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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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  • #76
    Originally posted by RayR View Post
    I bought some 5' pieces of 3/4" pvc for my players to swing. I told them to create deep whoosh using the hands forearms to take a snap/stop swing and one of the main check points was this position.



    It makes such a huge difference to get to this check point

    So you want to be above the forearm. If its a high pitch this will change correct? Or flatten out? Even with forearm

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    • #77
      Originally posted by RayR View Post
      I bought some 5' pieces of 3/4" pvc for my players to swing. I told them to create deep whoosh using the hands forearms to take a snap/stop swing and one of the main check points was this position.



      It makes such a huge difference to get to this check point
      But with the ball on the barrel, not the end of the bat?

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      • #78
        Originally posted by RayR View Post
        One thought/observation: Should the alignment of the pvc pipe be even with the lead forearm? Of should the pvc pipe end up higher than the lead arm? Here are my thoughts on this : when I do these swings and get the pvc even I feel as if the barrel turn is more around the body. When I work the pvc above my lead arm I feel like my swing is out from the body.

        Anyone have any thoughts on this?

        Don't get me wrong I think that just getting pvc to align with the lead arm is a MAJOR improvement (
        Jsor

        Are you stressing a scap load...it looks like every swing has the intent of scap load. Is this what you stress?

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