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Cannonball said:

turnin2, I am somewhere in between.
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turnin2 said:

Please tell me more CB... thanks.

Cannonball said:

turnin2, I am somewhere in between.
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turnin2, how have you been? I don't want to hijack this thread with my thoughts so, I'll be brief. I've come to think that the hands get a running start in what I call, "pulling the bow back." The "tip and rip" aspect of what I teach then helps make my player's hands active but efficient. I do believe that they come into a relationship with that back shoulder and ride that relationship for a brief time. How long? I just don't know and am not ashamed to say so. Then, those hands, "come off the merry go round." I don't think that they leave that relationship equally on all pitches and so, the hands help with adjustability. (Adjustability is not a word. LOL) I no longer care to argue the swing with anyone. There are too many experts out there that want to argue their philosophies when, if fact, they haven't done nor do anything with hitters. I seem to run into that a lot lately in my area. I'm ok with being an "ex expert" and saying that I don't know a thing about hitting. BTW, I was told such this past week when one guy said that I might produce great hitting baseball players but none of my softball students will ever hit due to what I teach. You know, the vast difference between a baseball swing and a softball swing. LOL

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Cannonball said:

turnin2 said:

... what I teach helps make my player's hands active but efficient. I do believe that they come into a relationship with that back shoulder and ride that relationship for a brief time. How long? I just don't know and am not ashamed to say so. Then, those hands, "come off the merry go round." I don't think that they leave that relationship equally on all pitches and so, the hands help with adjustability. (Adjustability is not a word. LOL) I no longer care to argue the swing with anyone. There are too many experts out there that want to argue their philosophies when, if fact, they haven't done nor do anything with hitters. I seem to run into that a lot lately in my area. I'm ok with being an "ex expert" and saying that I don't know a thing about hitting. BTW, I was told such this past week when one guy said that I might produce great hitting baseball players but none of my softball students will ever hit due to what I teach. You know, the vast difference between a baseball swing and a softball swing. LOL

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I like the merry-go round analogy. Been working w/ DD not to let hands extend to soon, or should I say ''to stay on the merry go round a little longer'' before flying off.

Today, she was hitting off a live pitcher, and the catcher (a college player) told her to do the drill where you start with the bat pinned against your shoulder as long as possible. She hit better that way. Kept her from extending too soon.

Wonder what hitting gurus think of that drill. I would think the shoulder drill would accomplish the same thing as this gadget, maybe better.

It restricts stretch & fire, and it forces hands to be lower than you want, so like all drills, you have to be careful that it doesn't have unintended side effects when putting it in the ''real'' swing.

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I like the merry-go round analogy. Been working w/ DD not to let hands extend to soon, or should I say ''to stay on the merry go round a little longer'' before flying off.

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rdbass said:

I would prefer to see a more Ferris wheel hand path.
Added: video blocked at work so, general comment.

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Eric F said:

Video is the "deltoid drill" without Epstein's lower body pre-set.

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rdbass said:

I would prefer to see a more Ferris wheel hand path.
Added: video blocked at work so, general comment.

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