names from TM. Not sure which site one those particular notes are from. There were many posters that I liked to read back then....lclifton, tomquerry come to mind and there are many others. I have...
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    What Causes the Hips to Rotate in a HL Swing?

    We will have to disagree on that torque move. Watching Knee movement/patterns... is an indication of whats happening in the hips. Watching knee movement with a pelvic marker... is an indication of whats happening with the relationship of the pelvic and knee...and you just don't see that. If I...
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    Building a field, need a scoreboard

    Good way to go about it. We were fortunate and divided the ad area up between 3 companies that donated 20 grand plus each.
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    What Causes the Hips to Rotate in a HL Swing?

    Meant to add to this thread but I got busy! BobbyS... you left out some very important info on hip rotators. With a flexed (hinged) hip...the glutes become internal femur rotators (moment arms). So if a leg is stabilizing..such as the front leg when it catches the weight...they will become...
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    Hitting Guru

    Most of Howard Carrier's stuff was good. It seems to be getting distorted like many things over time. I have gone to a college camp that was taught Carriers stuff for many years. It kept being misrepresented to the point..... I don't go to that college camp no more. TM is the master of go...
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    Is this the end? or a new beginning?

    Hate to hear that and our thoughts and prayers are with her. Lets hope they find no labrum tear and if so a very very small one. I have seen 2 girls leave college ball because of this. Very sad. Shoulders are tough when injured...and you can get all kinds of compensation and other problems...

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