Sounds a lot like people want to explain squish the bug, but can’t say “squish the bug” any longer
When it comes to the back foot many people are saying is anchor it, don't focus on releasing it.. it will get released.. squish the bug will not be an issueSounds a lot like people want to explain squish the bug, but can’t say “squish the bug” any longer
You just posted it. Look at his front leg....the one that's using ground reaction force. The back leg comes off the ground, just like a basketball lay up, the leg on the ground does the work. The forward turn starts in earnest when his front heel contacts the ground.
You got one of you doing what you say against a live pitch or in a live at bat?
It's a forward move of the core, not a front leg move. If the front leg lifts off the ground, it moves itself and not the core. When the back leg lifts and moves forward it isn't moving the core, it is being pulled forward by the core." "Drive the knee" or rotate the hips in order to coil and uncoil? "
Neither knee 'drives'. However, in pitching and hitting you should stride with the back leg, never the front. So, when you land, your head is well past your back foot.
Most cues in baseball like 'drive the knee' are nonsensical and/or destructive, and nobody knows what they mean, and you will waste the prime years of your kid's life trying to understand them.
Just coil the hips and shoulders 45 deg inward as you stride forward with your back leg. Isn't that easy to understand by anyone?
It's a forward move of the core, not a front leg move. If the front leg lifts off the ground, it moves itself and not the core. When the back leg lifts and moves forward it isn't moving the core, it is being pulled forward by the core.
All this coil stuff is BS. The inward turn doesn't load anything but the glute medius...there are bigger muscles to use. Notice that the aggressive movement happen after the hips are uncoiled from the rear leg?
Another viewWhen it comes to the back foot many people are saying is anchor it, don't focus on releasing it.. it will get released.. squish the bug will not be an issue
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