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May 12, 2016
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equidistant ... as in an equal distance.

Folks use connection-like devices to promote the elbows remaining an equal distance apart for a segment of the swing ... but in reality the elbows first come closer together prior to maintaining an equal distance.

JK with you FFS.. But can you explain what you mean by this?

Thanks
 
Jan 28, 2017
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equidistant ... as in an equal distance.

Folks use connection-like devices to promote the elbows remaining an equal distance apart for a segment of the swing ... but in reality the elbows first come closer together prior to maintaining an equal distance.

Understand the initial shortening of the distance between the elbows, when do you think the elbows come closer together- At contact? After contact? or never? It looks to me that the elbows start coming together with most hitters at contact or just after contact.

I know some people teach at contact. Some say stay separated but do not address the elbows coming together. You see practice swings where the hitter tries to stay apart the entire swing. Most game swings can't stay apart.

What do you teach?
 
Jun 17, 2009
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Understand the initial shortening of the distance between the elbows, when do you think the elbows come closer together- At contact? After contact? or never? It looks to me that the elbows start coming together with most hitters at contact or just after contact.

I know some people teach at contact. Some say stay separated but do not address the elbows coming together. You see practice swings where the hitter tries to stay apart the entire swing. Most game swings can't stay apart.

What do you teach?

Tango ... I don't believe mandating a fixed separation of the elbows up to a certain point in the swing to be the best way to teach what I perceive you wish to teach. Instead teaching proper use of the forearms will encompass this area of the swing. It is the "short hands" segment (see prior videos) that results in building structure in the forearms ... and this is what leads to the equidistant separation of the elbows.

To answer your question ... on the surface one could talk themselves into teaching a fixed separation of the elbows up to contact ... however, those that do so are inadvertently grooving an Inside/DTM pitch. You won't see that relationship on outside pitches. On outside pitches the lead-arm will lengthen .... which brings up why there are better approaches ... including Yeager's lead-arm work. Don't believe me ... hit some balls low-and-away ... then pause your swing at impact and review the elbow distance relative to what it was earlier in your swing.
 

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