Swing thoughts

"Train your larger muscles to start working for you, so the smaller muscles can relax and just go along for the ride,"

Do you agree with this thought?

This quote cam from Mike Huber, Hubie Magic

As someone that's been involved in weight lifting, previously, for probably half my life, I disagree. I've personally found that I "pull" those smaller, weaker, muscles during sports, because my larger and stronger muscles are overpowering them and expecting them to keep up. A really good athlete finds ways and training methods to train those smaller muscles, so when the bigger muscles put stress on them, they don't fail. This is my own experience, I'm not a training guru; but I've started to see it in my own daughter. Twice this year she's had small "muscle pulls" in areas that affected the larger muscle groups.

When you weight lift, first, ALWAYS use free weights at any point possible. Machines do not mimic natural movements. They restrict your body to a very specific range of motion that is not natural. When you then encounter a natural range of motion, certain portions of your muscles and tendons aren't as strong as others. Cabled weights aren't as bad, but still not as good as natural movements with free weights. Then, make agility training part of your normal routine as well. This will get those smaller muscles into a more toned level of fitness, to work with the larger and stronger muscles.

I'm sure there are many more things a competent trainer can add to, but that's MHO.

I sorta do. I want the glutes, legs and abs working. The hand (forearms) lose (no squeezing). The forearms are lose, then fire, then release. It happens so fast it hard to teach or explain. I like throwing a skyz bat for direction, distance and spin rate to help replicate how the hands work. The farther they throw it and the more it spins the better they understand how to release the barrel.