Swing down

[Shawn]

I think the biggest difference is different engines? I really want core driven movements. do you like an active driving rear leg/hip? I do not.

There are many trying to swing with the back leg as the engine who completely over do it.

As I mentioned earlier the back leg is important. It’s not just a supporter.

 

[TDS]

There are many trying to swing with the back leg as the engine who completely over do it.

As I mentioned earlier the back leg is important. It’s not just a supporter.

Shawn think of it as being in an athletic position (dynamically) after the stride.

 

[julray]

Actually I was going to say she looks like her swing is down in back. Not down in front.

Kind of supports what the pros have been saying about "down to" right? W's daughter has been taught down to with midsection being the main engine from a leveraged position and you see good barrel path... right?

 

[efastball]

BTW, if I came up against a softball player with a low handset like this, I would blast them high inside with rise ball heat. It would take an extraordinary athlete to get to a ball like that... and a lot of luck.

Does softball have a different strike zone?

 

[efastball]

. I have said numerous times and Bonds has said and shows he doesn't want the barrel to come into the ball from under

Ahem... Every mlb hitters' barrel goes under the pitch path. How do you think you get launch angles >15 degrees?

 

[julray]

Does softball have a different strike zone?

Baseball does not have a rise ball. Regardless... forget I mentioned rise ball at all, high heat inside hard to get to with a setup like that

 

[TDS]

Ahem... Every mlb hitters' barrel goes under the pitch path. How do you think you get launch angles >15 degrees?

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Guessing that to be true (99%) on swing and misses.. Which is why many of them focus on the top half of the ball (remove the loop)..

 

[james27503]

Ahem... Every mlb hitters' barrel goes under the pitch path. How do you think you get launch angles >15 degrees?

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Well because the bat is ROUND and the ball is ROUND and if you hit the bottom 3rd of the ball it is going to go up. Some of you guys act like MLBers square every ball. Squared balls are line drives singles and doubles. Barely mishit at the bottom 3rd and that is your HR.

There is no way you are going to touch a 95mph high fast ball if you barrel gets below the plane of the pitch. You can catch a curve ball or a change up that way but you can forget about a fastball.

 

[FP26]

Well because the bat is ROUND and the ball is ROUND and if you hit the bottom 3rd of the ball it is going to go up. Some of you guys act like MLBers square every ball. Squared balls are line drives singles and doubles. Barely mishit at the bottom 3rd and that is your HR.

There is no way you are going to touch a 95mph high fast ball if you barrel gets below the plane of the pitch. You can catch a curve ball or a change up that way but you can forget about a fastball.

The point some are trying to make is that if a hitter actually physically hits the top half of the ball, it is absolutely impossible for it to have a positive launch angle. If a ball is hit anywhere on the top half, the only direction it can go is down. That is simply a fact.

 

[FP26]

so just so we have a bit more context. dd has been swinging down since she was 2nd yr 18s. I believe this clips are from 18s And college. In the first clip notice she’s toeing the line hitting an inside pitch and the second she’s hitting an outside pitch. As I’m sure you know, the barrel will be steeper on the inside due to a ‘longer’ swing and the outside pitch will have a much shorter swing and shallower angle due to the earlier release.

the baseline mechanics are the same. We haven’t changed anything In awhile.

heres a swing from the cages as well, from a 4-5 days ago. she’s on her front side again. Hopefully this explains why you see the ‘extra‘ angles in the machine clips. She is just really putting everything into it imo. There are no variables in the cage. She can just tee off. she truly just tries to disintegrate the ball in there. There is usually an audience around the cages etc. etc.

it won’t seem to load, I’ll make another and post.

edit: @FP26 this is an inside pitch even though she’s middle of the box. machine has a mind of its own. This extra ‘oomph’ is just from a lack of variability Imo.

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You may not have changed anything, but she seems more comfortable in the more recent swings. I see clear differences between the newer swings and the older swings.