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    Lower Body

    Any drill can be bad, thats important for us that dont work with kids everyday, dont want to make things worse. The deltoid drill could be bad, probably more bad than good for this girl, she may have already learned it and used it to get this far. Thats blunt and to the point, it seems about...
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    Opinions on attacking the lead elbow

    Resistance? IDK, I see it more than I feel it, so how do you teach it? Can you look at the Tyson video in quicktime? Frames 10-15, forward momentum, back elbow down, front elbow forward, hands come forward some. There has to be some pressure in the hands, I dont feel it or think about it...
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    Opinions on attacking the lead elbow

    21 clicks on Tyson. The chin comes down some in the same frame, likes thats really where she is feeling or applying the power. I would say your lead shoulder has opened too much in the last shot, its close, but dont think you really get there. Do you think Tyson lead shoulder opens up a lot...
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    Opinions on attacking the lead elbow

    Keep the hands back and get some separation.
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    Opinions on attacking the lead elbow

    Your demo looks like an arm swing, no separation (hands), no bat lag, but good for showing where the arms and elbows need to be for the hands to release. Maybe it works for your students when they apply this drill to a core driven swing that you teach them with other drills. And apply some...
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    drag and hand activation

    This could be a whole new thread. I meant to ask how you check "load depth".
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    Opinions on attacking the lead elbow

    "Turning the barrel", I still dont know what it describes. I open the Tyson gif and hit the arrow button 8 times, the hands have done nothing, not sure if we are looking at the same frame or not, frame 10 is heel plant. Frame 11, separation, as separation stops the upper body is getting on...
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    SB grip or BB grip

    http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-hitting-technical/4665-drag-hand-activation-6.html#post45991 Grip is one of the few things people agree on around here. Check the above link. In case you missed this just posted, in another thread Possibly the wrong grip can keep lead to an arm...
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    drag and hand activation

    The batter in post #185 of this thread, the first one of the three? How come there is no follow through with the bat? Been searching the old posts and the knee cock is something I dont understand how you and Hitter explain it. Or I should say I think I understand what your saying but I...
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    Shoulders vs Hands

    You posted this before, looks like the hand is tied to the shoulder, I think you see the opposite.
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    drag and hand activation

    Not to pick on you, but what didnt you like about the deltoid drill? Cause the more I look at your bucket drill clip the more it looks similar to the deltoid drill. The hands start up, but the position just after "connection" looks very close.
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    drag and hand activation

    You think this drill fixed the drag? Thats been my humble theory, when they feel the power in the core, they will instinctively know how apply it. Young hitters anyway, until they feel it they will try to use the arms too much. And probably as Chris says get "back hand dominate" and drag the...
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    drag and hand activation

    I'm curious what you would do to correct for being a spinner? I agree with FFS and MTS, poor mechanics causes the bat drag. The question is what to fix.
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    drag and hand activation

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    drag and hand activation

    Theaddition, did you post that as an example of how the feet can cause drag? It looks like she has an open stance and opens it more on the stride and strides onto the outside of the foot. Its strange, like all the power is sucked out of the core and the upper half takes over causing drag.
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    drag and hand activation

    No not advocating but that is what the kid in the video did, making sure we all agree on that. Turning the barrel wont help if they are out of sequence. I've been basing most my comments off that kids form so we are all on the same page. Thanks for the boardmember post. Its a good visual...
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    drag and hand activation

    I'd forgotten how lively things can get on this board. I'd like to see what your talking about. I remember Hitter using saran wrap to teach something about grip, dont recall a string. If your fixing drag with the grip, you probably think I'm way off base in what I replied to FFS about timing...
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    drag and hand activation

    You could have just said this and I think I see what your saying. If you look at the two frames of Tulowitzky I posted, is that what you call turning the bat. If so, it wouldnt matter if he turned the bat perfectly but failed to move the lower body, or it would result in "bat drag". Get...
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    drag and hand activation

    I think I picked up this Tulowitzki gif on this site so you all might have seen it. At heel plant hands have hardly moved, the pitch is fairly high. The kid with the bad bat drag looked okay at heel plant. The only thing I can see he should have done with the hands is not to move them at all...
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    drag and hand activation

    Hope the mods dont mind. If everyone can be civil. That discussion on drag was getting interesting. I think its important, I have seen kids where it just clicked at a young age for some reason and they never lost it, despite really terrible coaching and hitting instruction. They did what felt...

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