Isn't this a clip of the spinal engine at work?
Looking for input, tips, etc on DD swing
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Isn't this a clip of the spinal engine at work?
Launch position,
I think she is bending at the waist and not at the hip joints. The shoulders and posture needs work. The hands are to far beyond the back foot.
I think she is bending at the waist and not at the hip joints. The shoulders and posture needs work. The hands are to far beyond the back foot.
Her head is over/past her rear foot. FIx this first.
Yes, her posture needs work. She is leaning backwards to much.
She isn't working the torso in-between her feet. She instead moves the body out of position with the legs and arms.
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Somewhat. Its almost like the pendulum has gone back the other way too far. She used to swing off her front foot, almost falling over it. Now she's too far back. I will work on some of what I've read here. Keeping her head more forward and not past her rear foot, as well as loading and getting her weight going more forward instead of back.
If she can think more along the lines of shifting back, vs moving back, it may help convey the “temporary” nature of the negative move.
As Mudders was describing earlier, it shouldn’t be load, pause, swing. A swing should be fluid, the body (torso?) constantly be stretched during both the negative move and “move out” (FBC) phases.
This part isn’t directed at Frosts daughter, but how often do we see the “load” being taught as just moving your weight to your back foot? Coaches are yelling “load!” as soon as the pitcher breaks her hands. But what’s being loaded? What potential energy is being stored (if I’m using the term correctly) by just weighting the back leg? Without the coil / stretch / resistance, you’re left with more of an armsy “swish” than a torso-driven swing.
All that being said - still looks like a powerful swing. I’d love to have that as a starting point for my 10U. Help her find that balance point between the two extremes of her swing (all back or all forward), and she’ll be in great shape.
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As Mudders was describing earlier, it shouldn’t be load, pause, swing. A swing should be fluid, the body (torso?) constantly be stretched during both the negative move and “move out” (FBC) phases.
This part isn’t directed at Frosts daughter, but how often do we see the “load” being taught as just moving your weight to your back foot? Coaches are yelling “load!” as soon as the pitcher breaks her hands. But what’s being loaded? What potential energy is being stored (if I’m using the term correctly) by just weighting the back leg? Without the coil / stretch / resistance, you’re left with more of an armsy “swish” than a torso-driven swing.
All that being said - still looks like a powerful swing. I’d love to have that as a starting point for my 10U.
Help her find that balance point between the two extremes of her swing (all back or all forward), and she’ll be in great shape. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post a live arm swing if you have one. Advice so far has been good imo but for naught if her live arm swing is different....
