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    Help Needed - 13 Year Old

    Hi Everyone. I have been working with my 13 year old on a problem he had for several years - Bat drag. His rear elbow would race in front of his left elbow worse than I have ever seen. He was always a solid hitter, but this year in travel ball he tanked and all stars was even worse. We worked to eliminate the issue for the past 4 weeks, but there are still some other issues I am concerned about and I do not know what are real issues and what are not and what I should address in what order. Here is a video of him from yesterday:

    https://youtu.be/8kPEI3fHgYc

    Here is what I see:

    1. Timing, he is moving his swing before front foot hits the ground.
    2. He has significant upper cut on many swings. This started once the bat drag was gone. I assume it is because he is arching his back too much.
    3. Front leg is bent when landing and then turning into place. His legs almost scissor in motion.

    Let me know your thoughts.

    Thanks in advance,
    Rob
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    Greetings, welcome!

    I will comment while you are waiting for someone who knows more HI material to come along. Looks like the drag is gone, curious how you did it. The strategy he used to replace the bat drag might be causing sequencing issues.

    Semantics and definitions cloud discussions. Looks to me like he really doesn't "start" the swing until he drops his hands and puts his foot down. The hands-up/barrel-tilt position he goes to during leg lift gets spent by dropping the hands down and back. Hands-arms-shoulders should go to this position while front foot moves forward, not while coming up. His hands get relatively closer to his torso through the swing up to contact. Pulls the bat through as he thrusts pelvis forward and up.

    How heavy is the bat?

    I have some other thoughts, but there may be more direct suggestions than mine. But he has some good stuff to work from.
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      Thanks so much for the reply. The way we broke his bat drag was I worked with him very slow to know where his arms should be throughout the swing. He could see if because we also did slow mo video. We would do about 200 balls on the tee with him doing his swing slow and then gradually he would speed it up. It took about 2-3 weeks but he worked through it. We also used a baseball rebellion bat drag brace, but honestly we had it already fixed by the time it arrived. Here is a picture from about a month ago that shows his swing with the bat drag:

      Bat Drag by budzinsk

      His bat is a 31/21 which he has been swinging for the past 2 years. Thanks for the info. I did notice he is loading while his foot is coming up and not when going down. We tried working on that but it a weird change and he was struggling. We will continue to work on that. Any tips or drills would be helpful. Thank you!
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      • #4
        He is literally scooping the ball
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        • #5
          extension extension extension
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          • #6
            Rob, still checking in?
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            • #7
              The rules say Max must show a video of him or a student doing what he claims. Or get banned. Sorry.

              Rules are enforced here.

              Warning issued.
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              • #8
                How about an update on your 13Yr olds swing.
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