Tewks analogy is your body works like a tornado. Nothing should twist against itself. It should open like a 'upward spiral ' from the ground up . I think of it as a forward tornado.Your swing opens up one segment at a time . Hope that make sense.
Rib cage
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I need to probably put some video out but don't really like to. Had a guy from Baseball Rebellion work with her and according to him her truth position, launch, attack position is very good. He did some things to help her turn and afterwards is when I started noticing that the rib cage area seems to have some issues. She has some very good movements IMO but pushes sometimes and when she tries to correct it becomes a little loopy. She's in the middle at the moment.
Try to create some 'stretch' with resistance .See if that fixes the rib cage issue. If there is an issue turning that's the first thing I look for . Without video I am just guessing .
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If the body works like a tornado (upward spiral) ... counter-clockwise for a RH hitter ...... and if there is additional independent orbiting/turning/arcing/working of the barrel in a counter-clockwise direction (for a RH hitter), then the working of the barrel, from a properly sequenced swing, will have the barrel turning/arcing/orbiting process providing resistance to the body's rotation. It is why the leadside should continue to pull virtually up until the barrel is released. Fail to get the sequence correct, and a similar orbiting/turning/arcing/working of the barrel can result in shutting down the body's tornado, or simply resulting in a push-like action and not a pull-like action.
Get the sequence correct!
Makes a lot of sense. Thank you. How would you go about training that? Tip and rip? Would you break it down? Or just give a hands instruction?
