Not off base at all...valid question IMO...
One of my biggest mistakes - and this goes back years - was trying to eat the proverbial elephant in just a few bites...
Focus on 1 thing at a time...make small improvements, rinse and repeat...CP
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Not off base at all...valid question IMO...
One of my biggest mistakes - and this goes back years - was trying to eat the proverbial elephant in just a few bites...
Focus on 1 thing at a time...make small improvements, rinse and repeat...CP
Howe
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Dominant hand - usually the rear or top. I'm talking about the wrist extension (knuckles toward forearm).
Drills for direction and barrel load? I like the connection drill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquLUwOcw6Q
i will eventually make some demo drill clips to add to my drills, that include the direct portion of the swing, because in my clips it looks like i am using my body to direct my hands, rather than my hands directing my body, because my hands are locked onto body rotation.
Knob to ball, and a drill like hitting the ball with the knob are older drills, and would give the general idea, but the wrong placement of the handle.
The perception of inside and above the ball should be one that is ingrained and understood.
Howe
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Not quite mann. It's more of a blend between radial deviation - extension:
Your example looks more ulnar deviation - extension. You have to radial (thumb side) first. Your example looks backwards...
How do you hold your fully loaded brick trowel, as your shaking/throwing/laying an ear on an 8in block?
Your example looks more ulnar deviation - extension. You have to radial (thumb side) first. Your example looks backwards...
How do you hold your fully loaded brick trowel, as your shaking/throwing/laying an ear on an 8in block?
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Not quite mann. It's more of a blend between radial deviation - extension:
Your example looks more ulnar deviation - extension. You have to radial (thumb side) first. Your example looks backwards...
How do you hold your fully loaded brick trowel, as your shaking/throwing/laying an ear on an 8in block?
Howe
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Better.
Even though the wrist get's to these articulations, it is resisting the barrel load throughout.
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Better.
Even though the wrist get's to these articulations, it is resisting the barrel load throughout.
You are starting with more ulnar deviation. Is it resisting truley? or does it not care? a no "muscling" move
Howe
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Ulnar is the "tip" portion of tip and rip. It is the antagonist - SSC - to loading the barrel (radial). The radial is the antagonist - SSC - to the unloading (ulnar).
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Better.
Even though the wrist get's to these articulations, it is resisting the barrel load throughout.
So we hit tonight for a bit...mind you she had swim practice for 2 hours this afternoon so I'm sure she was a little tired but she wanted to hit so off we go...
We ONLY focused on the hand movement above - You can see she's trying like hell to get Howe's hand movement right (and failing LOL) To boot, this was at the expense of some other moving parts notably the barrel flattening and the rear elbow forward...trying to get her to extension was next to impossible...
I completely expected this...You can't expect to make a big change to the action of the hands - the connection point between body and bat - and not expect ramifications. For those of you following along trying to help your DD once in a while you will have to backwards to go forwards...no worries...just part of the process...
We will hit later this week and head back to back chaining with the added *NEW* hand action. I was probably a bit ambitious and premature with the hitting tonight.
Comments welcome...CP
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Chris - JMO but I don't think Howe was recommending you or anyone else to try and mimic the hand action he is showing as an illustration of what should happen. You were on a better course working on those modified stop swings.
Aside from that - the front hip has to keep working to pull back (while the foot is in the air) instead of being acted upon by the rear hip coil and producing a twisting action. This produces an untwisting action that is a spin of the hips. Watch the rear foot spin as a result. And this spin will indeed effect the barrel's path of swinging around the body.
Aside from that - the front hip has to keep working to pull back (while the foot is in the air) instead of being acted upon by the rear hip coil and producing a twisting action. This produces an untwisting action that is a spin of the hips. Watch the rear foot spin as a result. And this spin will indeed effect the barrel's path of swinging around the body.
