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Englishbey Performance
@SteveEnglishbey
-1st Round Pick 1972 (Houston Astros)/ -Instagram: senglishbeyperformance - Functional Movement Program: https://t.co/quSrk4ONmq
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May 27, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This is a fact based/biologically based view of the stark differences between male/female athletic performance potential. Importantly, it highlights the the fact that testosterone suppression as regards these biological differences does NOT substantially effect those differences. The implications of the above should be obvious to all rational thinkers ,i.e., those driven by both meritorious standards as well as standards of basic equality [equality values/standards as utterly distinct from "equity" values].
Mar 9, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Well, Mr. Slay thanks for that recognition!! Indeed you are correct in that I have been talking/writing about the lead arm for yrs. Some recent ex. from twitter: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1600419…

threadreaderapp.com/thread/1589556…
Feb 20, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
As regards the so -called "scissor": Note that at about 2:20 he says......."AS [emphasis mine"] he hit the ball he pushed the foot back. Translation: AFTER he created good posture/rotation/connection [AFTER PCR/Nyman's "building code" realization] he extended the back leg /hip. So. AFTER he had created a very good initiation of the swing [connecting the knob to the rotational plane of the shoulder line] ,and AFTER he optimized the "pulling forces" of the shoulder rotation to create a very good "lag "of the hands/knob [barrel horizontal to the ground]..
Feb 20, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
"Elastic energy storage"....arguably accounts for the 180 degrees of external rotation ....vs. 100 degrees via things like functional movement screens and isolated muscle testing. This large difference [180 vs 100 ROM] is precisely why relatively static measurements of movement/muscle action are very limited in the context of understanding/explaining dynamic ballistic movements. Those familiar with Mel Siff's writings know this well!!
Feb 10, 2023 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
I think this is a good clip to point out a number of misnomers as regards what I consider to be an over-emphasis on back hip/leg loading. And by this I mean an over-focus on attempts to load the back leg/hip BEFORE the lead leg abducts and the center mass translates down the mound.
Jan 11, 2023 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
Well, of course this IS a bit hyperbolic; nonetheless there is, I think, an essential truth to this. And it is, no doubt, in stark contrast to what psychologist Johnathan Haidt sites as a defining value of culture today. That of "safetyism" [his term/concept]. I'll return to his concept shortly. But let me give some personal examples of the author's claim.
Jan 9, 2023 • 24 tweets • 3 min read
The author starts with ...."let's talk about the slide step." And having looked at what he is showing it indeed prompted me to talk about it! What prompted me to comment is something he states at about .35 : "The pitcher has been taught since he was this tall [very early] that pitchers start their throw by lifting their lead leg."
Jan 2, 2023 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
Just ran across this; and it prompted some thoughts. First off, with all due respect to Mr. Parks as regards this quote: " Kids need time & space to come to their own conclusions. THEY DON'T NEED RULES" [emphasis mine]. I THEROUGHLY disagree with this assertion/opinion. I say this based on long teaching experience. AND based on my understanding/interpretation of motor learning development as it applies to swinging a bat.
Dec 30, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I recently cited what I think is one of THE great examples of a pitcher very effectively "blending" the stride process into rotation into foot plant. What I mean by "effectively blending" is that Colom [the ex.] creates postural/muscular dynamics when translating [striding]... ....that facilitate a very effective change of direction [going from linear to angular force/momentum].

Here's the clip cited:

englishbeyhitting.com/videoclips/col…
Dec 27, 2022 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
Well, I just ran across this clip and it has prompted me to make a few comments. Specifically what caught my attention was this quote:"...explains a drill he's using to help a pitcher feel the transition between the back leg and the front leg."
Dec 22, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
"What do you specifically mean by timing mechanism and how it should change based on pitch type?"

As always, Slay asks good questions. It's going to take some time, but I'm gonna try to answer his questions. First off the author within the clip correctly points out the the shoulder rotation difference, i.e., the "flatter" vs. "steeper" [my phrasing] rotational plane of the shoulder rotation [flatter on the higher pitch vs steeper on the lower pitch].
Dec 18, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
The following comments add to what Paul is describing. They pertain to how the process of "uncocking" the wrists happen in this swing. First off, I'll note that as the back elbow "slots" [articulates downwardly] --with no corresponding shoulder displacement [rotation] ----the wrists slightly start to UNCOCK [ wrist deviation/barrel moves away from the head].
Dec 16, 2022 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
Based on a number of reactions to my last post, I want to respond in a manner that I hope clarifies why I wrote some of the things I wrote. I'll start with this quote: "If you’re asking an unstable, lacking strength & coordination 9 year old to hit like Bonds and Griffey, then I think you’re barking up the wrong tree."
Dec 14, 2022 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
Well, I just ran across this and it prompted me to make a few comments. First off as regards the comment of "kids who have never been coached" ....in the specific context of this chosen ex. Are we supposed to assume that this hitter has not been coached? Without further context, neither I nor anyone else seeing this can actually know if this is true!
Dec 7, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Another good ex. of my cue of "bury the upper lead arm into the chin". Note that this occurs---even though the back arm elbow drops as he starts the actual unload [swing]. Note also the REACTION of the lead arm elbow joint from lag to contact ,i.e. the elbow extends --causing the humerus to move more INTO the chest---as opposed to moving AWAY from the chest [a movement much more associated with "disconnection"] .....
Nov 28, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Please read my prior post on Chris Coleman before reading this. This post is regarding the popular notion --set forth by a number of motor learning researchers [Wulf, et al]-- as regards the alleged primacy of "external" vs. "internal" focus. Offhand, I do not have the you tube video wherein Chris Coleman talks about this [I will find it when I get a chance], but importantly he says this [paraphrasing]:
Nov 28, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
As I have stated before, I have engaged in a 50 plus year pursuit of playing drums [early on I had an affinity towards the sounds generated by of all kind of drums, e.g., typical trap sets, bongos, timpani, drum and bugle, etc.]. One of my favorite drummers is Chris Coleman. Here's a good short clip of his utterly extraordinary capabilities:
Nov 25, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The reference of/comments of Tewks/Cunha are very relevant to a recent comment of mine: Loading should be understood almost entirely in the context as to how effectively said loading optimizes UNLOADING [the actual swing. I suppose one can think in terms of how "timing is executed". But from my vantage point, this phrasing is rather vague. I think a much more functionally/physiologically description is this....
Nov 25, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
In a recent long thread "Slay" argued the following: "Timing and biomechanics as I understand it, are to work together..."
Indeed true. In this context I have argued the following: "Mechanics effects timing and timing effects mechanics." And: "At lower levels [non-elites] it is much more the case that mechanics effects timing." Ex. if one has bat drag/hip slide [mechanical inefficiencies], one's timing is a function of those inefficiencies.
Nov 10, 2022 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
The following pertains to thoughts about being/becoming a really effective teacher [and is based on 15 plus yrs. of working with hitters]. There are any number of teaching principals, so to speak, that I have come to realize- via trial/error/feedback--as being central to what I consider fundamental to effective teaching.
Nov 8, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, I wrote about the lead arm alignment of Alvarez, i.e., how the upper lead arm is relatively "up" [above the letters] and "tight", clings, so to speak, to the lead pectoralis, from initiation to contact. In this context, I also mentioned my functionally descriptive cue of this as ..."bury the bicep into the deltoid."