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    Yee update from SPY

    A very nice accomplishment, and Taylor is a great pitcher. In the interest of full disclosure, it should probably be pointed out that the US team competing in Canada is a combination of players from the National team, and players from the Futures team (the second level US National team)...
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    Push off loaded back foot to start rotational swing or not?

    Couldn't agree more. It isn't that I don't see the importance of video. We we use it every day. What doesn't seem important to me is the constant comparing of video at an incredibly detailed level without actually working with a hitter. The finest understanding of video in the world, not...
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    Push off loaded back foot to start rotational swing or not?

    Howard: Would you guess that YOU learned more from working with hitters today then you would have by looking at a video of Will Clark's back foot? I ask, because on the other side of the equation, it is obvious you were able to actually help a number of young athletes today. I'm sure they...
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    practice bat drag- before / after

    I don't know the guy. Some people I do know and respect tell me emphatically that he never works with kids. I certainly have seen him called on it a number of times, and outside of indicating he worked with kids in the distant past (wood bat era), he hasn't asserted otherwise. I don't know...
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    practice bat drag- before / after

    What he does is work with hitters. Which makes his opinions attractive. I have no idea why you don't understand that your own refusal to work with hitters completely eliminates your credibility. I don't understand why you refuse to do so. But you do, so your data is suspect. Throw...
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    practice bat drag- before / after

    There must be a tree falling in the forest somewhere. . . .
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    Right bat speeds?

    I'm not at all surprised to hear this is important to college coaches. It certainly is to me. One of the thinmgs I absolutely look for in recruiting. If a hitter needs to start her swing too soon, I KNOW she will struggle against college-level (D1) pitching, where change of speed is almost...
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    Right bat speeds?

    I'm not sure how you mena this, and whether I am agreeing or not agreeing. But I think video frame count is absolutely crucial (see above). WAY more important than bat speed, bith for hitting HRs, and for hitting for contact. And I think a slow frame count is 99% about using less than ideal...
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    Right bat speeds?

    Mark's explanation above is right on. Are some using "bat speed" and "swing quickness" interchangeably? Because I think they are two different concepts. Bat speed is just that - how fast the bat is traveling. SWING QUICKNESS is typically a reference to elapsed time required for the swing...
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    Accurate, and I do understand the inaccuracy on the clip is Epstein's, not yours.
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    Vasquez did wear #21 last season (her senior year, 4 HRs and a .400+ BA) for ASU. Cochran is #16. Epstein identifies this hitter - #21 - as Cochran on his site, and it even says "Katie" in the URL you linked. Probably, that is a mistake on his site that Epstein should fix. If you are going...
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    You don't appear to have any trouble reconciling anything ANYBODY says to your world view. He says it feels like he is swinging up, and you say he really means it feels like he is swinging down. Makes it hard to argue with you, that's for sure. You provide voluminous data, much of which is...
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    I do want to take some exception. I believe I know who your daughter is, and it appears she is having some early success in college, and I appreciate that. And it appears you have been around as a coach and instrutor for a while as well, and I have seen your Club team play. Some of the...
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    I use one-armed drills to practice maintaining connection. Period. In essence, in most cases, maintaining connection means trying to get the arms to do LESS, not more. It means allowing the body to do more. So the video wasn't too impressive to me, as the guy indicates he does MORE than most...
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    When does full arm extension occur?

    Sure. Still worth discussing, though. Analysis has a certain value. Using it to teach kids to hit is infinitely more valuable IMO. If your kids hit consistently at a high level, then there isn't much argument left. Whatever you are doing works. Absent that evidence, who knows? Which is...
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