Posted by: lbj (ljuddpro@yahoo.com) on Tue Dec 21 14:20:25 2004

>>>Mr. Mankin,

Thanks for your response. I have learned much from this site and your dvd.

Geometry was my worst subject in high school. My son is actually rotating his foot beyond 90 degrees to about 100-110 degrees and he falls backward. I can't figure out how to solve the problem without messing up his otherwise good rotational mechanics.

Sorry for the confusion.


My almost 10 year-old son has developed a recent tendency to over rotate his back foot when swinging, to the point where his back side collapses and he loses balance. I'd estimate the foot has turned 50-55 degrees from its correct starting point at contact.
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> Any advice on what causes this and what can be done to fix the problem would be appreciated.

Lance Judd
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> Hi lbj
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> I may have misread your post, but I am not sure your son has over rotated his back foot. The back foot should rotate about 90 degrees from initiation to contact. Take a look at some of the batters at http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html and see if he rotates his heel past their position.
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> Jack Mankin
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