Watched a hour plus video with Richard Schenck, then watched a MLB game

He is interesting but boring.(joke intended) I think he should take a young student with him when he does his seminars and have them demonstrate what he is preaching.
Things I liked:

Rotational load-coil (scap). Very similar to what Justin Stone advocates
Forearm and bat maintain 90 degree angle
Oar lock comparison to the hands(never had thought about it that way, tried with DD and immediately increased bat speed)
Not sure about the swing of the bat causing weight shift (helps or completes WS would fit better IMO)


Things I still don't understand or agree with:

The spine is not the axis the back hip is????

The 2nd engine is way over emphasized and is not absolute for great hitting. A little dip in the barrel for timing might work for 10 year old DD but a blur is never going to happen. I don't think her hands would be strong enough to do it correctly. Many MLB players do not use it and have great success.

The ferris wheel (bat tilt) is exaggerated. I understand and appreciate exaggerate to learn, but.....

I have my DD stop her swing in a landed position and make sure her bat is touching her upper back arm and swing from there.

TM will claim that Stone stole anything to do with the scap from him.

If you can get a young hitter to understand the oarlock comparison, have at it. It may take some time describing what an oarlock is first.

The swing causes the weight shift. If the weight shift has happened before the swing has launched, you're out of sequence, and lost adjustability.

The axis TM believes is correct is a vertical line from the back hip to the scap. It has been referred to at times as the "scip" axis.

I have never been able to get on board with the ferris wheel. I don't see that action in MLB swings. (Could be my inability to see it). Tilt-a-whirl makes more sense to me.

ALLLLL YEAH....SNAP.................
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ALLLLL YEAH....SNAP.................
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Hahahahaha!!

OH SNAPS!!!!!! Like I said before, he should take young athlete on the road with him.

You do what? You snap? lol

Eric F said:

TM will claim that Stone stole anything to do with the scap from him.

If you can get a young hitter to understand the oarlock comparison, have at it. It may take some time describing what an oarlock is first.

The swing causes the weight shift. If the weight shift has happened before the swing has launched, you're out of sequence, and lost adjustability.

The axis TM believes is correct is a vertical line from the back hip to the scap. It has been referred to at times as the "scip" axis.

I have never been able to get on board with the ferris wheel. I don't see that action in MLB swings. (Could be my inability to see it). Tilt-a-whirl makes more sense to me.

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I like stones stuff but he definitely got it from the internet. He actually was a high level coach before that but a couple years ago he was more traditional. He probably did study TMs stuff but also others like tewks and mixed that together into his own theory. I did sign up for his online stuff like 2-3 years ago for a year and a lot of stuff was quite similar to tewks, even some terms were rather similar.

I don't fault stone for that, he was already a reputed baseball coach and chose to get better. Yeah he didn't credit tewks but tewks didn't credit rich and swingbuilder either but said it was watching a pujols video. That is just how the business goes, just like 15 years ago a lot of guys limited Nyman and Epstein to be on the rotational train.

Yeah, the over the waterfall instagram is weird. I forgot about that part of the video. Barry Bonds didn't always go over the waterfall. He was a juiced up freak.

I snap my fingers with a different technique.

So the resident experts on this site have now changed their tune.

This is now the " WHATEVER RICH SAYS SITE"

Interesting