The whip and momentum

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May 3, 2014
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OK, gotcha...that's kinda what I figured

My youngest DD has problems with this right now...

I've been working with her alot on tying her lower half to her upper half.
It's slowing working, but it's taking some time.

Sometimes when she swings the bat, it's literally comical as to how separated her lower half and her top half are.

When the separation is at the waist you will get what you describe. It may work for slow pitch and/or golf but won't help hitting good pitching.

The separation point needs to be at the rear hip joint. The rear leg is doing the pulling while everything above resists. The separation occurs when the hitter learns to tilt at the hip joint and not turn off the rear leg. When the torso provides enough resistance to create some tilt the rear leg will snap through

It is not an easy thing to see when done correctly, but it's here.

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Oct 2, 2015
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OK, after practicing with her last night, and taking more Coach's Eye footage, it's very obvious that her left elbow is collapsing more than I thought.
We worked on it quite a bit, and we got her left elbow to stay "solid" if you will like the GIF, and out and away from her body, about 20-25% of the time.

She she really started getting strong in her legs and lats/core from power lifting, it seems like her shoulders and arm can't hold their position. They flatten out against her body as her torso rotates.
They are collapsing from the force of the leg/torso segment beginning to twist rapidly.
It's partly because her stride and torso twist has gotten so fast and even violent at times.

We just need to work on keeping that left arm and elbow out.
Like in this GIF and the Miggy GIFs we watch.
 

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