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Feb 12 ⢠31 tweets ⢠11 min read
I have a long flight today. Assuming I have internet on the plane, I will finish this thread by revealing its answer. Iâll be showing what surface dwellers canât see because they donât swing to duplicate. Itâll be SO good. đđ
Letâs start with this videoâŚ. Volume up. âI could swing from hereâ.
Jan 16 ⢠4 tweets ⢠1 min read
To not torque the handle into a rearward arc instantly at decisionâŚ..is to drag the barrel and create timing issues.
Furthermore, the rearward acceleration is the shortest path to the ball. Shorter. And far quicker. Watch the rear leg pivot deliver the rearward barrel to the ball. All the greats have this move.
Oct 30, 2023 ⢠6 tweets ⢠2 min read
Swinging with a spring on the left. Swinging without a spring on the right.
The above video shows swings that are synced to contact. It tells a story. In this video the swings are synced to solid foot plant. It reveals the truth.
Sep 29, 2023 ⢠21 tweets ⢠5 min read
Ball anxiety, needing exact pitch location before you can swing, is the biggest obstacle standing between you and your potential. It requires too much info, that takes too much time to process, which puts you in a compromised timing position. All decel teaching, all âget your foot downâ teaching, and all forward push swings require exact pitch location before you can swing.
A running start into the swing allows the hitter to get deep into the process before final commitment. The final direction is basically an involuntary, hand/eye coordination move. Itâs not a decision. The barrel goes where youâre looking. The body bends/contorts/pivots as necessary. Involuntarily. Subconsciously. The hitter creates a rearward arc that the ball eventually runs into. That running start comes from the rearward launch.
Feb 11, 2023 ⢠14 tweets ⢠5 min read
Most donât understand the âready at releaseâ concept. Itâs because their mechanics are momentum based not stretch based. They have no suddenness to their launch. Therefore there is no such thing as ready, let alone a controlled ready. They sweep the bat through instead of⌠twitter.com/i/web/status/1âŚ
This is a fastball/changeup drill. The first pitch is the changeup. Itâs the ball from the feeder. The second pitch is the fastball. Itâs the ball I flick into the track. (I catch the other ball) Pitch release in this drill is not the actual moment the ball comes out of the⌠twitter.com/i/web/status/1âŚ
Feb 9, 2023 ⢠7 tweets ⢠2 min read
This is an outstanding view of swinging âout fromâ your body not âaroundâ your body. All great hitters swing âout fromâ. It also debunks the Cunha/Bleecker/farm board âacross your bodyâ nonsense.
Jun 9, 2020 ⢠14 tweets ⢠3 min read
Morning truth for @MyTPI and @OnBaseU. Watch the belt loop in the red circle. Itâs constantly and continuously coiling rearward.....AS.....he achieves what they call hip/shoulder separation. They define hip/shoulder separation as open hips closed shoulders. Uh oh. Hips are closed
His hip is still closed in the rear hip socket. Not open like they believe. Then, from that point forward, both the leg and that belt loop (hip) turn in unison.
Apr 26, 2020 ⢠6 tweets ⢠2 min read
Limbo comes from shifting weight before launch. No solid platform the instant you need to launch. Slop. Slack. Youâre between legs. Often. Not grounded.Example of limbo:No solid platform to launch from versus real solid platform.Assuming equal ability, who wins the first 10 yds?
Max coil is THE SOLID PLATFORM.
Mar 1, 2020 ⢠7 tweets ⢠5 min read
@tyhann44@ChezWhizzz Manny swing is a great example of what is discussed in this video. A downward launch that turns up because it is launched from one leg not two. There have been so many explanations of one leggedness that if people reject its because they are closed minded
@tyhann44@ChezWhizzz From âyou have to launch from max coilâ (impossible to shift weight and be max coiled) to âthe swing weights the front legâ to âthe back muscles pulling back as you go forward keeps the weight in the back legâ (every great hitter does this) to.....
Feb 3, 2020 ⢠45 tweets ⢠11 min read
Two IG posters are afraid to come to Twitter where video can be exchanged to prove points. lumberyardmechanic and outsidethebox21 need to hide from video. They are both backed into a corner where their next statement must be âyou are correct, Teachermanâ, but the wonât say it. đ
I will expose them here with the Manny duplication contest. In the meantime they support the swing on the right here.
Jan 27, 2020 ⢠25 tweets ⢠6 min read
Gear engagement. Blue turns when engaged with yellow.
In hitting, our gears are aligned differently. We have a vertical gear that engages with a horizontal gear. But the engagement is very important. Gear engagement is where the snap is created.
Jul 15, 2019 ⢠5 tweets ⢠1 min read
OK folks. A better internet session but still not without a hiccup. I've ended the stream. I'll contact Crowdcast again to get the bottom of this. We did better but we have a ways to go. I do believe the information got recorded so take a look. See you next time.
Unanswered question 1: In my drills I talk alot about oppo. Do I ever work pull side? The oppo swing is the pull side swing. Upper body is exactly the same. And best learned oppo because of the stretch. When we go to flips, they come at any location. Same swing hits all.
Mar 5, 2019 ⢠27 tweets ⢠5 min read
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As a follow up to this periscope you have to understand that the body does this coiling/stretching NOT to unload the body but to support the unload the barrel. The thing that gets unloaded must be the barrel. Instantly. Suddenly. At go. The hands/forearms/barrel is what unloads.
Feb 17, 2019 ⢠6 tweets ⢠1 min read
The Corner Drill.
The sling shot. Leg is the handle. Hip coil and back muscles are the band. Stretch it. SNAP!!
Jan 27, 2019 ⢠40 tweets ⢠5 min read
Itâs travel time. Train. Plane. Car. Letâs talk about the word down. Barrel starts above your shoulders. It hits the ball below the sternum. It clearly went down. The real question is not down or up. It is HOW it went down. Because it isnât arguable. The barrel went down.
Why is down important? Why do great hitters insist they swung down? What is meant by âstay on top of the ballâ? The reasons are quite good. Physically sound. And necessary for the task at hand.
Jan 22, 2019 ⢠10 tweets ⢠3 min read
Sticking with the topic of a pulling rear leg, the slingshot, it comes in many shapes and sizes. An All-American here with a very simple example.
Did you see this in that swing? Itâs there. And itâs critical to the slingshot. Critical to suddenness. Most think the arc represents the barrel path. It does not. Although the barrel will take that path on low pitches. It represents the action of your back muscles.
Jan 21, 2019 ⢠8 tweets ⢠1 min read
So, after the two recent threads about loading the slingshot, lets look at a comparison of a slingshotting rear leg (left) versus hip rotation (right)
The most obvious difference is the barrel path. And that barrel path is the truth detector.