Posted by: jim (daysleeper1965@yahoo.com) on Thu Jul 28 20:11:48 2011

> > Thanks JCAZ
> > At the time of that video he was comming around with his lower half late. If you look his back knee it is pointing at the T instead of fwd. which way have something to do with him stopping his ark. He has since been working on it and its getting better.
> > thanks again
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> > > > <a href="http://youtu.be/bVbowB9IIGw">Here is a link</a> ...Please
> > > take a look and let me know what he needs.
> > > > thanks
> > > > Jim
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> > > Jim, I watched the video on YouTube. It is hard to slow those down so
> > > you can really see what is happening. I did manage to get it slowed
> > > down some on my iPad though, which helped some.
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> > > Here is what I have noticed. Please note, I am by no means an expert,
> > > but here are a couple of things I too am battling with my two sons.
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> > > It looks as though he is keeping a little too much weight on his
> > > backside throughout his swing. This may be limiting his front leg in
> > > driving his hips around and not allowing him to stay as tall and
> > > balanced through the swing. Not much weight seems to be coming off
> > > his back foot when he rotates. I have been having my son load that
> > > front leg to at least 50/50 weight distribution while hiding the
> > > hands. This has helped him a lot, particularly on the breaking and
> > > outside pitches. We are also working on getting that foot down early
> > > with the body in position as we read the pitch. Not read the pitch and
> > > then get ready to swing.
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> > > The next thing I noticed, relates to my older son. It is almost as if
> > > right before contact, the front shoulder stops rotation and the hands
> > > fall back into linear path as they are pushed through the ball. Take
> > > a look at his front elbow. It does not continue to work around the
> > > body real well in a circular path, as it must if the hands are to. It
> > > is like it folds into the body running the hands linear and rolling
> > > the wrists. With him, we have really been working on keeping that
> > > elbow working up and around the body, rotating through the ball,
> > > meeting it palm up/palm down, not going to the ball with the hands.
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> > > Just prior to contact, everything seems to change in my older sons
> > > swing.....his head jerks, his back hunches some, hands go to the ball.
> > > You have to slow it down to see it, but it is there. Its like he is
> > > aiming the bat at the ball, trying to hit it at one point in time and
> > > space, not rotating through the ball in a path that follows the pitch
> > > plane. I know it drives me crazy, but I'm the one who taught him the
> > > habits in the first place.
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> > > Jim, like I said, I am no expert. Those are just some of the same
> > > things that I see in my sons swings so they were familiar to me. It
> > > should be fun to see what others think of my assessment. Maybe they
> > > have some good ideas that would help us both.
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> > > JCAZ
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> ARM swinger minimal use of hips epstein student? almost a reverse pivot improper weight transfer...those are the bads I see...good hand action strong kid lotsa potential..


I have been working with him on the weight transfer. The only thing that seems to work to break the bad habit is to take a big step twards the pitcher.