I agree, she gets to a FYB position
FYB clarification
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I will attempt to clarify my position. Again. Last time. Tiresome.
Right before foot down happens the hips start to rotate ‘open’ (whatever you want to think opens them, doesn’t matter to me because it is reactionary)...imo that is the slack being taken out of the hips or the hips actually rotating to their full ROM against both femurs. Both hips.
Meanwhile the back leg is staying in ER best it can to keep the slack out or let the hips get to their EROM. This will have a look of the front leg opening on some players (higher mobility in the hips, think Josh D.) and or the rear knee going down and in a bit earlier (tighter mobility, Barry Bonds). What needs to happen is the rear hip needs to rotate over the femur before the back knee drops in. If the knee goes prematurely that is a sign of slack and the result will be a push. You can’t get across the body without pushing (Unless you TTB for speed). There would be nothing to rotate ‘against’.. only ‘with’...
as the front foot gets down and the hips are at max rotation (EROM) the obliques have been contracted eccentrically (stretched) and then contract concentrically (pull cross body) pulling the pelvis into rotation (pelvic tilt). The back leg trying to maintain ER and trying to hold the ground makes all of this possible. When the back foot everts that is the core pulling (concentric contraction) the back hip which is pulling the foot/leg because it’s at its EROM.
if the front or the back leg try to maintain their position and don’t rotate further than the hips, the core will be able to rotate against the hips therefore getting across the body without
pushing the hands. The legs and hips have been successfully leveraged.
the legs stop the hips; the hips stop the core; the core stops the lead arm; the lead arm stops the front hand; the front hand stops the bat. WHIP.
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This isn't FYB nor FBC....I'd call it FBS.....
hey. You only know what you know. You know?
This isn't FYB nor FBC....I'd call it FBS.....
Have you seen the clips where she's able to sit off-speed ? I don't think she (they) give a rats about fbc.
Its after the ball is gone. He is finding his balance. If he was doing it prior to contact he probably would be as good as he is. He is the anti-tip guy. Love his swing even if it is not HL. LOL
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The Oblique vs leg was something i think Bonesaw and WW were commenting on. That the legs and flexors power the swing. I was under the impression it was a 'core' oblique powered swing.Feeling the front side pulling is similar to a backhand in tennis.
As far as the front side tennis backhand, i had mentioned before i actually felt more powerful doing a one legged golf swing on the front leg vs the back. felt more balanced and powerful. fell off the back leg and not very balanced IMO. So getting leverage on the front side in a fastpitch swing seems correct.
just for clarification to the thread. FYB has nothing to do with coiling. As you know
.. The load is created in the S-plane, which creates the coil seen. Purely reactive. Attempting to push your pelvis forward by coiling causes nothing but problems in the sequence AND THE NEED to TTB as fast you can cuz you have leveraged nothing and have nothing but your hands left. FBC is nonsense. I like Forward By Gather. The gather in the Sagittal plane.Clarification: the obliques power the turn. They allow cross body movement without pushing the bat. The legs definitely stabilize the rotation and are used to hit against for power.
not my comment. Just trying to bring clarity.
just for clarification to the thread. FYB has nothing to do with coiling. As you know
Clarification: the obliques power the turn. They allow cross body movement without pushing the bat. The legs definitely stabilize the rotation and are used to hit against for power.
not my comment. Just trying to bring clarity.
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