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This is a great thread. Thanks STRIKE3 for starting it. DD has been working on velocity and FSR for a few weeks. This thread has really given me some ideas.
Rachel Garcia - Analysis of Right Leg AFTER Push off - Leg Adduction
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I have watched these videos and gifs over and over - and showed DD. Her first comment was "She just took out all the extra stuff didn't she" which sort of says it in a nutshell to me too. One of my DD's struggles from day one has been getting too soft in the front leg and ruining her chain of power. She is 5'7" and her stride is about 7 1/2 ft and I look at this and others I've been watching with shorter strides and thinking if she wasn't out there so far it would help a lot to be firmer on the front side and have more control. This is our winter project is to shorten the stride 6 inches or so and keeping working on the firm front side. Thanks for sharing.
Very good post!
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I would question how much the kick affects the speed, since the ball is already in its way by the time the kick happens. I believe the key is in the stacked posture at time of release.
I really like her push-push. Very powerful and efficient!
At about 15 seconds when she comes past her hip it looks like there is no actual brush interference.
Everything Garcia does, from drive off the rubber, to plant, to brush, to grip and spin, is done so effortlessly and so efficiently it's hard sometimes to even see it.
Reminds me of Graterol, who looks most times like he's throwing a light BP.
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Reminds me of Graterol, who looks most times like he's throwing a light BP.
102.5! Graterol lights up the radar gun
Imagine being able to routinely hit triple-digits on the radar gun. Now, imagine those fireballs you threw can veer nearly three feet before they hit the catcher’s mitt. Then, imagine you’re the batter trying to hit all that. The Dodgers have an embarrassment of riches in their bullpen, but Brusdar
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