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Early on, long time ago, we spent a lot of time on the 3 elements of the Second Engine....the forearm rotation, the triangle rotation and the lateral tilt. I have called it pull backs. I have called it scap circling. I have said 'hold' the scap. I have talked about 'out from'. I have spoken about the scap/spine junction. I have used the bent sheet metal example. I have talked about the pressure of the scap working down the spine. With the Jim Edmonds clip I said 'take the E (of his name) to the 1 (of the 15 on his back)'. I have talked about the hip working over/around the ball of the femur.
This isn't that hard to do. But it is one helluva to explain. Here is my latest.
In Al Oha's SCIP thread, earlier today, I spoke of RAISING the SnF load to the scap spine junction. Raising the load to bring it closer to the point of unload....the hands. That doesn't mean you lose the hip socket separation. Quite the opposite. It means you create the same SnF load in your hip/back against the leg....but you RAISE the point of hold....you RAISE the point of the unload....from the hip to the scap. You move your load closer to the unload. You create the rag wring load....by stretching 'around' at both ends of the axis. If you've coiled against your leg, if your back is pulling back, if your scap is pulling back.....you've got a SnF load. You've twisted your SCIP axis.
Most get it to that point....then fail when unloading it. They still push with the scap and arms. Pierson's latest is improved....but not quite.
In the last few days/weeks I've been swinging and working with a couple of individuals....men in their 40's who played DI college ball....who are investigating whether to send their sons to me. They did what most do....got close....but still pushed.
Until....I said a magical word. I hope the magic works for you. I said....PIVOT DOWN THE SPINE AT THE SCAP....as you turn the barrel....as a go move. Instant light bulb. I had mentioned turn the barrel. They did that. I had mention/taught the coil against the IR'ing leg. They did that. They were still doing both. But until we RAISED the SnF to the scap/spine junction....they would unoad the SnF AT THE HIP while turning the barrel....and therefore have to push with their arms and scap....because an unload FROM THE HIP....will not reach the barrel. When I told them to pull back and pivot (scap circling) at the scap/spine junction....INSTANTLY....we had success. Now....the word pivot....at the scap....had to be done such that the elbow gets through and you swing out from. The adduction that has been talked about happens also. Nothing new....except....they were thinking about hands and scap pivot....not hip pivot....scap pivot or circle down the spine....as a go move....with the hand pivot turning the barrel....creating the diagonal plane....to create the out from action.....BINGO.
To pivot the scap down the spine.....you have to be pulling back....or you'll lose the stretch. Yet....it seemed to them....and me....that that pivot action is quite easy. It is a rearward pivot of the scap as the hands turn the barrel rearward. The move is very explosive.
This isn't that hard to do. But it is one helluva to explain. Here is my latest.
In Al Oha's SCIP thread, earlier today, I spoke of RAISING the SnF load to the scap spine junction. Raising the load to bring it closer to the point of unload....the hands. That doesn't mean you lose the hip socket separation. Quite the opposite. It means you create the same SnF load in your hip/back against the leg....but you RAISE the point of hold....you RAISE the point of the unload....from the hip to the scap. You move your load closer to the unload. You create the rag wring load....by stretching 'around' at both ends of the axis. If you've coiled against your leg, if your back is pulling back, if your scap is pulling back.....you've got a SnF load. You've twisted your SCIP axis.
Most get it to that point....then fail when unloading it. They still push with the scap and arms. Pierson's latest is improved....but not quite.
In the last few days/weeks I've been swinging and working with a couple of individuals....men in their 40's who played DI college ball....who are investigating whether to send their sons to me. They did what most do....got close....but still pushed.
Until....I said a magical word. I hope the magic works for you. I said....PIVOT DOWN THE SPINE AT THE SCAP....as you turn the barrel....as a go move. Instant light bulb. I had mentioned turn the barrel. They did that. I had mention/taught the coil against the IR'ing leg. They did that. They were still doing both. But until we RAISED the SnF to the scap/spine junction....they would unoad the SnF AT THE HIP while turning the barrel....and therefore have to push with their arms and scap....because an unload FROM THE HIP....will not reach the barrel. When I told them to pull back and pivot (scap circling) at the scap/spine junction....INSTANTLY....we had success. Now....the word pivot....at the scap....had to be done such that the elbow gets through and you swing out from. The adduction that has been talked about happens also. Nothing new....except....they were thinking about hands and scap pivot....not hip pivot....scap pivot or circle down the spine....as a go move....with the hand pivot turning the barrel....creating the diagonal plane....to create the out from action.....BINGO.
To pivot the scap down the spine.....you have to be pulling back....or you'll lose the stretch. Yet....it seemed to them....and me....that that pivot action is quite easy. It is a rearward pivot of the scap as the hands turn the barrel rearward. The move is very explosive.
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