Thanks guys, TM has all the slack taking out.
What is weight shift?
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The COM moves during the FbC. There is little to no movement of the COM during transfer. That is why I asked if they have this backwards. The COM moves during the shift. The transfer happens from toe touch onwards.
60 YO guy turning barrel while the other 2 kids are moving their weight around trying to find a platform to launch from
That is a cool and useful gif
Your description fits with the way I was initially labeling the two movements. However, the BBD guys seems to be using "shift" and "transfer" in the opposite manner from what you described here. Since there are a number of us who post/read in both places, it makes sense to me to have some consistency between the sites.
The way I look at it is that the transfer is basically the transportation of the COG of the body through space since the COG doesn't really move in the body. The "shift" will happen because the COP actually shifts from one place to another on the body as the transportation of the COG comes to a stop.
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Lol ... consistency ... consider the dictionary ... in which case 'shift' and 'transfer' can be used interchangeably.
I wanted to discuss weight shift in more detail. I'll posts some more clips of this swing. What do you see?
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60 YO guy turning barrel while the other 2 kids are moving their weight around trying to find a platform to launch from
His hips and lowerbody are late. Starts the swing with the upperbody so it seems like all the slack is taken out. Upperbody swing.
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Look again Shawn. What is the rear leg doing?
