The Load

[Cornbread]

I wouldn’t think you can find this mentally or mechanically. I think this plays into the pitchers hands at the end of the day dont forget you’re going against the greatest hitters number 1 rule.

No doubt! You can certainly get yourself out swinging at bad pitches. Told my dd a few years ago it was on her to develop the discipline needed to not chase bad pitches. I ain’t messing with her aggression lol. At the end of the day, I would much rather have to tune a hitter down than tune them up. How do we take an average hitter and make them a good hitter? Getting them on time, every time is a good start.

 

[BigSkyHi]

Yogi Berra’s famous quotes: ‘Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical’ ​

 

[BigSkyHi]

The scapula is a thick, flat bone lying on the thoracic wall that provides an attachment for three groups of muscles: intrinsic, extrinsic, and stabilizing and rotating muscles. The intrinsic muscles of the scapula include the muscles of the rotator cuff—the subscapularis, teres minor, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus.[3] These muscles attach to the surface of the scapula and are responsible for the internal and external rotation of the shoulder joint, along with humeral abduction.

Have always paid attention to the hands moving to or starting in front of the deltoid; back elbow pulling back during stride (hands remaining in front of deltoid creating the 'stretch' in the loading); front foot heal plant starts hip forward); elbow starts down; everything after that is history.

 

[Shawn]

The scapula is a thick, flat bone lying on the thoracic wall that provides an attachment for three groups of muscles: intrinsic, extrinsic, and stabilizing and rotating muscles. The intrinsic muscles of the scapula include the muscles of the rotator cuff—the subscapularis, teres minor, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus.[3] These muscles attach to the surface of the scapula and are responsible for the internal and external rotation of the shoulder joint, along with humeral abduction.

Have always paid attention to the hands moving to or starting in front of the deltoid; back elbow pulling back during stride (hands remaining in front of deltoid creating the 'stretch' in the loading); front foot heal plant starts hip forward); elbow starts down; everything after that is history.

You swing with your back.

 

[Shawn]

99 out 100 kids have no scap usage.

 

[Shawn]

The scapula is a thick, flat bone lying on the thoracic wall that provides an attachment for three groups of muscles: intrinsic, extrinsic, and stabilizing and rotating muscles. The intrinsic muscles of the scapula include the muscles of the rotator cuff—the subscapularis, teres minor, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus.[3] These muscles attach to the surface of the scapula and are responsible for the internal and external rotation of the shoulder joint, along with humeral abduction.

Have always paid attention to the hands moving to or starting in front of the deltoid; back elbow pulling back during stride (hands remaining in front of deltoid creating the 'stretch' in the loading); front foot heal plant starts hip forward); elbow starts down; everything after that is history.

Just load and stretch. Simple.

 

[BigSkyHi]

99 out 100 kids have no scap usage.

Don't know how anyone can use a thick, flat bone lying on the thoracic wall that provides an attachment for three groups of muscles

 

[Cornbread]

99 out 100 kids have no scap usage.

I’ve swung a bat actively trying to load the scap. Felt slow and weird. Created tension in my upper. I’ve swung actively trying to load my hands. Felt more natural and had less tension in my upper. Not saying actively trying to scap load is not good but it wasn’t for me. I use a lot of TM coil stuff. But I always teach to use the hands to coil the upper

Edited to add that it feels more natural to me to stretch the upper using the bottom hand of the lead arm. Could be unique to each hitter

 

[Shawn]

I’ve swung a bat actively trying to load the scap. Felt slow and weird. Created tension in my upper. I’ve swung actively trying to load my hands. Felt more natural and had less tension in my upper. Not saying actively trying to scap load is not good but it wasn’t for me. I use a lot of TM coil stuff. But I always teach to use the hands to coil the upper

Edited to add that it feels more natural to me to stretch the upper using the bottom hand of the lead arm. Could be unique to each hitter

Try loading up and back more. When trying to load the scap directly it can cause issues.

 

[Shawn]

Cornbread

We often say load the scap, where we want to clap down the scap. It isn’t load and unload, It’s clap down and hold it to stretch.