Turning the barrel

Buttermaker · Jul 1, 2017

FiveFrameSwing said:
Comes down to the particular individual.

Give someone a goal, and sometimes their body moves appropriately to accomplish the given goal ..... then there are those whose body is not recruited in the same manner to accomplish the stated goal.

It takes a bit of work to help someone that recruits their body sub-optimally to accomplish a given goal. They need to learn a different movement pattern. Depending on their sense of body awareness that can be a cake walk, or a significant challenge.

So while "crank the forearms" may work for some ... it will not work for everybody.

Yea, it doesn't happen in one rep. It's a foreign move to anyone who isn't already doing it. So, you practice it. You don't give up and say it doesn't work. Some get it quicker than others. Some need knob to nose cue others don't. It takes time to build up the myelin sheath in the forearms so the snap becomes more natural.

Buttermaker · Jul 1, 2017

FiveFrameSwing said:
Also pay attention to the lateral tilting process and the resulting barrel action ...

Getting the hip behind the rear leg. Swinging out from your body makes this a little easier to figure out.

FiveFrameSwing · Jul 1, 2017

Buttermaker said:
Yea, it doesn't happen in one rep. It's a foreign move to anyone who isn't already doing it. So, you practice it. You don't give up and say it doesn't work. Some get it quicker than others. Some need knob to nose cue others don't. It takes time to build up the myelin sheath in the forearms so the snap becomes more natural.

If the drill doesn't have the desired effect in terms of correcting the desired movement pattern then I abort the drill.

Buttermaker · Jul 3, 2017

Different approaches to high in pitch - both phenomenal hitters

When you watch both swings

Which hitter gets rear hip behind rear leg and which hitter rotates hip?
Which hitter gets rear elbow through and which hitters rear elbow follows torso around?
Which hitter turns barrel immediately and which hitter turns first and then barrel gets turned?
Which hitter looks they are doing self toss trying to hit ball high and far?

Buttermaker · Jul 3, 2017

Tommy Pham - not slotting and then swinging. Immediate barrel turn.

Cannonball · Jul 3, 2017

Buttermaker said:
Tommy Pham - not slotting and then swinging. Immediate barrel turn.

Thank you so much. While watching the game I said to my wife that I wish we had the ability to do what you did with that at bat.

Buttermaker · Jul 8, 2017

George Springer #27

CoachJD · Jul 8, 2017

So, dumb question: What's the opposite of turning the barrel? I can see the pros turning the barrel in these clips. And to me it looks, I don't know, obvious? Like, yeah, of course that's what you do.

So what's the wrong thing? Is it DBSF? Is there some other type of flawed swing that a lot of youth players use? When we say "she has to turn the barrel," what does a swing look like where this doesn't happen?

FiveFrameSwing · Jul 8, 2017

If you aren't turning the barrel (i.e., working the barrel), then you are in a sense dragging the barrel.

Buttermaker · Jul 11, 2017

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