Probably one of the best cue's ever told to my DD IMO was " Don't take the flight of stairs down to the ball, take the spiral staircase instead". I feel this approach also enforces the proper arm action as well as hand action IMO.
What is this and why do I need one.
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I really like this, and it makes sense to me (I have a really hard time explaining turning the barrel), but I'd like to hear others weigh in.
Chris Delorit
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This is a decent little drill in the toolbox. Be careful that the weight, or whatever you use to simulate the barrel transfer is not too heavy. Your just trying to acclimate the hands, wrists and forearms (ulna & radius rotation) to a pivot point & rotation, not destroy a wrist, elbow or shoulder joint.
The weight used in the example listed above is arguably too heavy for this young hitter. His natural mechanics are disrupted, where the drill should be performed with a weight amount better suited to a drill in context of a part of an actual live swing. The weight being used here completely hijacks his upper body mechanics, where the entire sequence is pulled downward and extended out and around by the weight itself. So, the purpose of the drill has been compromised.
In my opinion, rather than having that weight size pull this little guy around, it would be more beneficial to weight down a bit so that he is able to more naturally feel the sequencing of the fingers, hands, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, head, torso, et al...relative to transitioning that bat barrel around a pivot point and accelerated through the strike zone.
Chris
The weight used in the example listed above is arguably too heavy for this young hitter. His natural mechanics are disrupted, where the drill should be performed with a weight amount better suited to a drill in context of a part of an actual live swing. The weight being used here completely hijacks his upper body mechanics, where the entire sequence is pulled downward and extended out and around by the weight itself. So, the purpose of the drill has been compromised.
In my opinion, rather than having that weight size pull this little guy around, it would be more beneficial to weight down a bit so that he is able to more naturally feel the sequencing of the fingers, hands, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, head, torso, et al...relative to transitioning that bat barrel around a pivot point and accelerated through the strike zone.
Chris
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You are supposed to just snap/swivel in place and allow the lead elbow to elevate and the rear elbow to lower (turn the triangle). The weight sliding to the end of the pvc is helping train the forearm swivel.
JD,
IMO what made that particular que the best is that it made sense to HER and she understood it. It doesn’t matter if anyone else agreed with it or not as long as it made sense to the student is what matters.
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Rich I would like to read your definition of swivel, if you don't mind sharing?
Back of what hand? Also can you explain what you believe to be swivel?
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Rearward is barrel moving independently of shoulders/torso. Forward is barrel connected to shoulders/torso
Just more buzzwords that have differing definitions depending who you ask... Not being argumentative, but 'rearward' and 'forward' can mean different things to the individual. Back to the cheap seats
