Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Thu Oct 31 20:40:00 2002

Boy,that's a long url to type in without making mistakes,at least for
me.

Looks like a lot of potential.

Amazing how similar things are swing to swing.

Most of these are high balls.And just the one angle.

I would be interested in Jack's thoughts if he doesn't think this
conflicts with the swing analysis part of his business.

I'll give a few diagnostic thoughts,but don't start doing a lot of
changes until you think you have a clear picture of where you are
headed,or you will just confuse the hitter.

Video analysis:

The first thing I see is the low follow-through.This is a sign that
the arms are running the show and swinging the bat in a plane that is
cutting across the ball,a plane other than the desired power plane
perpendicular to the rotating torso.LOng swing,late batspeed.

Next I look at how the body rotates.I can see how someone might say
the shoulders turn too much.However,this doesn't say much about what
the problem is or what might cause it.The way I would describe the
same thing would be a loss of separation or coiling,assuming there was
some coiling to begin with.As Jack has pointed out,you don't want to
give instruction that inhibits torso turn.

As with most kids,there isn't much coil,then the hips sway forward
without good rotation,losing some of what little coil there is and
with some forward "lunge" of the axis of rotation at "launch".Notice
how the hips sway as the front foot comes down with loss of bend at
the waist before the front foot comes down and then some flexing of
the front knee after the front foot touches.This limits power
generation.

Now,how about the "transmission" or transfer mechanics ? As the front
foot comes down,the hands push forward a little creating loose
connection,turning things into an arm swing.Jack has described this
problem in detail.

Lau calls these problems "swinging as you stride"(instead of
stride,then swing)and "tophand dominance".Other words for loss of
separation and loose connection.

Still a nice swing for an eight year old with plenty of time for
progress.Usually you see much older kids with these problems(or worse)
and m