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    Extension

    There is some truth to proper trajectories in BP. Not so much in games. Timing changes drastically. As it should..
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    Extension

    Agreed. Not a Ron Sullivan fan.
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    Extension

    What’s your analysis from what he says about certain ball flights to certain fields? Maybe I’m missing something? I think it’s a loose canon comment mostly.. imho.
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    Extension

    So let me get this straight.. if I tell a kid to extend they are gonna look like HOFer Cal Ripken? Extension is the wrists throwing the head correct? We don’t want to extend our wrists? Or you just want that to happen later? After the turn to the ball? Help me understand why we don’t want to...
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    Here’s AJs 2022 MVP season loading sequence.. judge for yourself.
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    Getting the hands back against a stable back leg turns the torso inward but also gets the hips going forward. I used to say load against the head. That works also. One produces a deeper body pivot than the other. Like Boston Mookie vs LA Mookie. One has the hands loading on the way back...
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    You would think so.. but no this has a bit of shift behind her before stride which moves her. Not a great angle. Look closely and you can see it.
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    That’s the HLP forward move. It’s death. all the kids I’ve seen doing this changed it and had better results thereafter. Counter rotation moves you forward in reality. Just like walking. The better you counter the better the contraction imo.
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    Yeah. Pretty much. Ask @pattar how he got Marcela to shift properly.
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    Another year. Evie is 11.

    Just my .02, she drifts or gets stuck. Hard to control.
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    What is the most difficult pitch to hit?

    SMH.. I was just thinking about this and how you move determines whether you hit heat or junk better. Up and down, out and in.. I hate this crap. 😑
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    Jayleen - 15yo

    Early posture loss in this case is due to the sway so there’s no posterior load which creates an upper body launch absent of lower half engagement. IOW no stability for the upper to launch against hence the early spine/hip extension in an effort to create speed.
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    Marcela 13 YO Second Year 14U (Spring)

    She looks like she knows what she’s doing.. very nice. That little shift off the back side has made a huge difference. No longer stuck. Some deep contact lately.. very hard to do! Nice job!
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    Jayleen - 15yo

    Agree w CB. I call it sequence though. Getting the upper half to sequence earlier so it can come later w better stability/connection is key imo. This really lets the upper(hands) load and hinders early opening. AJ above takes the hands back against a solid back leg which counter rotates his...
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    Marcela 13 YO Second Year 14U (Spring)

    Like the sequence to stretch. Swing is.. Functionally really good imo. I think the angles/balance points will get better as she goes.
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    Marcela 13 YO Second Year 14U (Spring)

    Nice hands..
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    15yo Addison

    How do we go about delaying launch @Cornbread? What are your keys?
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    The Load

    Yes that’s why I like the shoulders to still be closing while the hands/arms start their move. Sequential loading.
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    The Load

    Force always proceeds motion. That barrel is being ‘turned’ (force applied) or the knob is being pulled (cause and effect) before the chest moves forward. Remember it’s an away-ish high pitch. Rotation and hand path are in shorter window bc we hit the ball deeper and sooner w those locations...
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    The Load

    I keep it a bit more dynamic. Knob at the ball. IOW hit it where it’s pitched. Naturally as Shawn pointed out, the hands will travel a bit farther for an inside pitch vs very little for an outside pitch. The way I see it, you need to ‘swing’ against something.. so the front foot needs to be on...

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