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  1. J

    10U Swing Eval

    Ha, I had no idea. That says a lot.
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    10U Swing Eval

    I'm a little surprised that someone who advocates for Rich's techniques would post this clip as a swing example. If anyone shifts her weight forward into a balanced position prior to launch, it's SR. And look at her point of contact - looks to me like hands/knob to the ball all day:
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    Teaching the high level pattern

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    HLP vs the High level movement pattern

    This seems likes a "mass follows force" conversation, which this guy covers well:
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    Teaching the high level pattern

    I fully agree with what you just said, but it seems that TTB would be counterproductive in creating a line between the lead forearm and bat.
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    Teaching the high level pattern

    I'm a little confused on the relationship between turning the barrel rearward (which shoots the knob of the bat skyward) and then subsequently rolling over the hands (i.e., pushing the top hand past the bottom hand at some point). Are those two things consistent with each other?
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    Teaching the high level pattern

    I'd say no, regardless of what hitting theory is inserted. I don't think any hitting theory is widely agreed upon.
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    Fastpitch hitters

    Bat path looks pretty steep. I like it.
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    Swinging down

    A couple of years back, I stumbled across this video made by Board Member (who I believe used to post here often) addressing TM's swing methods: Did TM ever address this binding of the wrist issue discussed by Board Member? That issue alone makes it difficult for me to buy into TM's swing...
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    Bat length question

    So you’re saying about a 3% increase (in bat speed)? A 100-foot hit would become 103 feet; a 200 foot hit would become 206? Or would a 3% increase in bat speed result in a greater (or lesser) increase in ball distance? I’m not sure exactly how bat speed correlates to ball distance.
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    This is Outfroom

    There are an awful lot of frames between the time her hips stop and when the bat contacts the ball.
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    Fastpitch hitters

    But if you viewed that swing from a different angle - e.g., slightly in front rather than slightly behind - you would probably think it looks like the elbow is in front of the hands and call it bat drag.
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    Fastpitch hitters

    A while back, someone - I believe it was @fanboi22 - posted an idea that I believe works better than simply "elbow in front of the knob/hands" to help define bat drag. The idea was to run an imaginary line between the front part of the shoulder and the knob of the bat. If the elbow crosses...
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    Fastpitch hitters

    W=W, do us all a favor and take another video of your daughter hitting, this time with the camera slightly behind her rather than slightly in front of her. We'll see then if the bat drag crowd still thinks it looks like bat drag.
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    Fastpitch hitters

    I think your view of bat drag directly contradicts your view of elbow slotting. You continually say that the hitter must slot the elbow before pushing the arms/hands away from the armpit. Thus the elbow must drop and move forward relative to the hands, which are locked at the armpit. Then...
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