This was one of the better ones, except the batspeed is very low. I was rehearsing the lower body and scap pinch before the swing and trying to take the hands directly to the ball. It caused my batspeed to drop 10 mph.
Swing experiment
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This was one of the better ones, except the batspeed is very low. I was rehearsing the lower body and scap pinch before the swing and trying to take the hands directly to the ball. It caused my batspeed to drop 10 mph.
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I'd suggest moving the tee back to just inside your front foot, but that's just me.
Do you think there is too much loading?
Lookin good Shawn!
To me it looks like the hands are getting left behind a little bit at first. Check out swing 2 in post 1 vs todays.
To me it looks like the hands are getting left behind a little bit at first. Check out swing 2 in post 1 vs todays.
Since I can't work with my kids and I'm avoiding human contact. I thought I would start my own swing experiment. My left foot is still sore from a sprang so as soon as it gets better I plan on exercising and losing a ton of weight. While I venture into being physically in shape, I thought I would swing a bat along the way and see what does and doesn't work. I'm carrying a lot of weight so it is going to effect my swings and I'm not in shape either. This is going to take some time, perhaps a 1 yr, I'll strive for making changes faster. Although it took my a long time to put the weight on and it will take some time to take it off and getting the core back in shape.
What do you think is the difference between these two swings?
swing 1
swing 2
Don't be shy, I know it's not pretty, lol.
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I don't. I like what you're doing there, but with the tee moved back so you get to contact with slightly more flexion in your arms so they're not so far at the end of their ROM as I mentioned here as to what I believe would be a slight better contact position.
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Turn your back hip to get in front of your front hip at contact. You're disconnected, hands extend to the ball instead of turning your hips /core/shoulders.
Hips then hands.
Now that I look at more, perhaps I can improve.
Yeah, put the tee deeper and force a deep hand rotational point.
Yeah, put the tee deeper and force a deep hand rotational point.
Still no forward advance. It’s hard to create resistance when the belly button doesn’t move forward
Do you think the upperbody is being effected because of the poor lowerbody?
BigSkyHi
All I know is I don't know
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Thanks for the post and all your good work.
IMHO
- Hands going to ball instead of to pitcher is causing your bat to wrap around ball not through it
- Hands appear to be doing a lot of work and very tense.
- Flexion in wrists (aka the chop) is gone immediately during launch
- Dominate eye not able to go down to contact zone as head continually rotates. From tension in lower hand at start of swing.
- Wrists are starting to roll over before contact instead of after extension to pitcher. EDIT Can come from hands being very tight.
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