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If you are reading this, you are in the main forum....where all the good discussion and exchange of ideas occurs.

Instructional threads are 'stickied' to the top of this forum page in an effort to get new members to see the work that gets done here. There are 5 different threads of a dad and his kid, going through the HittingIllustrated process. They are quite instructional. I think you'll be impressed with what you see. The kid's progress is amazing. One of them is now a D1 player who chose college after being drafted. Another is a DII college player. A third is his brother who is now in high school. The fourth is a current high school freshman. And the fifth is my son who is now out of college and playing amateur fastpitch softball. Take a look. The terminology is likely to confuse you at first. But do your best to understand.

Then, there is another forum titled The Second Engine, found just below this one on the main page, which consists of 18 threads that have been chosen as 'good reads' for new members to get 'up to snuff' on what is taught here.

It is my recommendation that you spend your first hour or so in that forum reading those threads. Then, come here to ask questions. We love it when clips of hitters are posted.

And here is a link to an Instructional Starter Pak. It has the basic information. There are many details that go with each step that are too cumbersome to put in the Pak.

Instructional Starter Pak

MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR TRIAL PERIOD
POST A CLIP OF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
I'LL GIVE YOU AN ANALYSIS AND A RECOMMENDATION.

If I were you, I'd concentrate on figuring out what the Hand Pivot Point and what the Rear Hip Pivot Point are....and how they are synced together to create the high level swing.

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  • #16
    Originally posted by Tewks View Post
    Rear hip joint. Rear hip joint. Rear hip joint...
    YES

    This 'lead leg orientation'.....is the rear leg, which is now a rear leg/hip assembly due to hip socket separation, turning the PELVIS open....which gives the lead leg MOST of it's appearance. The lead leg does swing some on its own....a no teach....a normal balancing move.

    That is what I was pointing out in the Bustos analysis.

    TIGHTEN THE REAR HIP SOCKET.....TIGHTER THAN YOU THINK.
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    • #17
      Pronk - if I had a clip facing (cathers view if he was pitching) Matt when he throws his lower body/hips open up a ton as he sits - it's so easy to see. Ryan keeps saying "I don't know how he does it" but we are learning a ton as this is our main focus right now. I think their velocity is about the same, but the ball comes out of Matt's hand different.

      I really really like the barrel awareness video Tewks made for hitting, it works for throwing. You have to feel the weight of the ball, create resistance. I can feel it with the bat. If you feel the weight you don't push forward, you gather yourself and let the hips (hip socket) the work.
      "Tip it and rip it" - In Memory of Dmac
      "Hit the inside seam" - In Memory of Swingbuster
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      • #18
        Is it the rear hip joint that allows the appearance of the knee moving out as opposed to staying stuck? I am asking because Steven's knee stays stuck, over the leg and damn sure stays stuck when his pelvis turns away. Whereas I see he's got a chance to get it going if he doesn't rotate the front leg inwardly

        Bear in mind, I am not talking about what makes it happen. I am trying to solve the issue of why my kid's knee doesn't move forward in the stride, whereas Freese and most all good MLBers do.

        Let me as this is there an example of anyone with a stuck back knee who is elite?
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        • #19
          It is the rear hip socket separation that causes the rear knee to turn down and in as you move out.

          Because Steven used his lead leg to close....to resist....you did a good thing getting him to stop doing it....and even overdo it by getting it open to help him move toward the pattern.

          But it is installation of the spring in the socket that causes that rear leg/knee action to happen automatically.

          There is no spring without a constant lower back pull back.

          While standing in the line at the bank today, I did my spring thingy, around my left leg....my rear leg in hitting. I didn't do it from a stance so I'm not some kind of ultraweirdo....I'm just a little weirdo. The line was long. My mind wondered to why it is so hard for people to get this. So....waiting my turn....I tried to make the same spring happen in my right leg. A leg I don't normally do this with. I couldn't do it at first from the 'bank stance/setup'. (wasn't using a normal hitting setup). Yet, I could make that spring work with my left leg....from the 'bank stance/setup'....instantly.

          I played around with it....got it to work. The ONLY difference was my pull back would stop. I would pull it back to it's limit and 'hold' it....instead of continuing to increase it. As soon as I increased it....kept the pull back accelerating....the leg had to work harder....I sprung open.
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          • #20
            Stick your butt out to bend the spine.

            Coil and pull back with your back to twist it.

            Accelerate the pull back....lift your front leg.

            Your rear leg will take over and turn you.
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            • #21


              Feel the fight in Bustos' rear hip socket.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by Teacherman View Post


                Feel the fight in Bustos' rear hip socket.
                I can't wait for them to argue against this clip.........
                "Tip it and rip it" - In Memory of Dmac
                "Hit the inside seam" - In Memory of Swingbuster
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                • #23
                  Looks like it might be up to you to post it.
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                  • #24
                    New guy

                    Originally posted by Teacherman View Post


                    This 'catcher view' is the view that 'gives it away'.

                    Watch his belt loop coil early. That is that 10-15 degree hip socket move.

                    BUT.....at the very same time he is opening his pelvis.

                    Loaded in the rear hip socket....pelvis opening....simultaneously....results in very little actual movement. Hip socket is coiling as the leg turns the pelvis forward....no net gain of movement.....HUGE net gain of stretch.

                    His leg/hip assembly gets rock solid against which, into which, he circles his barrel. A great bow and arrow example. When he circles his barrel against his solid hip/leg he is pulling the string back against the bow.

                    The stretching going on in and around the rear hip socket and lower back is HUGE....with little actual movement.

                    Watch his hands/arm/scap 'circle' to The Truth.

                    Try to 'circle' without getting 'behind/around' in the socket.

                    And he does it from on top of the barstool....even though he has significant forward momentum.
                    This is a very telling video of 1 legged swinging
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