FiveFrameSwing
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As the torso-engine pulls one uses 'short-hands'.
Turning the barrel 6
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As the torso-engine pulls one uses 'short-hands'.
Form my personal experience working with my dd (I'm not an instructor), too much emphasis on the shoulders was not a good thing.
I would love to hear what your experience was either here on the forum or in a PM
I found that emphasizing her shoulders took her hands out of the equation.. I believe some people on here referred to it as dead hands. Not saying we don't talk about the shoulders, but we've focusing on the hands more lately and I see improvement.
Lots more going on than forced elbow slotting. Lag is a real thing.
That wasn't my point. TTB slots the elbow. Not vice versa. Don't make elbow slotting an intent any more than making knee drive an intent.
Lag is a function of rearward barrel turn timed with lower body driver (rear leg driver) creating separation along with proper hand usage. Lag isn't A thing it's an outcome of many things done in the right sequence and with the right feel.
FiveFrameSwing
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Good points. I will add that 'lag' is also a function of muscle tension levels.
Can you please explain?
FiveFrameSwing
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Quick summary ... excessive early tension in the upper body is a swing poison.
Example ... the shoulders should be relatively loose prior to 'swing launch'. At 'swing launch' the swing tension in the rear should is akin to losing an arm wrestling match ... the result being shoulder retraction occurring at 'swing launch'. Hence 'lag'.
To me slotting of the elbow is a result of loading the barrel, and fighting to not swing, and keeping the barrel up, until you turn the barrel. This part of the swing, barrel load , is very dynamic and is virtually non existent(very short) in some swings, such as a home run derby.
Unless you are saying that "turning the barrel" is the whole of barrel movement. Would be interesting to break down the green bat path into the things that are making it happen.
Unless you are saying that "turning the barrel" is the whole of barrel movement. Would be interesting to break down the green bat path into the things that are making it happen.
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