- Mar 30, 2020
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My daughter just turned 12 and is working on improving her mechanics while everything is on hold. Any suggestions for improvement are appreciated if you have the time to take a look at the attached videos. Thanks.
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My daughter just turned 12 and is working on improving her mechanics while everything is on hold. Any suggestions for improvement are appreciated if you have the time to take a look at the attached videos. Thanks.
Real quick. Drive looks pretty good. Could have better lean going in but not a bad.
Timing looks great. Detach at 3 o’clock. Land at 11. All good. That’s real good.
After that her posture is the bigger at issue. Butt goes out. Stays open too long. Never closes to 45 degrees and if you notice her right leg collapses vs a laces down position. Now at release since her butt is out she can’t get brush contact. I posted a few pictures that depict these sequences for you. She has talent for sure. Posture here is a big key to get ir and brush contact.
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Timing looks great. Detach at 3 o’clock. Land at 11. All good. That’s real good.
After that her posture is the bigger at issue. Butt goes out. Stays open too long. Never closes to 45 degrees and if you notice her right leg collapses vs a laces down position. Now at release since her butt is out she can’t get brush contact. I posted a few pictures that depict these sequences for you. She has talent for sure. Posture here is a big key to get ir and brush contact.
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I like what has been posted so far.
She needs to keep the hips underneath her.
She needs to keep the hips underneath her.
The hips stay underneath the upper body and is the center of arm action. The arm goes around the hips and the hips aren’t moved away from the arm.
Has she been taught to open up and stay sideways?
Has she been taught to open up and stay sideways?
- Mar 30, 2020
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She has been taught to open up and close her hips at the end. She had been working on staying more closed (if I am saying this correctly), but this is very recent video so we will work on getting the hips more underneath. Thanks so much for your feedback.
If the hips stay underneath the upper body/shoulders and don’t move away from the arm, they will close naturally.
She is too open. You really can’t close the hips from the position she is in at foot plant. If the hips remain under the head/shoulders/upper body they start to close prior to foot plant.
Her bending over with the hips going the wrong way really hurts the posture and therefor arm whip. You want to be tall at release and not tilted over towards 3rd (a little tilt is OK). The shoulder needs to be stable as the stride foot plants to catapult/whip the arm/ball. Bending over and taking the hips away from the arm, creates slop/cushion through the torso/ shoulders that effects potential energy.
Notice how the back foot stops and hangs back as the hips are moving away from the body? She is losing potential energy of throwing against a firm front leg by sinking into the ground. She needs to bring the back leg into/forward with the arm action. Basically throwing against the front leg.
I see a lot of potential improvements that could mean better velocity and control.
She is too open. You really can’t close the hips from the position she is in at foot plant. If the hips remain under the head/shoulders/upper body they start to close prior to foot plant.
Her bending over with the hips going the wrong way really hurts the posture and therefor arm whip. You want to be tall at release and not tilted over towards 3rd (a little tilt is OK). The shoulder needs to be stable as the stride foot plants to catapult/whip the arm/ball. Bending over and taking the hips away from the arm, creates slop/cushion through the torso/ shoulders that effects potential energy.
Notice how the back foot stops and hangs back as the hips are moving away from the body? She is losing potential energy of throwing against a firm front leg by sinking into the ground. She needs to bring the back leg into/forward with the arm action. Basically throwing against the front leg.
I see a lot of potential improvements that could mean better velocity and control.
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Oh, one more thing, she is putting stress on the shoulder (back of the shoulder) with her mechanics.
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BigSkyHi
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- Jan 13, 2020
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May help the base.
https://youtu.be/ex8H0gM3OA4 - Day 9: Toe Drag
https://youtu.be/aODMhqLOyhY - Day 10: Push & Drag with Hip Turn
https://youtu.be/ex8H0gM3OA4 - Day 9: Toe Drag
https://youtu.be/aODMhqLOyhY - Day 10: Push & Drag with Hip Turn
DrRiello
In the stills you posted the shoulders are ahead of the hips at release and approaching release. Should be the other way around.
In the stills you posted the shoulders are ahead of the hips at release and approaching release. Should be the other way around.
