Ken
I am not an advocate of tilting the shoulders as a result of the back elbow being up. I want my hitters to have shoulders parallel to the ground with the back elbow up. By that I mean level with the shoulder. Not raised above the shoulder like you see a number of kids try to do with their swings. The front arm will be directly across from the chin. Not dropped down like you see some MLB players do today.
MLB players can get away with that but a young hitter cannot. Allows too much room for slop when you introduce dynamic motion that serves no purpose other than to break connection and the swing plane going to the ball.
The young hitters I see tilting the shoulders tend to be the ones who are looking for a way to load becasue that is what their coach taught them. They are too young to understand that all this will lead to is bat drag or dropping the hands because the shoulders are trying to adjust at the same time the core is rotating and the elbow is attempting to get into the slot. I say attempting only becasue in most cases it doesnt happen.
Elliott.
I am not an advocate of tilting the shoulders as a result of the back elbow being up. I want my hitters to have shoulders parallel to the ground with the back elbow up. By that I mean level with the shoulder. Not raised above the shoulder like you see a number of kids try to do with their swings. The front arm will be directly across from the chin. Not dropped down like you see some MLB players do today.
MLB players can get away with that but a young hitter cannot. Allows too much room for slop when you introduce dynamic motion that serves no purpose other than to break connection and the swing plane going to the ball.
The young hitters I see tilting the shoulders tend to be the ones who are looking for a way to load becasue that is what their coach taught them. They are too young to understand that all this will lead to is bat drag or dropping the hands because the shoulders are trying to adjust at the same time the core is rotating and the elbow is attempting to get into the slot. I say attempting only becasue in most cases it doesnt happen.
Elliott.