No stride

Westwind said:

Do you mean you switch back and forth for the same hitters?

The reason I ask is we have been doing no stride drills and feel like we have made nice advances this way re suddenness and eliminating pendulum loading

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The mechanics are largely the same between a no-stride approach and a stride approach.

I personally will switch between a stride and no-stride approach.

I personally feel that it is easier to instruct certain portions with a stride and then have a no-stride hitter bring the feel into their no-stride approach.

I have hitters that stride, that do not stride, and that switch back and forth.

What is pendulum loading?

FiveFrameSwing said:

The mechanics are largely the same between a no-stride approach and a stride approach.

I personally will switch between a stride and no-stride approach.

I personally feel that it is easier to instruct certain portions with a stride and then have a no-stride hitter bring the feel into their no-stride approach.

I have hitters that stride, that do not stride, and that switch back and forth.

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Cool thanks. That helps.

FiveFrameSwing said:

What is pendulum loading?

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Crap, it’s probably an unofficial term I made up on my own....

“All back, all forward” is probably a better way to say what I mean.

Is the timing of the heel lift similar to timing the negative move or the stride portion? I’m assuming the stride portion

I've found that younger pitchers that stride tend to bring pitching mechanics into their batting swing and moving to a no stride has been beneficial.

Cornbread said:

Is the timing of the heel lift similar to timing the negative move or the stride portion? I’m assuming the stride portion

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If you were to lie on the ground to gain a bird's eyeview of a no-strider's front-heel, you would be able to see the heel becoming lifted just prior to the positive segment of the move. It's a FbC 'winding' like effect ... but most folks notice the lead heel becoming lifted more during the 'positive' portion ... simply because the lead leg will often internally rotate, adding to the front heel becoming lifted.

Westwind said:

Crap, it’s probably an unofficial term I made up on my own....

“All back, all forward” is probably a better way to say what I mean.

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Actually I kind of like the term "pendulum loading", because in my head I'm picturing the lower half moving to and fro, with the head staying stationary.



Yes, I know the Lindor, and Goldy clips are a bit of a stretch to say they look like the an actual pendulum, but I'm looking at the term "pendulum loading" as more of a mental cue of loading underneath the head, and not moving the head back, and forth excessively as we tend to see in the "all back, all forward" loading pattern, and swing.

Idk, I might just be way off with it; but when I first read it when Ww initially posted it, I thought it sounded like something that could be used in some cases for some hitters who's heads move excessively when/while they're loading...or maybe not.

jmdub said:

I've found that younger pitchers that stride tend to bring pitching mechanics into their batting swing and moving to a no stride has been beneficial.

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LOL ... Bold above ... I've seen the same thing. They tend to post up over their front leg and need to learn that the posting of a hitter is 90-degrees different than for a golfer and/or a windmill pitcher. Often teaching them to become laterally tilted at swing launch will address the issue ... it will have the rear hip becoming a more significant pivot point as opposed to the front hip ... it will also leverage their body to hit against their lead leg, changing the posting action by 90-degrees.

Mudders Brudder said:

Actually I kind of like the term "pendulum loading", because in my head I'm picturing the lower half moving to and fro, with the head staying stationary.

Yes, I know the Lindor, and Goldy clips are a bit of a stretch to say they look like the an actual pendulum, but I'm looking at the term "pendulum loading" as more of a mental cue of loading underneath the head, and not moving the head back, and forth excessively as we tend to see in the "all back, all forward" loading pattern, and swing.

Idk, I might just be way off with it; but when I first read it when Ww initially posted it, I thought it sounded like something that could be used in some cases for some hitters who's heads move excessively when/while they're loading...or maybe not.

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Interesting that you posted this. Why I asked what pendulum loading was, is because WW gave a recent description of 'loading' that gave me a similar train of thought.

Nice post!