Nothing personal, but for the love of God, I will never understand the reasoning behind a one legged swing. I will never get the logic of hitting off one leg when you have 2 legs. I will never understand being unbalanced when you could be balanced. In almost all other athletics/ sports athletes employ/leverage both legs. Why would hitting be any different. Nobody (I know of) would suggest pitching/throwing off one leg. You throw off one leg when you have to but it is not optimal. Same goes for tennis forehand.
One more problem I see with one legged swing is that it looks like it would put a lot of unnecessary pressure on lower back.
I appreciate you observations,comments, and concerns. You positive comments and support of Haley’s swings and growth as a player is always a pleasure to read.
Nothing personal or offensive taken.
I didn’t understand it either for lots of years until I started doing the drills with my kids. There’s something different between looking at a movement pattern of a player and actually doing and feeling it.
To be honest, nobody I know teaches this one legged stuff either but I’m not trying to convince or convert anyone. I’m posting to share with the ones that have an interest in the HLP pattern. I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way and if my mistakes can help someone it’s worth sharing. I view everyone as a friend so, I welcome opposing comments as well , but this is for the few that want to learn and teach this. Like I said in the beginning, if there is no interest the post will die off and I’ll just post Haley’s senior year. I have a newbie, my granddaughter that I’m thinking of posting.
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