- May 22, 2012
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nothing about hip coil in this Bustos sequence? OR am i missing it?
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nothing about hip coil in this Bustos sequence? OR am i missing it?
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Stickpile ... you are correct.
Drag is when both elbows, or sometimes mainly the BOTTOM one, are in front of the knob. It's as if they are trying drag something tied to a rope behind them. The bat is like the rope and they are just pulling in a straight line, instead of throwing the barrel around in an arc around the hands.
When they drag, the hands move forward a long distance, while the barrel does nothing. It whips around very late in the sequence.
When you throw correctly, the bat moves in an arc and gets whipped early.
Made a great investment in a 60 FPS video camera. I filmed my DD's swing and she does quite a few things well, especially off the tee, but she definately gets her back elbow way in front of her hands. I can get her to the proper position in a slow motion swing, but as soon as we get to full speed motion, she reverts back to the elbow leading. It's even worse when she hits BP at practice. Any suggestions for a drill or routine to help her get the feel at full swing speed?
- Oct 10, 2011
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I noticed Mendoza doesn't mention it either in any video I've seen of her. I've been working on it a lot with the DD, so I was a bit surprised.
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I don't want to start any crazy line of emails by saying this but here it goes........
IMHO "Hip Coil" is not mentioned in either the Bustos and Mendoza teachings because they believe it will happen when the hitter turns their knee slightly inward as they go to their stride. If you get into all of the kinesiology with kids then the kids get that wonderful deer in the headlights look and you lose them from there. Does it need to happen.....yes but if you go through how the body works in depth with most 10 - 18 year old girls, they are done with your teaching. However if you ask them to feel certain muscles working and doing different things at different steps within the swing they can and will feel it.
Please don't hammer me on this it is just my opinion and I am not trying to start anything at all!!
IMHO "Hip Coil" is not mentioned in either the Bustos and Mendoza teachings because they believe it will happen when the hitter turns their knee slightly inward as they go to their stride. If you get into all of the kinesiology with kids then the kids get that wonderful deer in the headlights look and you lose them from there. Does it need to happen.....yes but if you go through how the body works in depth with most 10 - 18 year old girls, they are done with your teaching. However if you ask them to feel certain muscles working and doing different things at different steps within the swing they can and will feel it.
Please don't hammer me on this it is just my opinion and I am not trying to start anything at all!!
I don't want to start any crazy line of emails by saying this but here it goes........
IMHO "Hip Coil" is not mentioned in either the Bustos and Mendoza teachings because they believe it will happen when the hitter turns their knee slightly inward as they go to their stride. If you get into all of the kinesiology with kids then the kids get that wonderful deer in the headlights look and you lose them from there. Does it need to happen.....yes but if you go through how the body works in depth with most 10 - 18 year old girls, they are done with your teaching. However if you ask them to feel certain muscles working and doing different things at different steps within the swing they can and will feel it.
Please don't hammer me on this it is just my opinion and I am not trying to start anything at all!!
You are correct, having the hitter turn their front knee in during the stride is a simple cue that young girls will understand and they will be coiling their hips without all the talk
