She is .. make no doubt about it. We are going back to basics.. simple load, neck slot, laser the ball and swing. Going to focus on keeping everything loose, and driving through the ball. I think this will get the hands more involved and release tension on the upper body. I've over coached a little, too many moving parts and she needs to focus more on hitting and less on her swing
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She is .. make no doubt about it. We are going back to basics.. simple load, neck slot, laser the ball and swing. Going to focus on keeping everything loose, and driving through the ball. I think this will get the hands more involved and release tension on the upper body. I've over coached a little, too many moving parts and she needs to focus more on hitting and less on her swing
Yea listen to this guy at all costs....Hes smart. He asked Rich what he thinks then he gets on DFP and acts like a smart a## know it all.
No need for your attitude.
I always love guys that " have no skin in the game" and want to insert themselves as experts. If I asked you a question about hitting then you should have at minimum " had sin in the game" If you don't then just pipe down and let the ones who do have skin in the game " Answer him.
We all know your opinions are not yours. They are someone else's
You follow Rich and other hitting sites and act like you know how to develop an athlete.
I know and you know that you have 1 female athlete you have worked with and that's it! I'm not sure she even succeeded. So until you have a proven track record. Maybe, just maybe you should back off with the attitude. Go back and look at MOST of your posts. DOING YOUR BEST RICH ACT I GUESS
Give me a break!
I think the standing up is connected to the "stiffness", trying to do to much.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
You are correct Shawn.. like I mentioned above, we are going to reel it in a bit. We paid a lot for that bat, it's about time we make it work as well.
I think one has to push the envelope, although you don't swing at 100% effort all the time. Go to the ball field and off a tee experiment with the swing/effort and see when/where there is no return on the effort level. See what creates more distance, max effort or a more relaxed (explosive) approach.
always with me it was the more relaxed approach.. if I muscled up everything went to hell and ended up usually with a ground ball out.
This is a very poor example of a game swing for her... I asked her what her approach was with this swing. She told me that initially she thought it was a ball which ended up with her pulling the trigger a little late. However, you will easily see what my biggest concern is, compare load to contact and see how much her head has elevated. I know there are other issues as well.. ie getting to far over her back foot, but I have to prioritize here because she has a big tournament this weekend. I need to keep her head/body on plane through out the swing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbDFfFYR5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbDFfFYR5Y
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On the tee swing, the 'push up' is due to how she uses her front leg. All lead legs 'block/push back' to some extent. Her lead leg overdoes it, causing her to pop up like that. That happens in part because she loads onto and rotates around her front leg rather than having a pivot point at her rear hip, which would have instead allowed her front hip to open/clear better and the lead leg block/push to accelerate/assist her rotation rather than having it make her pop up like that. If you ever see a hitters front foot 'roll over' that's a front leg block/push back being overcome by aggressive rotation/thrust driven around the rear hip
Looks like a good athlete, shows aggressive intent. The 'rear leg' thrust or snap video clip that everyone was making fun of with TM/Rich on another thread would be useful for her to help her find and feel how the rear hip pivot point works. Regardless of whether you buy into all of TM's teachings, having the axis of rotation at the rear hip vs. front hip is a good thing.
Looks like a good athlete, shows aggressive intent. The 'rear leg' thrust or snap video clip that everyone was making fun of with TM/Rich on another thread would be useful for her to help her find and feel how the rear hip pivot point works. Regardless of whether you buy into all of TM's teachings, having the axis of rotation at the rear hip vs. front hip is a good thing.
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